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Sergio Brown helps shut out Antonio Gates

Each of the Patriots four turnovers proved to be huge however maybe the foremost vital was a special one for safety Sergio Brown.

With the Pats holding a 20-7 lead midway through the third quarter, the Chargers badly required points and started a powerful drive down the sector. Quarterback Philip Rivers was particularly sharp as he led his team from its own six yard line all the thanks to New England's seventeen.



On a primary down play, Rivers targeted his star tight finish, Antonio Gates. New England's Brown ran with Gates stride for stride and said he "broke as quick as I may, explored and therefore the ball was there and that i picked it."

It not solely was Brown's 1st NFL interception however his 1st since highschool. "I was ecstatic. My 1st interception since highschool," said Brown, who wasn't written commencing of Notre Dame.

With the discharge of Brandon Meriweather and James Sanders, Brown and newcomers Josh Barrett and James Ihedigbo are holding down the security position. Brown played in eleven games last season, totally on special groups, and is happy to urge the prospect to indicate he will facilitate at safety.

The cluster did an out of this world job on Gates, holding him while not a catch. By comparison, New England's tight finish twins, Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, combined for eleven, 148 yards and 3 touchdowns.

"We simply hit (Gates) the maximum amount as we will. do not let him start," said Brown. "As he gets up the sector a lot of, he runs higher routes.

Gates tipped his hat to the Patriots' defensive effort.

"They did plenty of things to require me out of the sport," he said. "I kept engaging at it, kept making an attempt. the top result was i could not get the ball to return my manner."