Patriots’ stingy defense braces for NFL rushing leader Jonathan Taylor

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

Whether it’s we have to stop the run because they’re coming out in heavy or they’re coming out in empty and trying to throw the ball all over the field …

The 5-foot-10, 226-pound Taylor is the NFL’s leading rusher, with 241 carries for 1,348 yards and 16 touchdowns.

“It’s an unbelievable running attack.

Meanwhile, the Patriots’ defense — outside of an uncharacteristic performance against the Tennessee Titans on Nov.

noted the Patriots are at their best when “reading keys and playing fundamentals,” which allows them to build a wall at the line of scrimmage.

Those guys will take it whenever there is an opening, wherever there is space,” Belichick said Monday in his weekly interview on sports radio WEEI.

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