Watch: Brandon Bolden Blocks The Punt, Winovich Recover For Patriots TD

The New England Patriots are hosting the New York Giants at Gillette Stadium, and yes, the rookies are playing an excellent game. Brandon Bolden had a block, and rookie Chase Winovich picked up the ball and took it to the end zone. J.C. Jackson and Matthew Slater joined forces to make a similar score against the Buffalo Bills in Week 3 of the regular season.

The Patriots have a 7-0 advantage in the first half of the game, and as you can see, things are getting really hot for Tom Brady and Co.

Winovich is playing a great game, and this touchdown doesn’t come as a surprise. It has to do something with his grandma’s promise.

“Ever since high school, my grandma has been promising me, if I played hard and I didn’t get hurt, she’s been promising me $5 and a chocolate bar, either Hershey’s or Sarris Candies,” the rookie told media members at Nissan Stadium. “So today was just another day where I just went out there and I said, ‘You know what, I’ve got to play hard. I need that $5, and I need the candy.’”

Head coach Bill Belichick has words of praise for the rookie, and he will sure say a lot of great words of Winovich after this game.

“Chase is a high-motor player,” the Patriots head coach told media members. “He plays hard. He’s very good in pursuit. You see it in the kicking game, see it on defense.” 

The Patriots made a good decision to sign Winovich. There’s something special about his skills which is probably the reason Belichick had to bring him in Foxboro.

“I really don’t know why I’m built like that. It might be a gift and a curse sometimes when it’s extremely hot and they’re just trying to run the ball away.

“I see the guy, and in my head, there’s a little part of me that’s like, ‘You’re probably not going to make this play. Maybe you should save it for the next one when it comes to you.’ But you’ll see me just sprinting and trying to hit somebody or hit something.”