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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Seahawks defense gave Tom Brady and the Patriots all they could handle during their Super Bowl matchup in 2015.New England wont be facing a completely healthy Seahawks unit Sunday, but the Patriots will be matching up with the highest-ranked defense theyve seen since Bradys return.Ive told you guys a lot over the years, some of the best defenses Ive played in my whole career, Brady said to reporters. They just do what they do and they do it at an extremely high level. This is one of those teams.After avenging their lone loss with a dominating 41-25 victory over the Bills last month, the Patriots entered their bye week with plenty of time to prepare for a Seattle defense ranked ninth in the NFL, giving up 332.6 yards per game.Prior to this week, the highest-ranked defense New England faced this season was in Week 6 against Cincinnati, when the Bengals were No. 11.Seattles defense was stout during its 6-6 tie with Arizona last month, but has given up 25 points in back-to-back weeks in a loss to the Saints and narrow victory over the Bills. The Seahawks are expected to get back strong safety Kam Chancellor after he missed the previous four games with a groin injury. But they will be without DE Michael Bennett, whom Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said is still rehabbing from a knee injury.Chancellors addition brings some much-needed help as Seattle attempts to deal with the Patriots two-pronged attack at tight end with Bennetts brother, Martellus, and Rob Gronkowski.Martellus Bennett said he wishes his brother could play, but hes not exactly lamenting not having to face him.Im not upset at all, Bennett said with a smile. Mikes a hell of a player. Hes always been, and he does a lot of great things for the Seahawks. ...You always want your brother to be healthy, you dont want him to be hurt, and for a guy to be well. But not this week.Belichick said its the Seahawks versatility on defense that creates the most problems.Theyre a good situational football team. Theyre very smart. They make you earn every yard, Belichick said. If you make a mistake they capitalize on it and they kill you. They dont give up very many points. They dont give up very many big plays.And thats something the Patriots have lived on since Bradys return.In his four games this season, the Patriots have 18 plays of 20 or more yards. The Patriots three quarterbacks have also not thrown an interception in their eight games. Its just a game short of the 1960 Cleveland Browns NFL record of games without a pick.New England is also scoring a lot, averaging 34 points per game with Brady.It makes forcing turnovers a priority for Seattle. The Seahawks have six interceptions and recovered two fumbles in 2016.Carroll acknowledged that Bradys quick release in the pocket creates difficulty in putting pressure on him.When youre playing a really good quarterback it takes everything, Carroll said. It takes rush, it takes terrific coverage, and then hopefully your matchups work in your favor at times. Its not going to be a sloppy game, neither one of us are going to play that way. 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The Swede became the first golfer to win the PGA Tours FedEx Cup and European Tours Race to Dubai in the same season. "It is still taking a little time to sink in what Ive achieved this week as was the case when I won the FedEx Cup but then it just kept getting better and better as the days went on and I am sure this will be the same," he said. The New York Knicks and the Charlotte Hornets will meet Friday in the first game of a back-to-back, home-and-home set.The Knicks (7-7) host the Hornets (8-6) at Madison Square Garden before the two teams hook up again in Charlotte on Saturday.The teams are going in opposite directions. New York has won four of its last five games. The Hornets have dropped three in a row after Wednesdays 119-114 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.Kemba Walker led the Hornets with 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Eight Hornets scored in double figures. Nicolas Batum and Frank Kaminsky scored 13 each, Marco Belinelli scored 12, Spencer Hawes scored 11, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Marvin Williams and Roy Hibbert scored 10 each.Walker played in his 378th game for Charlotte, passing Larry Johnson for eighth in franchise history. Walker is on track to play in 400 games with the franchise this season and would be only the fourth player to play in 400 games for Charlotte.The Hornets committed a season-high 16 turnovers against the Spurs, including two crucial turnovers in the final minute on inbounds plays. They came into the game leading the NBA in fewest turnovers.They made the plays and we didnt at the end, Batum said. They made big shots. They are the Spurs. They have been there before. They know how to handle those situations. We tried to stay in the game, back and forth, it was a big battle. We playedd better than we have been playing, for sure.ddddddddddddKristaps Porzingis is having an All-Star type season with the Knicks. The 7-3 Latvian is averaging 21 points on 50.2 percent shooting, 39 percent from beyond the arc and 7.3 rebounds.I didnt add 1,000 moves, Porzingis told the New York Post. Its just that Im more calm when Im in the post when I get the ball and I turn around and nobody can really get to my shot.Im realizing how long I am and how long I am and how difficult it is to block my shot.Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek has been favoring a small lineup recently that puts Porzingis at center, Carmelo Anthony at power forward and three guards -- Derrick Rose, Courtney Lee and either Brandon Jennings or Justin Holiday.The Knicks have found a solution to their recent shortcomings at point guard. Rose has been effective accelerating to the net and working the pick-and-roll and Jennings has provided a spark off the bench. He contributed 11 assists for the second time this season in New Yorks 107-103 win over Portland on Tuesday.Brandon (Jennings) doesnt have to score to have an impact on the game, noted Hornacek. His activity, he gets the energy going for the group he is out there with.I cant say enough about a guy who comes off the bench to get 11 assists. ' ' '