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Sundays game between the Detroit Lions and New York Giants at MetLife Stadium will be somewhat of a homecoming for Detroit tight end Eric Ebron, who was born just 10 miles away in Newark, New Jersey.The 23-year-old, who has been wearing customized cleats all season, plans to deviate from his shoes superhero theme and instead honor his native land this week. Ebrons footwear against the Giants, his favorite team growing up, will feature the Newark area code of 973 and the phrase Greetings from New Jersey alongside a blue Nike swoosh and darkened outline of the Garden State.Ebron moved away to attend high school in Rhode Island and North Carolina but has always connected to New Jersey, according to ESPNs Michael Rothstein. Although Ebron rooted for Ahmad Bradshaw, Michael Strahan and Tiki Barber as a young Giants fan, he insisted that the 36 people for whom hell leave tickets on Sunday come dressed in either Lions gear or neutral gear.He has never attended a Giants game at the Meadowlands. The only time that he played at MetLife Stadium was during his rookie season in 2014 against the New York Jets.Its going to be a dream come true, honestly, in my eyes, Ebron told Rothstein. It should be fun, man. Im just going to unleash everything I got within that four quarters, man -- every little ounce of energy I got.Ebron commissioned Chicago native Dillon DeJesus of the three-person Dejesus Custom?company to design his cleats this season, which has been statistically his best to date. 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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 ffor the Seahawks.dddddddddddd...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. Its going to be really sharp football and youre going to have to make your plays happen.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follo