let's get to joe amorsino with more. joe? >>> the cowboys defense had a few vices but they didn't have the creativity or stamina to go the distance with the defending champs. on. tom brady and the patriots re reminding everybody it's not how many times you get hit, it's how many times you get back up. sacked five times in the first half by the cowboys, the patriots quarterback shook off the pressure, steadied the ship and led the which to a 30 to 6 win in his fourth career 4 and 0 . >>> they came in with an settled in. made some plays there. started the second half. we have to play better . >> anchor: one thing i learned you never surprised of what he is able to do . >>> brady getting a hand from the patriots d which held dallas to just 264 yards and question the cowboys out of the end zone . >>> i think our defense played great. they laid just awesome so it got us turn overs, critical plays . >> anchor: just playing. that's our job. not a lot of points and when we're able to do that, hold a offense will win good am of games

officially of the deflategate decision that overturned tom bringy's appeal so let's get to joe amorsino with the latest details. >> reporter: i know we're all still dealing with fatigue of this story but roger goodell is going to fight this to the end so today the league filing its appeal in federal court. it is broken down into 8 section sections. hundreds of pages to go through, it includes league policies even a letter roger goodell sent to brady notifying him of his suspensionp remember brady was suspended for four games for what the league was calling a scheme to purposely deflate football. earlier this year judge richard bother hahn vacated his suspension. the judge argued brady's unpun unpunment was too harsh because he could not have known the punishment for deflating footballs would result in a suspension. the nfl argues the cba allows commissioner goodell to hand out punishments in his words should be final. once again the nfl has officially filed its appeal in the deflategate case. we'll have much more in the story as we continue to look through all of the paperwork. news des

reporting live in the newsroom, joe amorsino, 7 news. >>> there is no doubt one of the oddest moments of the night was when the colts head up that fake punt while it failed miserably. an ugly of mo, right? snap judgment had fans buzzing on social media . >>> i keep watching it. y don't understand it at all. jonathan hall has more on what fans and players are saying about this unusual formation. anderson is behind him and what in the world? the colts tricks didn't turn into treats against the patriots patriots. new england stuffed indy on a questionable fake punt play late in the third car of sunday night night's game . >>> i don't know what the colts was thinking when that special teams play. that was just garbage . >>> even some colts players had trouble explaining the weird call . >>> we hope you know shall maybe they call and we can get them on to 12 guys on the field, everything get them to jump off size . >>> critical point in the game . >>> yes, significant. >>> they turned out to be one of the most failed fakes probably of all-time . >> reporter: pats had a 27-21 lead at the ti

let's go to joe amorsino with a look at that . >> anchor: no time to break down the film on the jets. the patriots right on to the dolphins with just three days to prepare. but they will surely revisit this jets game because the jets under new head coach need to be taken seriously going forward. the same old story for the jets against the patriots. >>> we made plays when we know knowed to make them. that was the most important thing. sometimes we play a team and a lot of division teams that we play a lot more familiar with, they had a lot of confidence with the things they were doing as they should because they have been like top-ranked defense all year . >> reporter: a defense bride e ethrew against 54 times despite the presence offer did el revis in his return to foxboro . >> anchor: were you surprised patriots didn't even try to run the ball for that . >>> it's not my call. is bill coming in here after this? you know, tom is great at die setting any defense and that's what he did down the stretch . >>> we made plays when we needed to in the fourth quarter. it was did we made it hap

joe amorsino kicks of our team coverage now with more on the pats impressive start . >> reporter: it's the colts who did it again. they find a way to compete with the patriots in the first half but then they fail to go to the distance and this time they found new ways to do it. >>> gronk is open, he runs away from the defend he run to the end zone of the touchdown patriots! >> reporter: if you wanted revenge for deflategate in the form of a believe out, a 34-27 win in indy might seem lick a let-down. but that is not the way legarret blunt sees it . >>> every win is satisfying. prepared for them we prepared for everything they were team. we had to prepare for them well and question got a grounding win. >> reporter: a win made easier by a botched colts fake punt late in the third quarter . >>> clearly they didn't want him to snap it. watch chuck's lips. . >>> we expected this to be a gadget game and kicking game, outside kick, some kind of fake, fake purpose, figure field goal, you know, they ran the punter ran the sweep against tennessee a couple weeks ago. so it's something they have d

we have team 7 coverage beginning with sports director joe amorsino . >> anchor: patriots fans wanted 50 points in a blow out. what they got was a ball game in the first half and a very typical cold second half where patriots made all the right adjustments and indy failed to go the distance. >>> it's a goodwin. glad we won. always good to win on the road . >> anchor: it wasn't the blow out everybody was hoping for but the patriots will take their 34- 34-27 win over the colts. especially the way indy was willing to give it to them . >>> what are you doing? oh my god . >> reporter: down six late in the third quarter the coats tried to get cute with a fake punt formation from their own 37 37. it backfired big-time. >>> what are you doing in indianapolis? are you western illinois? >>> i take full response the on that and i didn't do a good communicated to the guys . >>> miscommunication . >>> it turned out to be one of the most failed fakes probably of all-time . >>> the kind of mistake an all-time great makes you pay for for. brady tossing three touchdowns to beat the team that started d