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Matt Ryan talked to Eli Manning about beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl

Published Jan. 31, 2017 8:16 a.m. ET

Cameron DaSilva

Matt Ryan will do something on Sunday that’s he’s only done twice before: take on the New England Patriots. In his previous two starts against the Patriots, Ryan went 0-2 with two touchdown passes and one interception.

Those numbers will be thrown out the window, of course, when Super Bowl LI kicks off this weekend. Ryan is preparing for the current Patriots team, not the one he faced three years ago. To do that, he spoke to a couple of guys who are familiar with the Patriots.

Ryan said at Super Bowl Opening Night on Monday that he spoke to Peyton Manning about how to prepare. He also talked to Eli Manning, who beat the Patriots twice in the big game, about how to topple New England in the Super Bowl.

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"I received text messages from Eli, and obviously I've gotten to know Eli throughout the years, and he's a great guy," Ryan said, via The New York Post. "I think his advice was, 'You guys know yourselves, and you know what you do.' And at the end of the day, that's probably some of the best advice you can get is to trust what we do and trust our process and who we are and how we do things. And I think we'll be ready to go."

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