Instead, he played the role of a fan as he watched backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo lead the Patriots to an improbable 23-21 win in Arizona.
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“I haven’t been the starter in two years now, so it’s good to be back out there”, Garoppolo said. Most of us figure if Jimmy and the Patriots can go two for two in the first four games, they’d be doing great.
Praise for Dante: Patriots head coach Bill Belichick praised Dante Scarnecchia, who upon his return as offensive line coach managed to survive with a starting five that consisted of three rookies (center David Andrews and guards Joe Thuney and Ted Karras) and two veterans who wouldn’t normally get the nod (tackles Cameron Fleming and Marcus Cannon). I know we have a talented bunch, yet at the same time if they don’t play to their level, we’re going to have disappointment.
Garoppolo completed 24 of 33 passes for 264 yards and touchdown.
Julian Edelman, who caught a team-leading seven passes, helped Garoppolo set the tone early in his first National Football League start.
Someday we’ll learn the full brilliance of what he does.
After Sunday night’s game, my friends at the Sports Hub are going to have to come up with another go-to topic to fill slow periods. We got some things the other day that we didn’t practice.
He said some extra tape on the ankles that a trainer chose to apply before the game prevented the injury from being worse and he expects to be ready for Sunday’s home game against Tampa Bay. We believed in him.
“I’ve got to make the kick, just an old-fashioned miss”, he said.
Not only did both the San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints drop their games to the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders in heartbreaking fashion, they also lost key contributors for the season.
“You know, I don’t talk about the future”, Fitzgerald said.
Asked how first-round draft pick Robert Nkemdiche played, Arians said, “poor”. With Gostkowski kicking the ball to the 3, Nate Ebner brought Andre Ellington down at the 17 and the Cardinals were forced to start their final possession of the game at their 8 when Tyvon Branch was flagged for holding. “It starts at the top, we [were] obviously not ready to play, they outplayed us”. Great team. I’m looking forward to seeing these guys on the field. “A lot of times, you don’t get to see those things until after when you watch it on film”. I like when we play at 1:00, so I can actually enjoy it from 5:00 until I go to sleep. They looked a lot more in sync in the second half, but it was a bit too late, and then came the miss. The conservative approach suggested the coaches had too much confidence in the secondary’s sustained success against the aerial attack.
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“How does a clipboarder, benchwarmer who’s never played a single quarter rise in the wake of what Wells reported”, the opening song – set to Hamilton opener “Alexander Hamilton” – begins. Palmer and the Arizona air attack didn’t open up the field all that much, and specifically, speedy wide receiver John Brown was essentially non-existent on this night.
