Garoppolo is thus slated to start the first four games of the coming season for the Patriots, while Brady will be eligible to return to action in Week 5 against the Browns. What made the performance more impressive was the fact that the personnel surrounding the quarterbacks stayed the same regardless of whether Brady or Garoppolo was under center.
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Just because Garoppolo is the starter doesn’t mean he will alter his mentality. However, every quarterback should see significant time in training camp, including rookie Jacoby Brissett.
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“We’ll stay in the shadows and we’ll continue to work and continue to build the camaraderie”, Chung said. So, to just get that chemistry going we’ve just got to go out on the field, get reps together, go do one-on-one sessions together, just throw like we do and we always do. “So, it’s huge to get these reps in now [and] not wait until Week 3 or Week 4 of training camp”.
As dizzying as the last year-plus has been, Garoppolo says he’s embracing the excitement of the moment.
Terrell Suggs, who starts out on the Baltimore Ravens’ physically unable to perform list as he continues to rehabilitate his surgically repaired Achilles tendon, was asked by reporters last week how many sacks he has left in his 33-year-old body.
“We’ll find out, ” he said.
“Playing the armchair psychologist here”, Volin added, “Brady just doesn’t quite look himself right now”.
“We’re definitely thankful that he’s around now, and I think he brings so much to the table, ” he said. Where Garoppolo traveled on the Patriots first practice of the summer, the media followed, watching him partake in non-contact 11-on-11 drills, 7-on-7 drills, and route-running drills with his receiving corps.
The win propelled the Patriots to the Super Bowl, where they beat the Seattle Seahawks, giving Brady his fourth Super Bowl title.
“I’ve been preparing to be the starter since the first day I walked in here and that’s just the mindset (you need to succeed in the NFL)”, said Garoppolo.
Former NFL player and coach Herm Edwards believes it’s situations such as this where you really find out who the great coaches are, and, naturally, Belichick falls into that category.
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But that success has come at the expense of his body at times the past few seasons as team have keyed on Brady’s favorite target.
