Garoppolo hurt his shoulder in the Patriots’ win over the Dolphins and his doubtful for tonight’s game against the Texans.
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After all, with Tom Brady suspended and Jimmy Garoppolo injured, the Patriots didn’t have any other quarterbacks on the roster to call upon if the 23-year-old rookie got hurt.
NFL Week 3 Thursday Night Football sees the New England Patriots taking on Houston Texans and livescores, TV stream and live stats will be available.
Today’s New England Patriots vs Houston Texans NFL Monday Night Football game has a start time schedule of 8:25pm EST time and will air on on TV channel CBS. Brissett’s start on Thursday was the first time that New England had started a rookie quarterback since Drew Bledsoe in 1993.
Garoppolo was inactive against Houston, leaving the Patriots with just Brissett on the depth chart at QB.
Instead, the New England Patriots cruised to a 27-0 victory by capitalizing on three turnovers thanks to an efficient effort from a rookie quarterback making his first National Football League start.
The dominance in that area was reflected in how the Texans didn’t cross midfield until there was 1:35 remaining in the third quarter.
It was New England’s first shutout since December 30, 2012, and it was the first time the Texans were blanked since December 7, 2003.
It’s too early to tell if Brock Osweiler is worth all that money, or, conversely, if the Patriots defense can regularly win them games.
While Brissett’s presumptive status as starter against the Texans is the main talking point ahead of tonight’s game, there are a couple other interesting plots beyond that. Over 31 games, Edelman completed 54.5 percent of his passes for 4,997 yards and 30 touchdowns to 31 interceptions.
Lamar Miller rushed 22 times for 84 yards.
Coach Bill Belichick said there were no special instructions for the rookie to be cautious.
Barstool Sports posted a tweet combining the end of the Godfather with the Patriots quarterback situation. If the Texans can keep their momentum going they may very well walk out of New England 3-0. It was the first time he appeared in a regular-season game and went without a catch. Nate Ebner and Brandon Bolden forced the fumbles, while Jordan Richards and Duron Harmon recovered them both.
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DeAndre Hopkins and rookie Will Fuller both tallied over 100 yards receiving for the Texans, who now hold the top slot in the AFC SOUTH division.
