A road win in New England, even against an injury-hampered Patriots team, would solidify Houston’s spot as a contender in the AFC at 3-0. It should be fascinating to see what type of playbook Belichick and Josh McDaniels have for Brisket on Thursday night. The nine-year veteran has played on all but two offensive snaps over the first two games and reeled in a 20-yard touchdown on Sunday. We have a great deal there.
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Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien likely isn’t going to shed a tear for the plight of former boss Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots, who are expected to start third-round rookie Jacoby Brissett in Thursday’s game at Foxborough, Mass.
One thing to note is that the Patriots were dominating the Miami Dolphins this past Sunday before Garoppolo went out with the injury. “Those guys, like I said, those guys play very, very hard”. We will see, but I would imagine that it’ll be fun for Watt to play against the Patriots with both hands available to him this season, as last year, in Week 14, he was dealing with the “club hand” on his broken mitt for the first time all year. It drove Belichick to the point of agitation as he was pressed about Garoppolo’s status. Just taking this week the same. “We’re 2-0 which is good”.
Coach Bill Belichick was peppered with questions about Garoppolo’s health and not adding a quarterback to the roster in his only press conference of the week, but the coach maintained his usual evasive style in his responses.
“He was a shotgun, wildcat quarterback at Kent State – and really good at it”, O’Brien said. They may be without Gronk, and even Jimmy Garoppolo, on Thursday Night Football against the Texans. In that situation, receiver Julian Edelman would back up Brissett. He’s kind of batting 1.000 right now…
Edelman has not played quarterback in the National Football League, but was a quarterback at Kent State. Of course, all that changed the afternoon Mo Lewis knocked him sideways, but the fact that the franchise had followed their overriding team-building philosophy – always get a quarterback – is one of the reasons they found him in the first place. But in a pinch, they have provided solid quarterbacking play when Brady has been off the field. He has got good physical talent. In addition, linebacker Dont’a Hightower was limited in practice Tuesday after missing all last week and Sunday’s game with a knee injury.
Their Golden Boy Tom Brady returns from a four-game suspension on October 3.
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He said: “To me, if something like that were going to happen, you’ve proved my point”. If he is truly pain free in his back, then it should just be a normal “didn’t do anything in training camp” rust cycle, should it not?
