But it was a play that defined Osweiler’s night and his season so far.
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As we’ve moved past the midway point of Tom Brady’s four-game suspension, the New England Patriots may be faced with a hard decision. Getting one of them back would be the best case scenario.
All eyes now turn to Garoppolo’s shoulder, then Edelman’s past as an option quarterback at Kent State – though if we’ve learned anything about Belichick, it might not matter who plays quarterback as the Patriots aim for a ideal 4-0 start without Brady. “Just really proud of the way our guys competed”.
RUNNING QBS: Brissett’s 27-yard touchdown run was the longest for a Patriots quarterback since Steve Grogan went 41 yards for a score in 1976.
Belichick said Brissett made an instantaneous decision, just as all players do on every play. “At any moment in the game no one wavered, no one flinched, and the results proved themselves with what our team did tonight”. But after Thursday’s laugher, it feels as if Belichick could start one of New England’s cheerleaders at quarterback and still get to 4-0 without Brady.
Meanwhile a Texans team that looked so promising after wins over Chicago and Kansas City, was lethargic in all three phases.
Brissett even got normally stoic coach Bill Belichick in on the fun.
“I thought he understood the game plan well”, Doeren said.
“We gave them a lot of new things”, Belichick said after the game. He wasn’t his normal self by any means. “So you have time to develop them, either on the practice squad or as a backup, before eventually them having to play in a game”. “I know he’s excited to get a chance to play”. “I just care about the Jets”. “I was trying to hold him out of there, and he cut back on me”. Watt assisted on just two tackles in the game, and the Texans were only able to sack Brissett once in the game, for a loss of 6 yards. “They went out and created turnovers and that always helps the other two sides of the ball”. The way the games were played were identical, the only difference was the venue. The next season, Belichick took a job with the Detroit Lions as the team’s assistant special teams coach before taking the receivers coach position in 1977. It paid off big time on Thursday. Nothing seems to faze the New England Patriots, who just keep on winning no matter what obstacles are thrown their way. Teams probably shouldn’t run slants off a stacked WR formation from this point forward since Jimmy Garoppolo is the only QB to successfully run that play against Butler.
The Texans’ Charles James and rookie Tyler Ervin fumbled the kickoffs, while quarterback Brock Osweiler threw the interception.
GROUND GAME: Blount has scored touchdowns in all three games this season.
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After all, when you lose 27-0 it’s not really about the opposing quarterback because whether the name is Brady, Garoppolo or Brissett, the bottom line of the whitewash by definition is you didn’t play well enough offensively to beat anyone under center. “You never know what’s going to happen in the National Football League”. “This is about our team”. I wanted it to be entertaining. He is now only behind Tom Landry (250), George Halas (318) and Don Shula (328).
