Our models now expect Brissett to complete 20 passes for 219 yards, 1.02 touchdowns and 0.92 interceptions against the Texans in his first career start.
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After reports surfaced from the Boston Herald yesterday that the Patriots might be pressuring injured starting QB Jimmy Garoppolo into playing, it remained ambiguous as to who would be starting for New England Thursday night against the Texans.
LeGarrette Blount ran for 105 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown, and the Texans fumbled a pair of kickoff returns to set up one- and two-play touchdown drives.
The second quarter starts now in Foxborough, and the comments section is open for your discussion, analysis, and real-time reactions to the game.
What a fantastic game we have here between two strong teams in the NFL.
Brissett on his first National Football League touchdown: “It was insane”.
Catastrophe hit the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon.
The Patriots will enter the contest still unclear if TE, Rob Gronkowski will be able to give it a go for the first time this season. More impressive, though, is the Patriots play calling, which dipped into some old school concepts, which Jacoby Brissett scoring a 27-yard run a naked bootleg fake.
“I was just running until I got stopped”, Brissett said. If the Texans can keep their momentum going they may very well walk out of New England 3-0.
Maybe Texans coach Bill O’Brien’s familiarity with the Patriots’ system after having coached there for five seasons, two of which ended in Super Bowl defeats, will help.
But Brissett, who broke free around the right side on a first-and-15 from the Houston 27, went untouched to the 5 before Hal appeared to have him cornered.
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Still, Gronkowski is the unquestioned top tight end play this week, and every other week, with his unmatched size, speed, and athleticism at the position.
