Reports after the game said Garoppolo’s injury is serious enough to make him doubtful for Thursday’s game against the Houston Texans.
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“I felt like it was a pretty dominant performance”, Steelers safety Mike Mitchell said. “I’m proud of him, and I look forward to working this week hard with him”.
Garoppolo helped the Patriots build a 24-point lead today in their 31-24 victory against the Dolphins, but he injured the shoulder in the second quarter when he was taken to the ground by linebacker Kiko Alonso.
The Dolphins crawled back into the game late in the second half, scoring 21 straight points to apply some pressure in the fourth quarter, but a last-second heave into the end zone was intercepted by the Patriots to secure the victory.
Justin Tucker kicked three field goals and the Ravens (2-0) withstood Cleveland’s final drive to improve to 15-2 against the Browns under coach John Harbaugh.
The Patriots seemed to lose a bit of focus after Garoppolo went down.
Well, the rookie is the team’s best hope for the next two games until the Jedi Master, Tom Brady, returns from his league-mandated four-game suspension. Adjusting week to week – keeping Martellus Bennett in to block nearly exclusively last week in Arizona because of the way they rush the passer, then unleashing him as a five-catch, 114-yard receiving threat this week against Miami.
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“You hate to see that happen”, Pats wide receiver Chris Hogan said.
Blount gained a significant amount of his yards on sweeps to the left, led by rookie guard Joe Thuney and tackle Nate Solder, who returned to the lineup for the first time since last October 11 when he suffered a season-ending arm injury.
Brissett completed six of nine passes for 92 yards in relief for Garoppolo Sunday.
But the Patriots’ defense made it interesting. Garoppolo ended his day 18 of 27 passing for 234 yards and was replaced by rookie Jacoby Brissett, who led New England to a touchdown on its first possession of the second half. This was the first and last chance to catch New England in such a feeble state season. The train keeps on moving, and it just means that we’re going to have to have a great week of preparation against a really good football team.
Arian Foster of the Miami Dolphins left his side’s loss to the New England Patriots with a groin injury. During the offseason, they released and traded players who started multiple games. He’s going to be a big-time player for us. Newton threw two TD passes to Kelvin Benjamin and one to Greg Olsen and Devin Funchess. The Patriots jumped out to a 31-3 lead before the Dolphins mounted a comeback effort. By halftime, the Patriots (2-0) had 17 first downs and 290 yards compared to seven first downs for the Dolphins and 149 yards.
In two-plus quarters played, Brissett has already made some history.
In fact, the Dolphins next three drives results in touchdowns, while the Patriots were forced into two punts and a shanked field goal by K Stephen Gostkowski.
“I need to figure out a way to get our guys in rhythm earlier”, Gase said. While he did down two inside the 20-yard line, his four punts went for an average of only 32 yards with a long of just 37.
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“We’ll do whatever we think is best for the team”, Belichick said after the game.
