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QB Jimmy Garoppolo gets the game ball during Patriots locker room celebration

He said some extra tape on the ankles that a trainer chose to apply before the game prevented the injury from being worse and he expects to be ready for Sunday’s home game against Tampa Bay.

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“With Tom Brady sitting out the first game of a four-week suspension and All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski out with a hamstring injury, Jimmy Garoppolo did just enough to help the Patriots to a stunning road win at Arizona”, Newsday’s Bob Glauber said. I liked their chances against Houston, who has a young quarterback, and two lousy divisional opponents, but I thought the Cardinals were too good. I loved the play calling from Josh McDaniels on the first drive, specifically the first play. Quarterback Carson Palmer said his team would bounce back. I should have been smarter than that. The last team to make the Super Bowl after an 0-2 start, for what it’s worth, was the 2007 New York Giants. He is signed through the 2019 season, and, at different times, he has said that he wants to play until he is 45 (through the 2022 season) and that he wants to play 10 more seasons (through the 2025 season).

Jimmy Garoppolo and the Patriots will look to continue the success with the next three games at home. Bad snap, decent hold, wide left, Patriots win! Could the Cardinals score 500 points this season?

Even though the Cardinals finished plus-two in turnover margin, Arians said Arizona is going to have a hard time defeating anyone if the team struggles as much as it did defending third down plays. But they can’t keep both indefinitely, and at some point in the next 18 months, the Patriots are going to have to decide if Brady will still be their quarterback in 2018. It’s going to be a slaughter. While I know this is far from popular, I will consistently go on the record and say Malcolm Butler is not a good cornerback. It’s possible, but very unlikely. As poorly as we played, we still should have won. The Panthers also are very good, but I think they might take a step back this year after an incredible 2015. They seem completely unstoppable. “It was a great night for him and for our whole offense”. It is absolutely incredible to watch and be a fan of this team. We knew as a team. I doubt there has been. “The guy was trying to make a play”, Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott said of Williams. Certainly, I put him and Coach (Nick) Saban (Belichick’s defensive coordinator in Cleveland from 1991-1994) up there pretty high, along with a lot of other great coaches and Scott O’Brien (Belichick’s special teams coach with the Browns from 1991-1995, then later with the Patriots from 2009-2014) in the kicking game. Nobody is stopping New England this year.

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Eric Kendricks returned an interception 77 yards for a touchdown late in the third quarter and Danielle Hunter scored a 24-yard TD off the fumble return and the Vikings beat the Titans. Just like the rest of the AFC East. “This is not the Super Bowl”. Sorry to everyone else in the National Football League, but the New England Patriots are unstoppable.

NFL Week 1 Preview: New England Patriots vs. Arizona Cardinals