Bill Belichick clarifies role with Patriots

TV: 8:25 p.m. ET, CBS, NFL Network. Rookie Jacoby Brissett is the only other quarterback on the roster. The Texans will have to prepare for both quarterbacks, but I find it hard to imagine we will see Garoppolo in this game. If QB Jacoby Brissett starts, it would be first time New England has started rookie QB since Drew Bledsoe in 1993. But I definitely am looking at it as two different football games. Jimmy Garoppolo handled the starting job well but his sprained AC joint would not let him play on Thursday.

A third-round draft pick who transferred from Florida to North Carolina State as a junior, Brissett missed on his first two passes but completed six of the next seven. The Texans said they’ll need to fluster him. “Try to get them guessing and all that and get them antsy in the pocket”. He’s no doubt the future of this football team.

Garoppolo was not spotted at practice during the time the media was allowed to watch and was listed as having limited participation. When his career is over, he’ll wind up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Despite the wins and the team’s uniquely rough injury/suspension situation, they have played well enough to win – but those key absences hasn’t stopped Belichick from evaluating the team as it is. “He’s an excellent player”.

The Patriots are now Tom Brady-less for the first month of the season because. well, we’re still not certain, though the National Football League will tell you it’s because of his involvement in Deflategate. “I don’t know why we can’t understand that”, he said. “Communication is important. I think it’ll steadily improve if we keep that attitude”.

What has largely carried Houston thus far, though, has been the defense. The Patriots ran 26 times with nine passes while he was at quarterback, though they were also trying to milk the clock; he ran four times for a net gain of 10 yards himself.

“It’s a disruptive front”, O’Brien said.

Siemian needs to cut down on the interceptions, but he does some really good things out there. I would say that’s one thing that stood out to me in the draft, 235-pound guy, ” said O’Brien. The win over Chicago came just over a month after the defensive end had back surgery. He said he wants to play this week. It presents yet another preparation challenge for a Houston defense that has held its opponents under 15 points in each of their two victories over Chicago and Kansas City. There are no quarterbacks on the team’s practice squad.

“He’s a great dude”, he said. Brandon Marshall, Eric Decker, Matt Forte… offensively, good things are expected. Brock Osweiler is one of my favorite quarterbacks and I can not really explain why.

Doctor Belichick is not in. We’ve all got a lot of work to do.

The Patriots coach also isn’t interested in sharing any contingency plans he might have.