Brissett starts at QB for Patriots, Garoppolo inactive

He didn’t have to be.

With Tom Brady still suspended two more games, the Patriots will turn to rookie signal caller Jacoby Brissett versus Houston.

OUR PREDICTION: The Texans leads the National Football League with nine sacks through two weeks and will make Brissett’s life miserable tonight.

In the video, Tom Brady takes Brissett under his wing just as Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) once did for his son Michael (Al Pacino). Brady led the Patriots to the first of four Super Bowl titles that year, relinquishing the job only when he was injured in 2008 and again this year when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell benched him for his role in a scheme to use improperly inflated footballs in the 2015 AFC title game. “But we’ll get better”.

Dr. Roto looks at the Fantasy assets in Thursday Night Football’s matchup between the Houston Texans and New England Patriots. Blount finished with 105 yards on 24 carries. After giving up a field goal, they fumbled the ensuing kickoff. The New England Patriots will host the Houston Texans on Thursday, . “Brissett completed six of nine passes in the Patriots” 31-24 victory over the Dolphins, and it looks as though the third-round. 7. Collins also was in on 14 tackles.

Fortunately for the Patriots, both of those games come at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, where New England is 30-4 since 2012. “It worked out how we planned it was going to work out”.

TRAINER’S ROOM: Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski began the week still limited by a hamstring injury that kept him sidelined for the first two games. Osweiler, in his first season, as the Texans lead guy has thrown for 499 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions. It was the 12th 100-yard game of his career, his second in five days.

At the same time, though, it is understood that wide receiver Julian Edelman, who played QB at Kent State, could serve as an emergency option after he took part in running plays during the week.

In fact, since 2003, New England has won six of the past seven battles, and are now on a four-game winning streak. The Patriots were still missing LB Dont’a Hightower (knee).

The Texans have been up-and-down on offense, but their defense has been on fire. (Bill) Belichick had me breaking down all kinds of film.

There is a “real chance” Gronkowski plays in the game despite being listed as questionable, according to the NFL Network. Texans OT Duane Brown had his fist raised during the national anthem.