Packers banged up, rookies feel more comfortable

We’ll work on everything and try to keep improving.

“What’s fortunate is we get to play against one of the top offenses every day in practice“, McCourty said. I can’t imagine there’s any team in the league that doesn’t feel that way.

The New England Patriots fell 22-11 on Thursday night in their preseason opener against the Green Bay Packers at Gillette Stadium.

Rodgers threw for 117 yards and completed 11-of-19 passes before taking the rest of the night off. On a 4th-and-3, Janis beat Logan Ryan off the line and Tolzien lofted the pass in for the score.

Sure, Tom Brady has four Super Bowl rings in six appearances as a long-time starting quarterback for the Patriots, but right now, he may or may not be an option once week one rolls around.

CLEVELAND (AP) – Quarterback Josh McCown threw a touchdown pass in his debut for Cleveland and backup Johnny Manziel scrambled for a TD as the Browns built an early lead before losing to Washington. The Patriots’ second-year quarterback continues to prove that while he may not be flawless in practice, he can make plays in games. Replace him with Montgomery in that situation, and Green Bay will be left with Cobb, Nelson and Adams still creating havoc from their traditional positions while the rookie attacks slower linebackers. “We used all our timeouts in the first half”.

Evaluating Garoppolo before he gets a chance to play with a competent offensive line and threatening supporting options would be impulsive and rash. I thought that was a good, quick decision on his part.

At the end of the first quarter, Mason Crosby opened the scoring with a 24-yard field goal. As many as 23 players have missed time during camp for various injuries, though none have been serious.

The Patriots had no timeouts and were facing a second-and-5 with less than a minute to play. “That would’ve helped a little bit, but you’ve got to take it in stride, really”. He went 20-for-30 for 159 yards, no touchdowns and one interception, and was sacked seven times.

Garoppolo looked Boyce’s way on first down near midfield, and the receiver didn’t come back for the ball, making it a fairly easy play for rookie cornerback Ladarius Gunter.

Alonzo Harris scored on a 25-yard run for the Packers’ other touchdown early in the third quarter.

BB: We play the guys who can play, take a look at them. Back to Garappolo though, as he was also sacked 7 times by the ferocious Packers pass rush.

After the game, Garoppolo described his night as having “ups and downs”. The Patriots only managed 11 points in the game, something that will be overly analyzed all week. Jimmy G finished 20 for 30 and went 15 for 17 in the second half.

Gostkowski came through, booting a 56-yard kick for three points.

Foxborough, Mass. – Tom Brady had better hope his legal defense is better than his football defense. He wasn’t getting enough power on his deep balls, and was nearly picked off a couple of times.