Patriots go from Brady to back up to Brissett, keep winning

The New England Patriots’ freakish start to the season may get even weirder after news surfaced that Jacoby Brissett suffered a thumb injury on Thursday, which may require surgery to fix.

Three days was far too quick of a turnaround for Jimmy Garoppolo to be ready for Thursday night against the Houston Texans. This shows how much the game plan was designed for Brissett, specifically with his athleticsm. The Patriots are 11-5 and won seven straight Thursday games and 10 of their last 11 such contests.

“Yeah, I wish that was all there was to it, just put on a new pair of socks and it would change your performance”, he said, tongue in cheek. There is a lot of pressure on the other teams in the AFC East to play catch up, but this upcoming week is a tough one for majority.

Despite injuries to Garoppolo, Brissett, offensive tackle Nate Solder, tight end Rob Gronkowski and linebacker Dont’a Hightower – just to name a few – the Patriots have yet to lose this season and will carry a 3-0 record into next Sunday’s matchup with the Buffalo Bills.

Blount Force Trauma – As written Thursday morning, the Patriots needed to run the heck out of LeGarrette Blount-and boy, did they.

“Coach always talks about points in the biggest thing on defense”, McCourty said about Bill Belichick.

Osweiler, who backstopped the Patriots’ first loss last season when he made his second National Football League start with the Denver Broncos, was 24 of 41 for 196 yards. These guys work hard.There is a lot of season left.

In the first two games for the New England Patriots, Garoppolo was solid passing for 496 yards with four TD and he was not picked off once according to NFL.com.

Under the new rule, a touchback now gives the offense the ball on the 25-yard line. It was their first loss of the season, and they were pretty confident after winning their first two. “Definitely great to see all the players run up to me”. His release looked clean, the ball came out quickly, and he didn’t force throws to his first read when they weren’t open. “I wouldn’t really want anything to deflect the credit that they deserve for what they accomplished tonight”.

Texans RB Lamar Miller (26 touches, 111 yards) – The volume is there, the explosiveness just isn’t from Miller.