Patriots report, prepare for 4 games without Brady

Training camp practices start Thursday morning at Gillette Stadium, and Belichick is ready to prepare Garoppolo the best he can for the quarterback’s first National Football League starts. But in the meantime, we’re going to prioritize the first part of our schedule.

For a man renowned for his preference to say as little as possible on all topics, this counts as news. “We know what we have to work with, and that’s what we’re doing”.

“It’s always good being back and then finally coming here and seeing all the guys”, McCourty said, “it’s like the first day back to school”.

He did not divulge on how he’ll split up the reps between the quarterbacks this training camp (“We’ll find out”), but Belichick doesn’t see divvying up the snaps between Brady, Garoppolo and rookie quarterback Jacoby Brissett as a major challenge this summer. “That will be a comprehensive process”, Belichick said Wednesday at Gillette Stadium. “I think each team, you get 32 teams in here with one goal, no matter what happens to them as a team”.

Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels weighed in.

“I know Jimmy’s going to work hard and make sure he’s good”, Chung told nesn.com. “He’s got a lot of opportunities in his first two plus years here in practice, in spring football, and this will be his third opportunity at training camp”. And he’s made progress.

With Brady starting every game since Garoppolo arrived, the third-year quarterback has completed 20 of his 38 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown on his career. “We could sit here and talk about it for a day”.