Pats QB Brissett’s Right Thumb Could Be Concern in Week 4

A report on WEEI’s website suggests the injury happened at the start of the third quarter of the Houston game.

“Jacoby didn’t look stressed out at all”, Doeren said. “He definitely still has juice in him, can make some big plays for them”. Later, ESPN reported a source as saying of Brissett’s thumb, “No tear, it’s fine”. In the National Basketball Association, many people consider Michael Jordan to be the greatest player of all time, but some believe it was Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, or Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. Though there was no chance Garoppolo was going to play Thursday against the Texans, it’s certainly reasonable for him to return against the Bills as long as he can tolerate the pain.

For most of last night’s blowout between the Houston Texans and the New England Patriots, I started thinking about how the meeting between the two teams went in Houston a season ago.

If the injury keeps Brissett out of action at all, the Patriots will be forced to go back to the drawing board for Week 4, the final matchup of Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for DeflateGate. Brissett ran some option looks as well, finishing with six carries for 50 yards (removing the pair of kneel-downs).

Coach Bill Belichick said there were no special instructions for the rookie to be cautious.

That drive ended when Edelman dropped a Brissett pass in the back of the end zone for a touchdown.

Brissett made his National Football League debut in relief of Garoppolo, who was slammed to the turf by Dolphins linebacker Kiko Alonso on Sunday, a 31-24 Patriots victory. He threw for 2,662 yards and 20 touchdowns last season and 2,606 and 23 touchdowns as a junior in 2014 for the Wolfpack.

Personality-wise, Brissett has been a ideal fit with the the team-first, no-nonsense Patriots, too. After J.J. Watt was game planned out of the game, the Patriots out-muscled the rest of the Texans’ line and played stout defense keeping Osweiler and the Texans’ offense in check.

You don’t need us, the media nor the fans, to tell you this, but it’d make all the sense in the world, and even though you try to front like you don’t have one, it’d warm a lot of folks souls too. “At any moment in the game, no one wavered, no one flinched, and the results proved themselves with what our team did tonight”.

The turnover led to immediate points for the Patriots as rookie quarterback Jacoby Brissett rushed for a 27-yard touchdown to boost the lead to 10-0.

“No idea what you are talking about”, wide receiver Danny Amendola said today when asked about Brissett’s injury. He’s had a really good week of practice. Yes, the super hunky Patriots wide-receiver who is now dating Adriana Lima.

The Patriots are off until next Sunday when they play the Buffalo Bills.

The team also has second-year tight end AJ Derby on the roster, a former quarterback in college at Arkansas before he transitioned to his current position.

“He’ll probably get another week to do it again”, Doeren said.