Call me.”You may have heard: Friday it was revealed that the New England Patriots’ third-string quarterback, Jacoby Brissett, has torn ligaments in his right thumb and will need surgery. This wouldn’t be a problem if Tom Brady didn’t have one more game to serve on his Deflategate suspension, or even if No. 2 on the depth chart, Jimmy Garoppolo, hadn’t bunged up his throwing shoulder in Week 2. After all, Belichick with 10 days to prepare for anybody is usually not a fair fight. Belichick argued he thought it was within the rules, and had been doing it for years.

Source: National Post September 24, 2016 01:30 UTC