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Jimmy Garoppolo Answers Call but Injury Creates More Uncertainty for Patriots

Save the New England Patriots, Jacoby Brissett. You're the team's only hope.

Well, the rookie is the team's best hope for the next two games until the Jedi Master, Tom Brady, returns from his league-mandated four-game suspension.

But the Patriots aren't the Rebel Alliance. If anything, they're the NFL's version of the Empire, and Bill Belichick's squad can overcome the loss of the Death Star and rebuild. They'll just have to do so with a Padawan who will make his first start against J.J. Watt on a short week when the Patriots face the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football.