The Patriots were just fine Thursday night, but that doesn't mean that Tom Brady briefly left New England in a state of mystery after vanishing from Gillette Stadium before kickoff.
We now know that Brady cut his thumb open on a pair of scissors before the game, opening the door for Jimmy Garoppolo to start his second straight preseason game (he did pretty well, too). As for Brady's prognosis, it looks like he'll be OK.
Shortly after the scissor news broke, a couple New England reporters cited a source saying that Brady would be "OK in time.