After Tom Brady left the Patriots and before they signed Cam Newton, Jarrett Stidham lined up to be the Pats' quarterback heir. But with Newton out in Week 4, Stidham still isn't starting.
The starting nod instead goes to Brian Hoyer on Monday night when the Patriots play at the Kansas City Chiefs. Cam Newton is out for Week 4 after testing positive for COVID-19, and New England's answer to Patrick Mahomes on the other side is the veteran and multiple-time Patriot Hoyer.
New England will likely lean on its running game Monday night, but a possible big deficit to Mahomes will eventually call on Hoyer to throw.