Quarterback Jacoby Brissett’s impressive performance in the preseason finale probably didn’t do too much to change the Patriots’ perception of the third-stringer.
Their decision to keep him — or, in a seemingly less likely scenario, to part ways — for a second season probably would have been based on a greater philosophical approach about their future at quarterback, more so than Brissett’s production in a game against the Giants that featured backups across the board.
The Patriots have been so overcautiously proactive in the event of an emergency succession plan for Tom Brady that it would conflict with their pattern if they cut bait with Brissett in time for today’s cuts.