fascinating brissett is going to get the start. garoppolo is not even going to dress. he suffered an a.c. shoulder strain in the second quarter and never returned. he is apparently not red to go. as for rob gronkowski, all signs point to a big tight end of the regular season. the owner robert kraft thinks he's playing. he said that would be wise to think that way. gronk hasn't been on the field since an injure last month. gronk did not play last week after getting injured in the opener. we all know how the patriots handle injuries. it's always, always close to the vest. patriots are looking to go 3-0. paula, that's the story. back to you. >> thanks so much.

ready to go. football is a team sport. one player is not going to make or break a win or loss. roche, lots of story lines with this game tonight. >> reporter: yeah, liam. let's give you what i think may be three keys to a patriots victory tonight. let's begin with determination on defense. the patriots struggled through the second half sunday against miami. they got torched and lit up by ryan and e they need to play better. we all thought they would be coming in, maybe win the game that way tonight, win it for the offense. number 2, jacoby brissett needs to step up literally. if you watch the texans pass rushers, they go straight and inside. if brissett can jump up, he will be fine. finally, wins the turnover battle. three kansas city fumbles last

turned the bull over. three interceptions for the quarterback. if the pats can win the turnover game, i think they will be in good shape here and the addition of lisa hughes is said go a long way in helping jacoby brissett get the job done on offense. through go, we'll have more coming up at 6:00. for now, liam, back to you. >> roche-y, thank you very much. the man watching game, patriots owner robert kraft let's go back to david and lisa. you had an interesting conversation with him. >> reporter: yeah. it went well. we have a little bit of information from the owner tonight. >> it's almost like he was beaming and ready to give us great news for the team. >> reporter: absolutely. if there's anything about him, he exuded the confidence. i said how are you feeling going into tonight.

>> well, i believe we're growing to win. >> reporter: score? >> no i don't do scores. all that matters to me is whether we win. i don't think too many teams can say, you know, they have their third string quarterback starting a game in the their week and they feel they are going to win. that is ape great credit to our coaching staff and our system and the players that we have. we have a good, year. it's very exciting. i think our loyal fans will also appreciate how special it is. >> reporter: tell me something about jacoby that we don't know. >> he's as cool as a cucumber. this is me speaking without any knowledge. i wouldn't be surprised if he went for it all pep's got a great arm. i've seen him do it in practice

about both he and jimmy is they're cool. they don't panic. thinking of jimmy in arizona and jacoby coming in last week at the end of the second period. for a guy that never started, third string quarterback, was drafted, he's got a nice demeanor, cool as a cucumber, and the players respect him. when an event like this happens, that's important. so i think they are all rooting for him to do well. >> reporter: is rob gronkowski playing tonight? >> what do you think? >> reporter: i will say yes. >> i think you are a wise lady. >> reporter: i hope i'm right. >> i hope you're right, too. >> there is the breaking news from robertcast. we're joined now by tracy pox.

that gronk is going to play, it is a huge play with especially the backup to the backup playing quarterback. >> i'm glad we now know. i had a chance to see him in practice. it did look like we're going to see him warming up any minute. it gives brissett another option and also between him and benette out there now, you go back to the 2011-2012 season with aaron hernandez, and i think it makes it really tough for the texans defense. >> how much fun is it for the story lines coming into this game? >> i love it. this is what it's all about. we don't know how it will play out, especially here in patriot city. you don't know what exactly you are going to get from bill belichick and this team, right? he can say gronk is going to play and then the next thick you know he's not out there.

the uncertainty with the patriots and facing this team with the texans it will be a great one. >> we all remember that big game where the texans came into town wearing letterman jacket and the patriots trounced them. obviously different coaching. is this a different team? is this a tougher team? >> i think it is. bill brings a new toughness to the team as well. you have a new quarterback this year. you have stronger. that's what it is guided by. jj watt is finally healthy. i think it's interesting for bill o'brien to be coming back and coming back home. as he says to us, his parents are big patriots fans. he said they are probably wearing patriots uniforms under those shirts today. >> it is so great to have you

christmas eve when i'm back. i'm sure it will be cold then. >> thanks so much. >> by the way, if you are head by the game tonight. >> the wbz tractor-trailer reporter has the latest. pats have this gale on a thursday night a work night and we're starting to see backups 495 is sleetly solid and red. it stays like this tore the entire ride. the drive time, 295 south of one hour and you have to actually get down 95. 95 is bumper to bumper for 95 and 295. lee jump, if you are the next backup quarterback, i can't guarantee you will make it there on time. >> that would be very, very bad

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saved. a manatee stuck off the cape is now getting expert care. conservation groups were concerned with the water getting too cold for this sea cow, as they call them, to survive. >> so today they went in, pulled it out of the water. bill shields is live in falmouth with the story. hey, bill. >> reporter: you know what, it's about 1500 miles from south florida this manatee paid it. they've been keeping an eye on him trying to figure out where he's going to go. they finally corralled him in east falmouth. none too soon, either, because the water temperature will start dropping soon. >> right now, it's regulating temperatures and doing supportive care. >> for nearly a munch, people on cape cod have been catching glimpses but today they finally

>> they were able to catch this animal and give it the best possible for survival. once the water temperature is below 68, it really is going to take a turn for the worse. >> they are native to the warm waters of florida, but this guy decided to come to massachusetts for the summer. >> this is a warm water animal that's gone a little out of its way and hunkered down in a couple of days and it's >> reporter: the manatee was getting frisky even with someone on its back. sharpe knows a lot about manatees. >> i spent quite a bit of time working in florida with fish and wildlife. i was a manatee biologist. so when i moved to new england 15 years ago, i thought my work with manatees was done. >> reporter: man thatties are a threatened species, not endangered anymore. there are about 5,000 of them

take care of every one that they they can. that one is on its way to mystic aquarium. they will stabilize it then fly it back down to florida. i'm bill shields, wbz news. it looks like the water temps will be dropping soon. >> eric is at gillette for tonight's game with the whole team down there and what ape perfect night to be there. >> reporter: it is just beautiful out there. getting a sample of national anthem being practiced at the moment. temperatures are warm and we couldn't ask for more. in the past, we've had quite a few rainy, nasty days out there. it's good to see the weather cooperating. we did get an update on the drought. happens every thursday morning. not expecting much change even though some areas felt a lot of rain because these are tied as

towns. tonight don't change because of rain for a couple of days. it will take a long time to get out of the hole we've created. in terms of temperatures, 85 for a high today in nashua. 83 in lawrence. boston hit 79. a little bit of wind off the water but well above average for this time of year. out here in gillette, 80 degrees right now. southwesterly breeze at 16 and the wind will subside as we head ro up over parts of canada. it's slowly working southward as we head through the day tomorrow. tomorrow will be the day of change. we transition that for an autumnal feel. tonight, we're in the 50s to low 60s. the air is still dry. great start through the day tomorrow. then we're going to see these temps seek a change from midday through the afternoon. we'll see the highs get into the 80s. as the front comes down into northern new england, notice the 60s in new hampshire by the

the front moves its way southward. the winds turn to the north and tomorrow evening, a lot of clouds and showers exit the south coast on saturday morning. so a lot changed during the day tomorrow. then saturday, the skies and crisp, fall feel will be through the air. high pressure will keep the winds out of the north. that's going to give us a few the fall foliage is a cold night on sunday as well as monday and even into tuesday. that's what we need to get the foliage show going. not much rain, though. i hope you enjoy the forecast and national anthem wrapping up right now. back to you, lisa. >> oh, i'll take it. by the way, a great fast of an anthem. >> there you go.

they've won eight in a row. playoffs are right around the corner. tickets to the wild card division games go on sale tomorrow at noon. tickets range from 50 to $195 right now. the magic number is 6 to clinch the division. an adorable dog brought back from the brink. the accident severed one of charlie's legs when him. doctors got to work and aof a successful surgery, charlie is now recovering and looking for a new home. very cute. i have a feeling once he's back on the mend, someone's going to want to bring him home. >> that is a lovable puppy. >> our producer right on the money. that was morgan miles singing behind ericp. >> that sounded awesome. >> so you know that's going to be good. stay with us. today we have a great story.

little boy. >> coming up, disney dreams coming true and is it started all at logan. >> coming up at 6:00, our coverage of the patriots' big game tonight. which quarterback will start? we continue with our live game coverage. >> this is expected to be a hugely watched game right here on wbz. all new at 6:00, david wade gets a look behind the scenes from the cbs sports crew. what goes into a broadcast like

tonight, a special boy from medford is enjoying a trip of a lifetime. >> this morning, he got quite the send-off at logan airport. [ applause ] >> the disney characters met 6- year-old giovanni at the airport who is really looking

particular. >> being a formal family for a week. too see everybody here for him and seeing him happy and smiling is great for him. >> reporter: giovanni suffers from a life-threatening heart condition. he has had several surgeries. his mom says disney characters cheer him up while in a hospital. the make-a-wish foundation cheered him up. he is on his way to disney world. he's getting on a plane maybe for the first time. people say forward to most? he said just being with my family. >> those make a wish people. >> hopefully we have a great time. we have much more still ahead. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 e-mail: comments@captioncolorado.com it's game day. so bring on brissett. the patriots' first string quarterback expected to lead

first time here on thursday night football against the texans. we are live on the field here at gillette. it's not often breaking news that the backup quarterback is a big deal. why don't we show you quickly who the backup quarterback is tonight. number 11 in your program. yes, julian edleman, former college quarterback will be backing up jacoby brissett. >> this game is getting a lot of extra attention for that reason. you have a third string rookie quarterback starting patriots tonight. in addition, jacoby brissett makes history as the first african-american starting quarterback. what about rob gronkowski? we have been waiting for him to make his season debut. it looks like that will happen tonight. here's what robert kraft told me. is rob gronkowski playing tonight? >> what do you think? >> reporter: i will say yes. >> i think you are a wise lady. >> reporter: i hope i'm right.

>> we already knew lisa was a wide woman but we knew rob gronkowski would play, too. covering all of the angles including the sports team. >> we'll kick things off with steve burton awaiting the big game. steve? >> we're fired up and ready to go. i talked with jacoby brissett earlier in the week. no question he will be nervous. it looks like it is going jacoby brissett with mike reese reporting that garoppolo is not even going to dress for it. that means julian edleman looks like he will be the backup money meantime, brissett came in for the injured garoppolo. he was solid. 6 of 9 for 92 yards. he also ran the ball four times. most importantly, he did not turn the ball over. let's hope he doesn't turn it

livan reid is standing by live with more on the other guys that won't be hoping to be playing tonight. levan, take it away. >> tell his teammates that he's going to play. what's the deal? jacoby brissett would like gronk in the lineup. right now, he remains a game- time decision. he's doing everything he needs to do to get back on the field. now >> definitely going to be a coach's decision. just doing everything i can right now. improvement every, single day. basically, just day by day right now. >> go. >> high tower said nothing to our lisa hughes about playing or not. so we have no idea. we have no idea if dont'a hightower will play. i'm hearing from sources that