we have back-up qb jimmy garoppolo listed as doubtful, bursett is set to lead the team bursett has been in this position before and he excelled. >> and the coach doesn't expect anything different for tomorrow record when jimmy garoppolo went down, there was a collective gasp. when he took the field, many were nervous including his high school football coach jack daniels. >> i got sick to my stomach. i just want him to do well so badly. >> reporter: daniels told us bursett is no stranger to that situation. >> we were playing one of the play-offs, and i got hurt and he was 12 for 12. i thought he did a pretty good job. a leader on and off the field. >> he did well in school. was a lord has. kind of a quiet guy but a leader that the players and, you know, our school, classmates respected records with garoppolo recovering from a shoulder as quarterback against houston thursday night. even though he's a rookie, daniel says bursett is ready to lead the team to a win. >> he's folk united states and he's driven. it's a unique for a 23-year-old kid to be that kind of miefnld seth. >> coach jack

jimmy garoppolo and jacolby bursett both suffering injuries. focus on the game. trey daerr is live with more on this sunday's big match-up. >> ryan, definitely the feel of football weather in the air down here at foxboro, but we don't know exactly how much football will be in store for the patriots' quarterbacks jimmy garoppolo and jacolby bursett. both dealing with injuries and neither one of them giving any indication how close they really are to playing. >> it's coming along, you know, taking it day by day. >> it's a tough decision. i can't make that decision. >> it'soo i mean -- >> reporter: jimmy garoppolo and jacolby bursett not even close to tipping their hand when it comes to who will be center on sunday. >> we'll see on sunday. we gotta get there and assess it then. >> something i deal with and, you know, whatever happens just happens, and whatever coach wants me to do i'll do. >> reporter: both quarterbacks did throw wednesday. garoppolo at one point tossing the ball 30 yards with relative relates to how he can cope with the pain on sunday. >> it's a to

jacolby bursett, jimmy garoppolo both listed as participates. daunte high tower and rob gronkowski both those guys still limited, as well. reporting live outside gillette stadium in foxboro, trey daerr, 7news. >>> all right, coming up next on 7, wha the ball at a baseball game? dropping an engagement ring. see how this played out in the stands. >>> three strikes you're out. we are track a little sun on the way for tomorrow. forecast up next. woman 1 : uh, probably post a pic. woman 2: text a friend. interviewer: how about register to vote? man: really? galvin: you can. five minutes online and a massachusetts driver's license is all it takes to register so you can vote for our next president. go to register to vote m-a dot com. it's that easy. woman 2: done. i just registered. man: that was easy. galvin: register by october 19th. kes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and you'll reach your customers where their eyes are a

the pats must feel comfortable at this point with jacolby bursett and jimmy garoppolo as quarterbacks entering thursday's >> jimmy g's participation was limited. sure seems the patriots feel comfortable with jimmy as a back-up option or at the very least someone like julian edelman for a back-up option. >> i'm a football coach. i'm not a doctor. the medical staff is the medical staff. i coach the team, the medical people handle the injuries. they don't call plays, i don't do surgery. we have a great deal there. it works out good. and just going out there and preparing and getting ready for a game. >> we gotta get ready for a good team to come in here and fight a hard battle. >> bursett seemed under fazed by the extra attention in the locker room. meanwhile, gronk on the field. gronk also listed as limited on the injury reports. still nursing the ham string. hasn't played since the afc championship game and no hint today whether or not he will suit up on thursday. >> it's not just up to me. yet. so, like i said, it's kind of a day by day decision. it's tough, not to be out there with t

with jimmy garropolo recovering from the shoulder injury, all signs point to jacolby bursett to call the shots. >> joe amorosino here. ooh, i see the guy over your shoulder. >> bill belichick and the patriots not tipping their hand but the best bet for the texans is to prepare for jacolby bursett as their starting quarterback and at this point back-up. >> i was never really a back-up, so -- >> reporter: that may change on thursday night. the nfl networks in rappaport reporting the pats are preparing for julian edelman as the back-up quarterback against the texans. a job he wouldn't say was his after jimmy garoppolo's injury this last weekend. edelman could play quarterback in an emergency situation if you wanted to roll the dice. >> i don't know. >> reporter: bill basic playing it coy but tom brady says edelman, who flew for nearly 5,000 yards at penn state, will be ready if called upon. >> julian has play the position, and god forbid anything happen to jacolby, if he's the only guy out there as quarterback. but if that's the case, i would expect julian to go in there and the coach t

garoppolo and bursett on the on the injury report as limited participates. garoppolo throwing the ball 20 plus yards with his sprained right shoulder. looked pretty good. rex rye wran happy he won't have a game plan for tom brady but acknowledge it is will take a little more time than normal to prepare for two different quarterbacks. trey daerr has more on the patriots' quarterback carousel. >> it's coming along, you know. taking it day by day. >> i can't make that decision. >> it's jimmy garoppolo and jacolby bursett not even close to tipping their hand when it comes to who will be under center on sunday. >> we'll see on sunday. we gotta get there. >> something i deal with, you know, and whatever happens just happens and whatever coach wants me to do, i'll do. >> reporter: both quarterbacks did throw wednesday. garoppolo at one point tossing the ball 30 yards with relative ease. jimmy indicates him playing sunday relates to how he can >> that's tough. it's a tough situation with that, i guess. but you just have to be smart with it. i don't want to do too mu

. >> reporter: was there one or two that stuck chose bursette? >> each player is a composite of all of the things that the player has. it's all part of the puzzle. it's a big mosaic. it's all put together. that's who the player is, and each player has his own. >> reporter: the biggest challenge for offense? take the ball away. one of the best teams in the league this year, which i've had in the past. the challenge is always scoring points. that's the name of the game, what they have played for. so if they haven't given up many, i'm sure that it won't be easy to score. >> reporter: a lot of people are focusing on miller, he has had a great start, practice and timing. but practicing miller, i'm curious to see what you've seen practicing miller from his days at ohio state to now as a receiver. >> ohio state mainly played on the perimeter when he played quarterback, when he played receiver. so he played on the perimeter. very athletic, fast, big target, good hands. the slot. he went out, so played for him. we saw him preseason, and mostly in the chic

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. >> absolutely no problem with jacolby bursett under center cruising to his first career win. counting down the final minute. before the game i chatted with matt in the pace c this sunday and sprint cup series driver ricky extenthouse. >> i hope i qualify enough on the front row so that i can try to spin him out while he's driving a pace car or something. he's used to contact sports out of the car. we'll see how it goes while he's >> do you lean on him or somebody else who may not be so evenly motivated for advice. >> i've done my due diligence, obviously one of the smartest positions on a football team. i know what to expect, i've run this thing through my mild. i've had simulations, i've been to. the final in foxboro, 27-0 is the can you leaf it? unbelievable turn of events. >> yeah. >> this is crazy. >> it is. >> they warned us in new york. >> and now the bills come to

. >> reporter: and possibly overlooked by some with the patriots passing and handing a jacolby bursett is the clear back-up, one step away from leading a team with super bowl aspirations. >> every week we prepare as we're the starter, you know. i mean, like, we just go out there and learn from everything that we do and try to get better. >> reporter: however it happened and however long it last, garoppolo says he's ready to enjoy the opportunity to be a starting quarterback in the nfl. >> it is a phenomenal opportunities. this is why you play the game. you play to be in the game and play, you know. you don't want to be the back-up. coted opportunity it. >> you certainly don't want to see anybody hurt but after jimmy, it's jacolby, and after jacolby, who would it be. there's no more emergency quarterback designation, so the guessing here would be another j name, possibly julian. he's been a quarterback in college, and he's the only other guy who's thrown and completed a quarterback on a current patriot team. live in foxboro, dan hausle, 7nes. >>> patriots and cardinals kick on 7 nbc, we

bursett. keeping the ball, this is in the first quarter. sprinted, like, 27 yards for the touchdown. the patriots move to 3-0, and all of that without brady and without their backup, jimmy garoppolo. they blanked texas 27-0. >> backup quarterback himself, brady. >> exactly. just preserving him. >>> in los angeles, dodgers second baseman shows how to turn an error into an he bobbled the ball there, the grounder in the game. but managed to flip it behind his back to fully extended adrian gonzales for the out. it shows up on the score card as a 4-3 ground out. >> he throws it blind. how did he do that? that's impressive. >> yeah. >> know who made the best play of all? >> who? >> that honor goes to the anchorage, alaska, police department. check this out. after. it's a bear running through the streets of alaska's biggest city. it took a few hours, but they finally cornered that furry fugitive in a cemetery they captured him unharmed. >> the bear went into a pizza . hut. went to a pizza hut. >> if they had vending machines they wouldn't have to.

the rookie, bursett is the only healthy quarterback. there are rumors about them picking up someone else. erin: drew pomeranz got the start for the sox. a 4-0 lead. hanley ramirez came through again in the bottom of the fifth with a three-run home run. his 27th of the season. the game was tied at four in the seventh when run. they rallied to win 5-4. boston opens the series at baltimore tonight. sean: to the racebook now. the sprint cup chase began in chicago. a late caution caused the checker finish and martin truex jr. was strong on the restart and able to get past and hold on for the win. that's the third win of the season for the 78s which qualified him for the next round of the chase. joey l followed by chase elliot, ryan, and keslowski. erin: this is an unusual story. firefighters in rhode island came to the rescue of a man who got himself into a very unusual predictment. his head got stuck. his crews say the man dropped his phone in the water and tried to get it back. it ended up getting his head lodged between the rocks. two and