bill o'brian, a belichick understudy making a homecoming of sorts for the first time as a head coach. but don't expect this to about anything other than than getting down to business. >> this is not, you know field trip to massachusetts to see family and friends. you know what i mean? this is going to be a very challenging football game. that is what it's all about. >> reporter: houston text apps head coach bill o'brian attended st. john's prep in danvers, was a member of bill belichick's coaching staff for five seasons serving his final year as the team's former offensive coordinator. >> the patriots are in for a i've been impressed looking at the texans. i think they'll done a good job with the football team. much improved from last year -- >> really good on defense, got good in the kicking game. very well coached.

that is what it's all about. >> reporter: houston text apps head coach bill o'brian attended st. john's prep in danvers, was a member of bill belichick's coaching staff for five seasons serving his final year as the team's former offensive coordinator. >> the patriots are in for a i've been impressed looking at the texans. i think they'll done a good job with the football team. much improved from last year -- >> really good on defense, got good in the kicking game. very well coached. >> reporter: o'brian is not the only familiar face, vince will fork will take the field as an opposing player at gillette stadium for the first time in his 13-year career. big vince says now is not the time to take a stroll do different getting dressed in a different uniform. but as far as the game goes, game is played between the lines. >> reporter: boat teams enter tonight's showdown a perfect 2-0 to start the season. count will fork among those not surprised his former team is finding success without tom brady. >> a lot of people wrote him off early in the year and i guess they shocked a lot of pe

despite bill o'brian being more of an offensive mind the best players reside on the defensive side of the ball for the texan, trey daerr, 7 news. >> kim: even with all this uncertainty in the line-up patriots fans are putting their faith in their team. dan hausle spoke to some fans about how they're feeling about tonight and dan is live at gillette. >> reporter: they have make much their starting quarterback. patriots fans say they're ready for another new face as starting q.b. many insisting they like what they have seen. >> he can move. there worries, he has the skills to do is it. >> he hasn't given me a reason to doubt him. no interceptions yet. we were all worried about garoppolo week one and those worries were eliminated. >> reporter: here at the proshop they've garoppolo shirts and edelman, they have some o people for tonight but not the starter, brissett this is no jerseys or tee shirts to be found. maybe that is what they had with the quarterback to be named later or maybe that shows faith in the man in the gray hoodie. >> belichick will game plan. >> reporter: the possibly r

texans coach and former patriots offensive coordinator bill o'brian sure will be. >> anchor: you can check out the 7 news apps and whdh.com for >> now on 7. >> officers 10/4. we got one suspect down. >> a police shooting sparking anger, outrage and unrest. >> like i'm going to get shot armed or not. >> it's chaos in charlotte. >> anchor: it is a tense day in north carolina following yesterday's deadly officer involved shooting. >> anchor: the evidence in this shooting is fueling protests in charlotte. tim caputo with the latest for us. >> reporter: a peaceful march in charlotte this afternoon. protesters set fire, shut down a highway and 16 officers were hurt. a violent response after an officer shot 43-year-old keith scott tuesday afternoon. witnesses say he was holding a book. >> we've been told that mr. scott had a gun. >> no he had a book. >> he stood out here every day and wait for his son to get out. i can tell you we did not find a book. >> reporter: charlotte news outlets are reporting that the incident might have been reporting on a dash cam. one activist called for an econo

>> reporter: you think of bill o'brian you have to think of an offensive mind but you have to see the defense. patriots with a third string quarterback great matchup for the texta top five team that has a lot of injuries, that means the chargers, who do you think they have left here? >> reporter: rough go for the chargers but things stable, philip rivers at welcome, they loose woodhead, they loose keenan allen. melvin gordon was a dud as a reek, he is a star this year. >> jadiann: go set your line-up. >> ryan: next here at 7:00 president obama honoring honorees who would not attend. >> kim: i'm kim khazei with a look at some of what we're working on for 7 news at 6:00. breaking news out of tulsa, oklahoma, where an officer now faces charges for the killing of an unarmed man. plus saved after getting hit by a train in jamaica plain. you will meet the dog now on the road to recovery. this is it. patriots taking on the texans tonight in foxboro and jack objecty brissett is getting ready for his first nfl start. much more. we hope you join us at 6:00. ? why do banks treat you and your mon

>> >> reporter: you think of bill o'brian, you got to think of an offensive mind but the calling card is the defense. they got dudes up there. j.watts, jonathan joseph. patriots with a third string quarterback great matchup. top five fantasy defense. >> jadiann: across the league looking at team with means the chargers, who do you think they have left? >> rough go for the chargers in two weeks. rivers at quarterback, they lose woodhead. they lean allen. they got good young place at wide receivers. gordon was a dud a year ago as a rookie. he is a tar this year. melvin gordon. >> jadiann: go set your line-up. >> ryan: next here a snake scare, a giant snake pausing problems after it was caught in >> jadiann: a 6-year-old boy meeting his favorite disney characters. we're there when his make-a-wish dreams came one in eight women will face breast cancer. early detection can mean the difference between life and death. planned parenthood gives new hampshire women access to life saving cancer screenings. but ayotte voted to defund planned parenthood six times. why? because ayotte opposes a wom