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 gr

we have exclusive celebration coming up, and jacoby looks fine. so take it from what you have there. you never know with this team. >> i'm taking hugs then. should be good to go. thank you. in my mind, roger goodell is crying somewhere. >> fans have certainly taken thrives under adversity and this gave them another reason to rally. now fans say they can't wait for brady to return. >> we're at 3-0 now. it's really good. >> reporter: patriots fans let the record show, deflategate is pretty much done. >> this was supposed to the set the patriots back. >> now they are undefeated. the patriots start and the delegate debacle are the talk of the town. >> the point is to take something good away to make your pay. the fact that that's blown up hysterical. >> the patriots last first and fourth round draft picks and they are still thriving on tom. >> just came out with a third round rookie and shut out one of the best defenses in the league. it's amaze. >> even though he's mad when he comes back, he's really >> cannot wait for brady to tom cabbing. >> report

i have to say, i haven't even seen a play yet, but jacoby brissett here, jacoby ellsbury here. >> all right. when we come back, the new look i'm a public school teacher in massachusetts, and i've reviewed question 2. it will make public education even stronger, because question 2 would allow more access to public charter schools, so parents have more choices for their kids' education, and public charter schools don't take funds away from public education. in fact, question 2 will result in more funding for education in massachusetts. please vote yes on question 2 . >> back here live at gillette stadium. when the patriots take the field, they will be sporting a new look. >> we could show you the picture of the color rush uniforms. it means that the teams are color. patriots uniforms are blue. the patriots tweeted out this picture showing them all lined up in the locker room as they promoted their new gear. to help promote the blue color, the blue man group will be in the stands tonight. oh, i don't know. now we know the real reason. we'll take a quick break. ? do you love me? ? with ho

jacoby will have to do thursday solo. his teammate has confidence in him. >> he's a hard-working guy. just like the rest of us. quick turnaround and looking forward. >> that puts a lot of pressure on the defense. not saying they have to pick a shutout, but a low scoring game would be nice. >> prepare myself to be the best player i can be on good football team. >> one item that fails is giving looks to the defense. there's no one to run the scout team, so jacoby may have to prepare the offense and the defense for thursday night against the texans. i'm levan reed, wbz sports. >> thank you very much. for preview of the patriots and texans, check them out wednesday night at 7:00 right here on socks open of a critical four- game series against the orioles in baltimore. the red sox had a three-game lead. that's where we are. a lot going on here in new england when it comes to sports. guys, back to you. >> cbs evening news is coming up next. >> live from new york with a preview and a busy day. >> great to be with you in boston.

rookie jacoby briss seth pressed into action. third-round pick called on much earlier than expected. first completion. dropping it off to bennett. bennett will do the rest. that drive ends with a legarrette blount touchdown. not bad. the score is 31-3 before miami rattles off 21 straight points. trey daerr reporting more at gillette stadium with more on garoppolo's condition. trey? quarterback for the last 15 years. tom brady pretty much the only guy to take valuable snaps at the position. my, how things can change. brady still has 14 days left before he can return from his suspension. and third-string quarterback jacoby brissett is the only option left right now on the roster. >> just going out there and being ready from the start. you know, that is our motto to start fast. you know, going out there and executing the playing. >> he is very mature and poised especially for a millennial. you know, all these kids... am amillennial? i think i am. i'm on the cusp. you know what? he works hard. he practices hard. we will have to prepa

jacoby bra set will -- jacoby brissett will probably throw toward this way. >> it this will be only the third time time since 2006 when they go in both of the other cases, the patriots won which is what fans expect to see again tonight. >> only one-point underdogs. now that gronk is playing, maybe they'll end up being favorites. nick giovanni joked with me earlier that he was our parking lot correspondent. he's been hanging out with some of the tailgaters, who must be feeling good. nick? >> reporter: does it look like david? i would say this parking lot is the place to be and will be for the next three hours. counting down to kickoff, fans from as far away as seattle made the trip. >> we're patriots, man. bring it on. >> there is no word. it's going to be a great game. it's going to be tough. >> reporter: they will themselves in unfamiliar territory with the patriots underdogs at home, possibly relying on a rookie and the offense. >> we're ready for brissett. i enjoyed him in pre-season. i think i will enjoy him tonight. >> reporter: fans couldn't help but question the qb contingency pl

but it does appear that jacoby brissett will be the starting quarterback in this primetime game. here on channel 4. let's get right to our steve burton, for the latest. steve? >> thank you very much. looking more and more likely that jacoby brissett will make his first start when the patriots take on the texans. injured his right shoulder during the second quarter of sunday's game against the dolphins and did not return. he's been listed as limited parts -- participation the past few days but those practices have been more like walk- throughs with no contact. earlier today bill belichick told the sports hub he was not sure when there would be an official announcement. >> that's a good question. it might be as early as this afternoon. might be as late as when we turn in the inactive tomorrow night. anytime you have a short week, you have a few players banged up that are working their way back. and where exactly they'll be on gametime, a lot of times you don't know until thursday night. >> certainly looks like the rookie will get the start. coming up, duron harmon tells us why rese

rookie in the quarterback's drivers seat. >>> we got our first look at patriots rookie quarterback jacoby brissett when jimmy garappolo went down with that injury sunday afternoon against the dolphins. but most pats fans know little or nothing about brissett. >>> do you knowis >>> oh god. jacob? something with a br. i didn't think i would have to learn his name. >> anchor: but one player who does know brissett is patriots offensive lineman joe tiny. he is also a rookie and was teammates with brissett in nc state. i asked him what he could tell us about the patriots probable new starting qb. >>> he is just hard working guy and i they he will prepare this week for the texans as hard as he can and just like the rest of >> anchor: of course fans are still talking about jimmy g and what an unbelievable start he had against the dolphins. fans say it was devastating to watch him go down with that injury. but fans say they are still confident the team can power through under the bill belichick system. >>> i think with belichick coving he will do his job. i think we'll do well. >>> you do? >>> i d

we're all for jacoby here. prediction, 3 touchdowns, 400 yards. >> reporter: wearing their emotions on their sleeves, they dis missioned the idea of the team being under dogs at home. >> i can throw to gronk for a touchdown. i'm sure brissett can. >> reporter: they put their faith in brissett who was the first black quarterback to lead the offense as a starting signal caller. >> we want nothing but victory. if he's going to put us on that road, we're all about it. >> reporter: just tackety look around me. the parking lot has cleared out. we've been seeing fans heading for the exits since about the ten minute mark in the 4th quarter. i did hear and whispers people admitting only the way out -- on the way out they did not see this coming. of course only one more game to brady. >> all right. thank you so much. how can you possibly complain tonight? patriots with the shutout 27-0, and the weather was incredible. let's bring in eric fisher now and talk about that because big changes are headed our way now. >> absolu

report rookie jacoby brissett took the ball in on his own. so what happened to that ball. >> christa: and a little boy battling a condition getting a great sendoff. >> nancy: also ahead, the group filing a lawsuit against maura healey's crackdown against the sale of so-called copycat dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomorrow. most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. but i like to think of retirement like it's a 30-year vacation. so how are you going to get there? y. it just takes some planning. and i can help. so if you have a question about retirement, ask me. sincerely, bernard tynes >> nancy: the patriots undefeated. jacoby brissett leading the texans. >>> also charges a new hampshire mom is facing after suffering an apparent overdose with her toddler watching. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: it's friday. it is 5:30. i'm christa delcamp. >> nancy: and i'm nancy chen. it's friday. big plans for the w

gentleman could by business -- jacoby brissett n. blount was the running rock 24 carries 105 yards and 2 touchdowns in 21 yards to pay dirt. gentleman could by brissett had -- jacoby brissett had a 27 yard seven run. >> i said i couldn't let him have more yards rushing than me they will kill me in the meetings. >> pats are 3-0 and they have time out and then get rade to it's welcome back number 12. >>> governor baker tweeted the pats offense gets it done. pats defense rock soiled and coaching job genius. >>> we are following break news. the oklahoma police officer charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man surrendered to authorities overnight. officer betty shelby has now been released on 50,000 dollars bond. also breaking overnight a. curfew has now of protests there. police allowed some demonstrators to stay in the streets as long as they remained peaceful. police captain telling c-nn a group of demonstrators in the crowned helped keep things calm. >>> developing news this morning, in stoughton police a

no jacoby there. if you want to support him for the game, you will have to improvise. >> nancy: a warrant issued-for-a real estate broker who is on the run. he is accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from investors and running a ponzi scheme. police have confirmed scott wallace is the man who defrauded people in several states. officers say wallace has six aliases. >> he lures people in. he shows them he is going to give them a good return. he does it again a few more friends of friends. a lot of friends of friends. it is really horrible. >> nancy: there are 16 alleged victims, including wallace's girlfriend who has not seen him since last week. wallace has outstanding warrants in new york, florida, and alabama. the f.b.i. has joined the investigation. >> sarah: several people recovering after a rollover crash in roxbury. that accident landing one person in handcuffs. and police say one of the cars involved in the wild wreck was stolen. a land rover reported stolen. and involved in a seriou

rookie quarterback jacoby brissett leads the patriots over texans. levan reid is here with reaction. >> a curfew goes into effect in charlotte but not all protesters are off the streets. we will have the latest. >> and friday. a teen shot inside a -- story this friday a teen shot inside the cvs the search for three suspects this morning. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news this morning. >> good morning thanks for joining us i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon. it always feels better waking up on a friday after a pats win. >> this is the only way to wake up. let's bring in barry burbank. the morning barry. >> any friday morning is wonderful but when you follow that with a patriots win, last night oh man, fantastic. 50 degrees this morning. we have a couple cool pockets south of boston where it's been essentially clear but it's warmer to the north because there's more cloud cover coming down. there's been protected overnight and behind that showers across northern new england over the mountains. we could have a sprinkle

quarterback jacoby brissett appears to have injured his thumb. we're going through the video right now from last night's game. when brissett seems to be favoring his hand and haunting details from the orlando night club shooting. the references to the boston i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... ...can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. ple treatment regimen that's been prescribed to more than a quarter of a million patients. tell your doctor if you've had a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or any other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your

can for jacoby briss ept, well, it was his first n.f.l. touchdown ll in his first quarter of his first n.f.l. start, third-string rookie quarterback jacoby brissett runs nearly 30 yards for a patriots touchdown. >> it was crazy. it was awesome. definitely great. you can see all the players running up to you. got a headache after all the head-bumping. >> reporter: brissett handed his touchdown ball to >> i was supposed to give him the ball. make sure they don't get it. make sure we get it. i gave it to him. >> reporter: don't worry. belichick gave it back. >> yeah, of course. yeah. just like with troy brown and samuel and those other guys. i was holding the ball for him. that is his first touchdown ball. that will go up on his shelf. >> reporter: after copping on with just three days of practice, leading his team to a shutove >> i think he handed himself great last week, this week. all week, every day. you know, he has done nothing but come in here and work as hard as he possibly can. >> reporter: fans say they were very impressed. they say

the players ar about jacoby brissett's injury. they are talking about how they will persevere. >> they are working on jacoby brissett's hand. >> reporter: say it ain't so. another game another injury for a patriot's qb. other pats players remain unrattled. >> focussed on next week. injuries are a part of the game. >> reporter: things started off great for brissett. with a rookie quarterback but brissett's thumb was hurt on this play in the third quarter. and former patriot vince wilfort comes down on him hard. trainers could be seen working on the thumb. >> they'll handle whatever comes like they do. >> you got to be good at all 3 phases in special teams. if you want to win games you got to do matter what. >> reporter: if the pats receivers have to get used to catching balls from another quarterback they say they're ready. >> it's a spiral and a football flying through the air. just got to catch it whoever's throwing it. that's pretty much it. >> reporter: unlikely we'll hear anything official from the patriots on brissett's injur

. >> will you tell us how jaco jacoby's thumb is feel stph-g/. >> i don't think so. >>>reporter: trainers on the sidelined, inging to his thumb after a great start. he was hurt on this play in the third quarter, when he was tackled and former patriot, vince, came . >> take a deep breath for a second -- -- how many times do we have to go through this. whatever it is, you have to deal with it, you have to play with the guys that are ready to play. it's the name of the game. >>> it's a team effort, you have to be good in all 3 phases, offense, defense and special teams. if you wanted to win, you have to do all of to win, you have to do all of those things well. >> they are contpeu/ department coach in the nfl. we will win. coach in the nfl. we will win. >>> patriots potentially running out of options. can step in? . >>>reporter: jimmy, more than capable in 6 quarters, with tom brady out. and then jacoby -- -- now, the next man up, we don't know who the next man is. >> there is adversity every with your. >>>reporter: patriots know that >>>reporter: patriots know that all

jimmie rocked and now jacoby. >> they are working on jacoby's hand. >> suffering injuries to his thing. espn says he could be ready but it is too early to tell. what do we know? bill will have his team ready no matter who is under center. >> he is the greatest coach to coach this game. anything he says i will do. that goes for anybody on the team. the results speak for themselves. >> reporter: if all fails the pats can look to the broadcast booth if they i relief. >> i'm 38 but there are quarter backs you keep me up i can do anything. i dropped 40 pounds i'm ready to g. best i feel. [inaudible] 7 news today in new england. >> reporter: all right stay with 7 news for the latest on the conscience of ja kosh and he jimmie as soon as the team you know as well as the phone and tablet app. >> newark lateraling pictures of a former mma fighter kid napping and assaults a woman. seen on surveillance video with an unconscious woman he found passed out along side the road in arizona. he brought the woman to his house and assaulted her two more times before dropping her off at an intersection. he

jacoby brissett. in his first start, brissett helped tear through the texans shares insight into the team's plan that is clearly working. >> this was all about coming up with a game plan to play to the strength of the personnel you have. no brady, no garoppolo, no problem. rookie jacoby brissett, patriots up 10-0. they had three turnovers on the night. that was all the difference a. 41-yard patriots up in the fourth quarter. that was the final score. brissett was not sharp, but he protected the ball and the defense came to play. >> we're part of a great organization, great team. a lot of the veteran players stepped up and helped me out a lot, just giving me confidence. coaching staff gave me confidence. just everything from there. night. >> boston school superintendent is promising to restore library access to thousands of students. "the herald" reports 73 schools do not even have a library and most schools that do have them only have part-time librarians. the school committee just approved a five-yea

he'll provide a security blanket for jacoby brisset. gronk status about the only thing on the medical front to go bill belichick's way this week. >> i coach the medical people handle the injuries. they don't call plays. i don't do surgery. >> reporter: bill belichick deflecting with a classic response. but the patriots head coach was a bit more forth coming when asked about the rookie quarterback brisset. >> he's a hard working kid. in early. stays late. good physical talent. he's improved steadily since he's been here. feel the need to sign another quarterback this week. paving the way for the third round pick out of north carolina state to make his first career start. a scenario that has the support of the patriots locker room. >> he hasn't been in the nfl for a long time. he seems to grasp what the offense is trying to do. he learns well from these coaches. >> he's like every other young player that's come in here eager to here. trying to get better. >> reporter: houston's jj watt warming up on the field right now. that is who jacoby

. >> all eyes on jacoby brissett. how the quarterback is feeling ahead of his likely start tonight. it's on the eye for th >> 5:00 a.m. also on the eye this morning, the driver of this dangling s.u.v. is now able to laugh about it. how a friend helped lighten the mood after this near-death experience. that's ahead this morning on the eye. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm randy price. >> i'm emily riemer along with cindy on the first day of fall. summer. 10:21 this morning it's officially fall. you're going, really? we're starting cooler compared to yesterday. remember how muggy it was yesterday morning? not the case this morning. with the drier air, it is cooler out the door. so maybe a jacket or sweater this morning. boston, mid 60s under clear skies. notice the dry air with dew points in the lower 50s. it's feeling more c and the suburbs have cooled into the 50s. 55 beverly. towards orange, just 50 degrees. upper 40s around norwood at 49. 51 on the vineyard. 50s on cape cod. so a cooler start. any high clouds shifting eastward. high pressure overhead means sunshine all

another game, another injury at the quarterback position but jacoby brissett's teammates take the fifth. >>> i have no idea what you are talking about. >> reporter: brissett led the patriots to victory even running for his first touchdown in the pros. but the b apparently injured his thumb in the third quarter when former patriot vince wilfork came down on him. brissett could be seen shortly after on the sidelines with trainers looking at his unknown, players are slugging off the possibility of another change and arguably the league's most important position. >>> people are amazed at what you guys have done with different quarterbacks how much you can take? >> reporter: i guess just focused on the next week. injuries are part of the game, whatever they are. it's a rough game. >>> it's a team effort. you have to be good at all three phases. offense, defense and special teams so if you want to win >>> players say the stability of the coachinging staff and character of the players will help them over any more bumps in the road. >>> there is adversity everywhere you look whether it's within

however the injury happened, it wasn't serious enough to keep jacoby brissett from finishing the game. in the locker room, after the game, brissett was not favoring his thumb and did not mention anything about being hurt. patriots have ten days until the next game sunday october 2 against buffalo. starting quarterback for that game is anybody's guess. brissett, garoppolo or somebody who isn't even un0 the team yet. more from patriots fans to think >> mark: for sure, we need a backup to the backup to the backup. no problem, right, it's always the next man up. coach belicheck and the patriots seem to step up their game, no matter what obstacles they are facing, but this could be the biggest test yet. fox 25's bob ward continues our coverage live in boston where fans are reacting to the coverage and bob, pats fans are trying to keep the faith, right. >> they are, i'm reporting to you live from fenway park, and of course, the boston red sox, the other team that's playing this is an awesome time to be boston's sports fan, and that might explain why, when i went out to speak to fans, they d

they have to turn to jacoby brissett. he's going to rely on his security blankets, martellus bennett, the running game, julian edelman who can break off the line in the first five years. those are his guys. somebody will get lost in the shuffle. danny amendola this week, sit him down. >> sarah: >> jadiann: the houston texasians off to a good start. their defense looking >> trey: you think of bill o'brien, you think of an offensive mind, but the good part of this team is the defense. they have some dudes there, jonathan joseph, clowney. patriots with a third-string quarterback, great matchup. top five fantasy defense. if you can get them. >> jadiann: a team that has a lot of injuries, the chargers whom do you think? >> trey: rough go for the chargers. things pretty stable. they have good young players at wide receiver. they have philip rivers at quarterback. melvin gordon, a star this year. great match. >> jadiann: that's your lineup, everyone. >> sarah: of course, the red sox just keep on rolling. their winning streak now

randy: jacoby brisett shining in his first nfl start. the other touchdown that has the pat's nation talking this morning on the eye for this friday. >> also foods to keep in mind randy: and i'm randy price with cindy fitzgibbon on this friday. cindy: it's a friday, yeah. first weekend of fall, and it is going to feel like it. >> ok. >> not so much today, though, i think that we are going to sneak out one more summery kind of day. it's still dark out there. we have a half an hour until sunrise, but you can see the light there in the distance. also noticing the cloud cover. those clouds are creeping in from the north and west so clearer skies, and are are you south of town. the temperatures are running in the 50s. low 60s in boston and worcester, up through the north shore, a lot of 60s showing up, so not as chilly this morning. partly cloudy skies. 60s at many bus stops this morning. getting off the bus this afternoon, it's in the 80s. it is warm, but we are going to be clouding it up. you can see that there are some showers near the cana

they have to turn to jacoby brissit and security blanket. tightened got to rely on the running game. those are his guys. someone will get lost in the shuffle. thinking it's danny amendola. >>> texan off to 2-and-0 start. their defense looking good. what do you think? >> you think of the patriots offensive coordinator. the calling card is defense. padz with a third straight quarterback great match-up. top five fantasy defense if you can find them start them. all across the league looking at team with a lot of injury that beat the chargers. who can you think that have left here? >> rough go for chargers. things stable. they lose danny and keen an allen. they have good young player at wide sexualer as i mention stable quarterback. melvin gordon a dud a year ago. he's a star this >> all right. everyone. go start your line up. >> 9:27 and much more ahead at 9:30. long lines at one boston church today. why people were learning up as a relic went on display. >>> now less than an hour of summer left. eqinox at 10:21. we'll change it up over the week

i don't know what's going on but jacoby came in, handle it like a pro. he was poised in the huddle and it was good to go out and get a good team win in a al game. >> anchor: right now all signs point to jacoby bristle making his first career start thursday night in prime time. the rookie quarterback can handle. now coming up on 7 news at 6:00, why the patriots offensive coordinator josh mcdaniels believes his third string quarterback can handle that spotlight. reporting live in the newsroom, joe amorsino, 7 news. >> anchor: and the loss of jimmy good morning although have some of patriots nation worried about the next game. byron barnett has more on what fans have to say from gillette stadium. it started out like a dream come true. of his life throwing three touchdown passes on the patriots first three drives. >>> a lot of people were doubting him, i never doubted him and i know he did a great job. >>> i thought if he goes 4 and 0 and they really rack up the points, tom's job might be in trouble. >> anchor: the dream turned into a nightmare. >>> watch al

high praise for jacoby tonight. david was on the field at gillette. >> reporter: doesn't that qualify as breaking news. he smiles. i feel like we need that right now. you just heard him talking about what was a cool moment in the game. scored his first touchdown. he comes off the field and hands the ball to bill belichick. you just heard similar say he'll hold on -- him say he'll hold on to that ball and give it back to jacoby. he's going to treasure it the rest of his life, his first nfl touchdown. maybe there will be many, many more. he's the third string quarterback for now. maybe not foreve providing a perfect forecast. >> i was walking along one of the rails earlier on. fisher, it was kind of like my gronk moment. everyone was happy with the weather. take a look at what of the weather temperatures. well in the 80s this afternoon. it cooled off quickly with dry air. the story is, what a warm year we're having. the 7th warmest on record to date. it has been above average cold start to the month. we have cool stuf

be ready for the jimmy or jacoby, who will start on sunday? >> i don't know. ask coach both quarterback backs on fra field grab without any visible bandaging on sprained right shoulder brissette with right thumb taped up. pats just may have two quarterbacks come sunday. >> espn adam reporting the pats are all but certain to have brissette and garoppolo. >> what does rex ryan think about all of this? look i can sit back and say i don't care how who quarterback i know brady ain't. steve can play quarterback if belichick is playing quarterback we're coming of a hum i promise that rex aalways aggressive going after opposing quarterbacks. but patriots duo has handle everything thrown at them so far. >> garoppolo and brissette a combined 5 touch downs. no picks, and most importantly, three wins and no losses. i mean everybody else wouldn't do our jobs make life a little easier on them. we have lot of faith in our coach and system here. and you know all players are 100 percent bought in. >> moral the stover of course don't bet against belichick no ma

rookie qb jacoby brisset will get the start. joe amorosino live in the studio now. >> reporter: bill belichick not giving hints as to who his starting quarterback will be on thursday night against the texans. we might have our answer. jacoby brisset was a full participant. jimmy garoppolo was limited in a session without pads. jacoby brisset the only jimmy garoppolo arrived after the media portion of practice. when asked about his quarterback situation bill belichick offered an all time great answer. >> i'm a football coach i'm not a doctor. the medical staff is the medical staff. i coach the team. medical people handle the injuries. they don't call plays. i don't do surgery. we have a great deal there. football team. i'm the coach i do what's best for the football team. i don't know why we can't understand that. >> reporter: brisset may be a rookie with 2 + quarters of nfl experience. but he seems to understand the patriot way when it comes to answering questions giving no indication on whether he'll start or not. >> it's been

. >> reporter: all signs point to the patriots turning to rookie jacoby brisset. >> he's a smart young kid. he seems to really grasp what the offense suspect trying to do. he coaches. >> reporter: brisset completed 6 of 9 for 92 yards. >> he's a hard working guy. preparing for the texans as hard as he can. has quick turn around. looking forward to thursday. >> get ready to play a game on thursday. so you know -- you know just come in and get ready. you know we got to move forward and get ready for the texans. brady starts week 5 that will be the first time since 1992 that the patriots started 3 quarterbacks in a single season. alex corddry 7 news. >> reporter: thank you alex. assuming brisset gets the start can handle the big stage. praising brisset's calm demeanor today. joe amorosino 7 news. >> anchor: they prepare to play houston. fans say ready to roll. byron barnett has more from gillette. >> this is jacoby brisset. >> reporter: we got our first look at bricet when jimmy garoppolo went down with that injury sunday afternoon against the dolphins. most pats fans know little or nothi

jimmy garappolo the last thing the patriots need is jacoby brissett going down as well but that's exactly the scenario the patriots are dealing with today with the rookie quarterback reportedly suffering a torn ligament in his right thumb during last night's win over the texans. brissett injured his thumb on the opening drive in the third quarter. the team training staff exam inning him following the drive it. hard on a four yard scramble and vince wilfork lands on top of him. brissett completed two of three passes after the no ill effects from the injury. bill belichick passed on signing a veteran qb after garappolo got knocked out of the game last week but the patriots head coach may have no choice now, especially if there is indeed no healthy quarterback on his active roster. surgery is an option to stabilize his thumb but the injury is reportedly not considered too serious. bear in mind the patriots have the luxury of resting for nine more days before their next game against the buffalo bills. reporting live in the newsroom, trey daerr, 7 news. >> anchor: we are following chelsea. >>

but how bad is the injury to jacoby brissett ? let's go to dan roach live. >> you heard this man for countless time with the patriots. tom brady has one more game to go in his suspension. jimmy go drop below shoulder and now jacoby brissett has an injured right thumb. he was very efficient in the game last night. sometime in the third quarter we believe he injured his farm. you can see the trainers got a good look at it here. the hope is, it is just brain. it sounds like it will be okay. but it looks like he could be out for the next game. >> what makes is good is our will to come to work every day and prepare our butts off. and try to be the best that we can. regardless of what the job is.>> and nine days. that's how long they have to figure out who will start against the bills on october 2. as of now it's anyone's guess.>> and as bill belichick is concerned, we will certainlye foundation tonight. >> reporter: you may have heard by now that bill belichick does not do surgeries. so he did not say much on the surgery -- but he did

breaking, a deadly crash in north andover, the new information in overnight >> and a likely start for jacoby brisett. it's all on the eye this morning. randy: also on the eye imagine this, the driver of this dangling suv is now able to laugh about it. how a friend helped to lighten the mood after a near death experience. that's ahead this morning. emily: i'm emily riemer along with cindy fitzgibbon. it is the first day of fall. cindy: not until 10:21, so we have got four more hours left of summertime. that makes what we are experiencing out here now the last official sunrise. >> it's beautiful. >> it's a nice one. >> 6:32, and it will pop up over the horizon but gorgeous skies this morning. a live look right now, looking nice out there, but feeling a little cooler than yesterday morning, and by nearly 15 degrees, on the cape as you are heading out the d temperatures are running cooler than yesterday so a jacket or some sort of layer, probably a good idea at the bus stop this morning. lots of 50s out there. getting off the bus, in the 80s, so you can dress for summertime today even though it

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jacoby brissett helps give the pats the win. josh brogadir shares insight into the team's plan that is clearly working. >> this was all about coming up with a game plan to play to have. no brady, to garoppolo, no problem. jacoby brissett 27 yards into the end zone got the patriots up 10-0. they had three turnovers on the night. that was all the difference. a 41-yard run puts the patriots up in the fourth quarter. that was the final score. brissett was not especially to play. >> a lot of veteran players stepped up and helped me a lot, giving me confidence. coach was giving me confidence. you know, just everything from there. >> the texans only got into patriots' territory one time and gronk only one target. they didn't need him this night. josh brogadir, wcvb, sportscenter 5. >> more hearts transplanted at lives and the role the opioid crisis is playing. a new proposal more mbta police. >> the largest online security breach in history. the hack into yahoo. cindy? >> we're starting off clear and cool, but we do have clouds on the

receiver danny amendola said he had not heard that jacoby brissett was hurt. the team isea which quarterback is in there. >> there is a diversity everywhere. whether it is the game come of week, the season, where -- whatever it is. there are bumps in the road. injuries, missing guys, whatever it is. you deal with it. the guys play. that is the way, that is the name of the game. josh: nine days until the bills are at the stadium, 14 days between the joint injury for jimmy graham bolo to win the then the red sox are now five and a half games ahead of the blue jays in the al east. tom rinses going to be on the mound, but in the lineup, you have to expect hanley ramirez. he is one of those hitters --

-- jacoby brissett injured in last night's win over the texans leaving the patriots with no healthy quarterbacks at the moment. heather: just how serious it is still in flux tonight. sportscenter 5's josh brogadir is live at gillette stadium with new reaction from the locker room. josh? josh: good evening, guys. attention has turned quickly from the success of the third string quarterback to the health of the third string quarterback, this of course after the dominant patriots the three and jacoby bss brissett injured his right thumb early in the second half of last night's 27-0 victory over the texans. while there are conflicting reports and how serious the injury is, espn reports it's a sprain and he'll be fine. trainers were looking at his hand in the third quarter of the game on the sideline. it was a running play where there was a tackle by former patriots nose tackle vince wilfork. ball after that tackle. >> there is adversity everywhere you look. what ever it is, you know, there are bumps in the road. regardless whether it is injuries or missing guys or what ever it is. you've got to play

jacoby bringette leading the pats to a 27-0 win and running right here for his first career touchdown. check out the move. and check out what he does next. brissett brought the touchdown ball over to the sideline and handed it over to the coach belichick and after the game coach gave it back to brissett. this picture tweeted by nascar driver kyle busch. what win for the pats quarterback. >> texans shut out for the first time since 2003. levan reid joins us this morning with the highlights and post game reaction. good morning. >> good morning. don't you think it was random kyle busch was in the locker room like chilling. he is like i am going to send out this picture and bill belichick is cryptic. but no problem. so here's question which patriots quarterback is going tb12 comes back in a little over two weeks the answer who kaisers. no one -- cares. no one thought the pats would play this well without tom brady. thursday night under the lights, pats up 3-0 and brissett calls his number and gone. 27 yards to the house. and he had 8 carries with 48 yards on the night pats up 10-0 at brea

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jacoby brissett making debut. he has legs and knows how to use them. 27 yards to the end-zone, longest touchdown run for quarterback. did not disappoint fourth quarter takes the handoff 41 yards for the tush -- touchdown an and beating texans last night 27-zero. their first shutout since 2012. >> sara: police trying to track down three men of shooting teenager inside a local cvs. jessica reyes live outside that stoughton cvs where the shooting happened. jess, are things getting back to normal there? >> jessica: they are, sara. yeah, actually just inside the store. very quiet and never know that anything happened inside there know entire entrance here was taped up with police tape and as we speak right now we know they are still searching for the three people that they believe they were involved in the shooting. three men went into the store yesterday afternoon and got into some sort of fight with the victim and ended in shoulder and aren't saying a lot about the victims just yet and only 18 years old. customers in

so today when detroit's jacoby jones whacked a foul ball into the stands... there was no one around. several fans went on the hunt and couldn't find the ball! after an extensive search one man found the souvenir./// >>> on tuesday, november 8-th millions of americans will go to the polls to cast their vote for president -- but one may have to vote from off planet. nasa astronaut kate rubins doesn't know yet whether she'll return to earth in late october as planned due to technical issues on an upcoming russian launch. she has an absentee ballot, just in case. it lists her address as "low-earth orbit."/// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> that's all for us live >> the late show with stephen colbert is next with anthony anderson. we'll see you back here tomorrow night.///

rookie jacoby brissett delivers the patriots third win of season. the strong performance from the third-string rookie that made bill belichick crack a mile. a young man is shot in the shoulder next to the cash register at the cvs. the three people that of the store that police are looking for. >>> the third night of protest are peace envelope charlotte. why the mayor did not enforce a curfew and what the shooting victim's family wants released to the public. >>> good morning, everybody. happy friday, we made it to september 13. i am jason law. >> catherine: a few showers return but meteorologist jason brewer is in the fox25 stormtracker weather center with some fall-like temperatures. jason. >> jason: they are on the way, catherine and jason. the first full day of fall upon us out. i am tracking this front. the rain in northern new england this morning and i have seen seen a couple of sprinkles in southern new hampshire and most of us will wake up dry. leaving concord and manchester heading to portsmouth. the forecast is warm around the greater bost

what is up with jacoby brissett. he has a thumb injury, there torn ligament in the thumb that might need surgery, both have been reported today. what we know is this, it's going to be very difficult for jacoby brissett to hold a football, let alone throw a football. jimmy garoppolo hurt with the bad shoulder, tom brady suspended, the quarterback high jinx continues for the patriots. big news on the basketball front, kevin garnett is calling it quits. what a fantastic career. started with the timber wolves. the big trade to the boston celtics where he led game green to a championship in 2008, went to brooklyn nets, back to the timber wolves. his contract was bought out. he is going to retire as a member of the minnesota timber wolves. what a great career with kevin garnett with great memories in boston. we're getting set for kickoff. the highlights tonight on fox 25 news at 11:00 p.m. ladies, send us home with a little excitement as we get ready for the game. back to you guys. >> mark: always great to see the cheerlea

savvy -- a veteran move by jacoby brissett. he was terrific. first rushing touchdown of that length. grogan was the last time love gene. you may have been at that game. good stuff. >> gene: reremarkable. looking forward to chatting with you all morning, tom. sara, over to you. >>> we are following breaking news out of tulsa, and earlier this morning police officer betty shelby turned herself in on manslaughter charges in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. prosecutors found officer shelby acted unreasonably and overreacted when shot terrence crutcher. helicopter caught the shooting. at first shelby said crutcher was not cooperating. she is out on bail. release the video! release the video! >> sara: demonstrators chanting "release the video" as they gather for a third straight night of protests in downtown charlotte. the scene was peaceful unlike the past two nights. fox25's jason law has been following latest developments dash cam video of that deadly police cam video throughout the week, but the police chief said he is not making it pu

jacoby brissett does have an injureddium that will take time to heal. october 2nd he could be the patriots starting quarterback or it could be jimmy garoppolo or someone. even on let's start with the one healthy cornerback this patriots roster right now. you ever thought you might be a snap away from being quarterback? i don't know. >> reporter: julian edleman isn't admitting anything about his role as a patriots quarterback at his annual charity event on friday night bill belichick not interested in discussing jacoby's thumb or quarterback situation. >> i don't think so. >> reporter: but others at can you play quarterback? >> yeah, yeah, you know, look we're going to probably hold in tryouts after this. it's a great example for us. we're going to use this with all of our young players, too, you never know when your number is going to be called here's a great example of there are no excuses when it is called. >> can you play a week from sunday? >> hell yeah, back, i dropped 20 pounds since march i feel good i have slept well. i know the offense inside a

. >> jim: if that happens, they may not be facing young jacoby brissett on that occasion. got to think it will be tom brady. a shutout victory. patriots tonight, dominate in all. >> phil: special teams outstanding, great plan on both sides of the football. they took care of the rookie quarterback. >> jim: 27-0, the final score. coming up, the "mazda postgame show." we'll be back with more after this. you've been watching "thursday night football" presented by bud light. here's some information. we have the right amount of beer taps. if we had any more, the kegs wouldn't stay fresh. any fewer and we might not have that beer you like on tap. the one you can't pronounce, so you just point. we've got all that and more. which makes us pretty confident. we've got that confident look in our eyes. the squinty one with the furrowed brow. because of the taps. ♪ music plays ( fans cheering ) of being there for my son's winning shot. that was it for me. that's why i'm quitting with nicorette. only nicorette mini has a patented fast dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravi

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