from jimmy garropolo's back-up. dan hausle, 7 news. >>> new england is going up against a solid arizona team. >> trey daerr continuing our team coverage now down at gillette. give us a closer look at this mash-up, trey. >> well, kim, ryan, jimmy garropolo going to be in for a very big test in week number 1. the cardinals pass rush one of the best in the league. and jimmy's role may go beyond that as some are expecting and this thing could turn into a track meet, especially if the patriots' defense cannot keep a very explosive cardinals offense in check. >> arizona does a good job of out there and putting them in situations to make plays and they upset a lot of them. >> reporter: the patriots defense is versatile enough to be one of the best units in the belichick era and will get an indication just how good it is against one of the premier offenses in the nfl. >> a ton of weapons, and bruce aarons i think does a great job of calling the plays. watching defenses know what he wants to do, and knowing how to

. >>> yeah, jimmy garr rap employee saying it is what it is -- garropolo saying it is what it is, but turns out he's not the only young player who's moving on up. >> reporter: it's jimmy gallon rap employee's team now, for the next four weeks anyway, and after two years carrying the clipboard for tom qb-1. >> 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. the opportunity is here. just gotta take advantage it. >> reporter: two other young patriots are stepping up into new roles, high tower and gronkowski have been voted as team captains, a first for both of them. while gronk fans may be more familiar with his spikes and off-seat antics, his coach says leader. >> he's one of the hardest working players on the team. he's already here ready to do his job. he's continuing to grow as a player and a person. great leadership for us as a team. >> reporter: high tower says he's honored to be voted defensive co-captain with mcchordy but he says teammates shouldn't be expecting any big speeches from him. >> that's not my thing. neve

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

jimmy garropolo subing in for tom brady during his suspension. >>> and next, $35 million. >> sully. >at is how many years the new trump d.c. hotel opened ahead of schedule. it's located in the historic part of d.c., the old post office building on pennsylvania avenue and it's undergone $200 million in renovation. >>> in yesterday, on the day we mark 15 years since 9/11 attacks, four dolphin players took a knee on the sidelines and kansas state quarterback marcus peters raised his fist during the anthem. >> here now, we have kevin here. they say it's about oppression and lack of equity in our judicial system and justice system and law enforcement. what's your message? >> well, it's nonsense and the idea, brian, that, you know, this is spreading, is to me is ridiculous. there are 1696 players in the nfl, and the overwhelming majority of them don't stand for this, scm in fact i would venture to tell you they would love to tell their teammates to knock the nonsense off. it's their first amend trying to to do it. it's ridiculous that they do it. i think the most ridiculous part of this who

days away from the patriots' seasoning opener and the focus on that guy, jimmy garoppolo as he fills in for tom brady. garropolo, the back-up quarterback, says he's up for the challenge. 7's dan hausle live at foxboro where garoppolo spoke to reporters today? the starting quarterback. he had all the catch phrases, it is what it is and straight on to arizona, certainly sounding like a bill belichick quarterback. >> reporter: jimmy garoppolo practicing as the patriots unquestion qb-1 taking the reins of this team to the next four games while tom brady serves his deflate-gate suspension. garoppolo says brady had no big words of wisdom as he headed out the door. >> it was nothing crazy. scrusesoo really. wished me luck for the first four and i think he wished it for the whole team. he's very supportive of us, and we appreciate that. >> reporter: garoppolo says with just two quarterbacks at practice, things are busy but smooth. >> it's just me and jacolby. all the reps are just between the two of you was now and we kind of know where we sit on that. so it's -- i mean, it's different without tom, no question about it