Jimmy Garoppolo ripped up the Dolphins, and then the Dolphins hit him back.
The Patriots’ fascinating fill-in torched Miami in Foxborough on Sunday, completing 18-of-27 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns in a blistering quarter and a half. Then, up 24-0, the football gods chose to throw Bill Belichick another test.
Garoppolo was hit by Kiko Alonso shortly after throwing late in the second quarter, hitting the ground with his and Alonso’s weight on his right, throwing shoulder. Garoppolo was slow to get up, then taken to the locker room, before the Patriots announced he would not return.
Who’s the next stand-in for Tom Brady? Jacoby Brissett. A rookie third-round pick out of North Carolina State, Brissett is the Patriots’ only option — unless Julian Edelman takes a few snaps.
