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Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio said Tuesday that the Pats have full confidence in rookie Brian Hoyer if Brady gets hurt. Hoyer is the only other quarterback on the Patriots active roster.
“Brian has been here since the rookie mini camp and he’s proven that he has the understanding and the grasp of what we are doing offensively, so where we are right now, that’s where we are with the club,” Caserio said. “We have the two quarterbacks and we have Isaiah (Stanback), who last week it was kind of his first introduction at some of the things we are doing offensively, so we’ll continue moving forward with that group. If the situation arises where we feel like we have to make a move, then we’ll go ahead and do that.”
Stanback, who was drafted in the fourth round (103rd overall) in 2007 by Dallas, was converted to a wide receiver and kick returner by the Cowboys.
“Isaiah is a player that when he was coming out of college a few years ago out of Washington, we felt that he could actually play the position,” Caserio said last week. “Now, since he’s been with the Cowboys he’s played receiver, he’s done a number of other different things, but we liked the things that he did coming out of college, so our thought process is to work with him at the quarterback position and see how that progresses.”
There was a lot of hype surrounding Joey Galloway when the Patriots signed the four-time Pro Bowl receiver, but Galloway failed to catch a pass in the Pats’ season opener, in a game where Brady threw for 378 yards.
Caserio says not to worry, and that Galloway will be utilized more depending on the defensive matchups in upcoming games.
“Joey is obviously an experienced player,” Caserio said. “He’s been in the league for quite some time. He’s played in a number of systems, so I’m sure there aren’t too many things that he hasn’t seen. I think Joey’s a smart player. He works hard. I think he’s done everything that we’ve asked him to do up until this point in terms of learning the offense. He’s a skill player. He’s been productive in this league. We’re expecting that he has a role in this offense.”
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