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Monday Patriots Notebook 6/3: News and Notes
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[patman52]

I think Brissette will be very happy with his role here. I would not be surprised to see him get a 3 year 18 mill deal in the off season and take him into retirement. I think he is better now than what Hoyer was as a back up. He seems to know how to play the media game.

 

[jmt57]

This reminded me of Buddy Ryan's offensive strategy when he was mistakenly elevated to head coach status. Essentially Ryan just told the Arizona offense/QB to go into a protective shell and not turn the ball over, and that punting after three downs was a successful possession. That's fine when you're winning late in the fourth quarter, but for Buddy it was his genius strategy to utilize starting in the first quarter - and then just wait/hope for the defense to score on a turnover.

For Brissett, the bar is certainly low heading into this season. Last year, turnovers ended up being the Achille’s Heel for the Patriots’ offense, with interceptions by Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe playing a big role in several losses, which squandered strong outings by New England’s defense.​

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That’s been a strength of Brissett, who has at least been careful with the football throughout his career. Ben Volin of the Boston Globe wrote in his Sunday column two weeks ago that Brissett has thrown an interception on just 1.4 percent of his career pass attempts, which is tied with Aaron Rodgers for the lowest interception percentage of any quarterback since 1990. He’s thrown just 23 interceptions in 1,600 pass attempts, while Rodgers has 105 interceptions in 7,661 attempts.​