Sunday’s game started off well for the Patriots, with Jimmy Garoppolo and the offense off to the races after putting up a 21-0 lead over the Dolphins when it seemed the route was on.<\/p>\n
But then, disaster struck and will likely affect the next two weeks for the Patriots, who may be feeling pretty smart for drafting rookie quarterback Jacoby Brissett during this year’s NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
It happened with just under 5-minutes to go in the game, when Garoppolo took a vicious shot that ended his afternoon. \u00a0After being flushed out of the pocket, Garoppolo held onto the ball until the last possible moment and\u00a0fired a completion to Malcolm Mitchell on a 3rd-and-9. \u00a0But on the play, he was hit by the Dolphins\u00a0Kiko Alonso, who put his full weight onto Garoppolo and drove the quarterback’s\u00a0throwing shoulder into the ground.<\/p>\n
Garoppolo initially got up and walked back to the huddle, and then took a knee as trainers came out to the field, with LeGarrette Blount and Matthew Slater both immediately also coming to Garoppolo’s side. \u00a0As trainers worked on him Garoppolo winced in pain, before gingerly getting up and walking off the field to the locker room.<\/p>\n
MassLive’s Kevin Duffy reported late in the game that X-Rays on Garoppolo came back negative, but that the quarterback was at the hospital and was going to remain there while under further evaluation.<\/p>\n
\nTold that X-Rays came back negative for Jimmy Garoppolo. No broken bones.<\/p>\n
— Kevin Duffy (@KevinRDuffy) September 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n