The Facts: Barring a reduction to Tom Brady's four-game suspension, Garoppolo will run the show until New England's star passer returns. LeGarrette Blount believes the team can win with either quarterback. "I feel like Jimmy can hold his own," Blount told SiriusXM NFL Radio on Monday. "I feel like if he goes in there, he's going to be productive and I think he's going to be good. I don't think he's going to go out there and do anything crazy. I think he's going to go out there and do exactly what they tell him to do."
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Garoppolo got his first few snaps with the starters during Saturday's practice, working with TE Rob Gronkowski and WR Julian Edelman, according to NFL Media's James Palmer, who noted that Garoppolo threw "pass after pass" to first-teamers and "showed that touch that (coach) Bill Belichick likes." As NFL.com suggested, we don't know if he can play, but Garoppolo won't be marched out as some clueless newbie signed off the street. Brady's backup will be well-prepared and packed into a game plan that caters to his strengths in the opportunity materializes.