It wasn’t his fault, but Jacoby Brissett’s night didn’t go as planned.
The veteran quarterback played one series in the Patriots preseason finale before suffering a right shoulder injury against the Washington Commanders.
“I talked to him. We’ll see tomorrow,” head coach Jerod Mayo said when asked about Brissett’s health. “He said he was good. We’ll find out tomorrow.”
Brissett’s first drive looked promising after the quarterback hit Antonio Gibson for a 13-yard play on third-and-5. After Gibson picked up another first down, on the ground, the Patriots were at midfield. However, that’s where things went awry.
At 12:30 of the first quarter, Commanders defensive lineman K.J. Henry went unblocked, when guard Sidy Sow ran into guard Layden Robinson, and delivered a crushing sack on Brissett. The veteran quarterback looked shaken up as he landed hard on his shoulders. Brissett landed on his left shoulder, but Henry landed on the quarterback’s right shoulder.
Brissett threw two passes on the next two snaps and had a nice deep pass on third down, but it fell incomplete as K.J. Osborn failed to get two hands on the ball.
Brissett looked like he was in pain and on the next offensive series, the Patriots opted to keep him on the sideline and insert rookie Drake Maye. The veteran quarterback finished 2-of-4 for 19 yards on the night.
Later, the Patriots ruled Brissett “questionable” to return due to a right shoulder injury.
Brissett played in five offensive drives this preseason. His group scored zero points.
The shoulder injury is worth monitoring as it was expected that the Patriots would start the veteran quarterback in Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals.
