As it stands, the will be without for the first four games of the season, and barring a legal miracle, that won't change. Which means that New England heads into 2016 with someone other than Brady as its starting quarterback.The only other candidate (currently on the roster, anyway): 2014 second Mallex Smith Jersey -round pick , who was in a similar spot last summer before a federal judge overturned Brady's original suspension for his role in the Deflategate silline s.There are reasons to think that the Patriots will be fine -- , even if Brady only plays 12 games -- but what's le s certain is what we can expect from Garoppolo.Garoppolo's regular-season stats over two seasons -- 20 of 31 for 188 yards, a touchdown and no picks -- don't offer much insight beyond that he played fine during mop-up duty. Jean Segura Jersey Though coach Bill Belichick has spoken highly of the former Eastern Illinois standout. "Jimmy has made great strides for us," Belichick said during the Patriots playoff bye week back in early January, via 's Mike Rei s. "The reps that hes gotten on the field in preseason games and in practice, I think hes shown a lot of development -- better understanding, quicker recognition and reading of the defenses, more awarene s of whats happening on the defensive side of the Blank Jersey ball, better communication, better understanding of the offense -- really everything."Belichick continued: "Hes a hard-working kid whos always prepared. Its a tough position to be in when you dont know if youre going to play or not, but he prepares hard to play, we push him hard to be ready to play, and hes made a lot of progre s this year. As a football player, I think everybody has a lot of confidence in him based on the opportunities that hes had to show what he can do and how hes working."There's also this: Back in January 2015, during Super Bowl week, the Patriots coaching staff couldn't talk up Garoppolo enough. He ran the scout team, which included doing a spot Brandon Brennan Jersey -on impre sion. "When we play quarterbacks like we're going to see in the Super Bowl , that's a huge role for us," defensive coordinator Matt Patricia said at the time. "This is definitely a kind of unsung hero job."Belichick added at the time: " Garoppolo's been practice player of the week for us a number of weeks, probably could've been more, for the look that he gives the defense."The Patriots don't need Garoppolo to emulate Brady for the first four games of next season, they just need him, in the immortal words of their Hall of Fame coach, to "just do his job." He Dylan Moore Jersey sounds more than capable.