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Another season and another quarterback controversy as Alan Russ recently took over the helm. Expected
started Tony Bravata took all of the first team snaps during camp but found himself unavailable for the season
after a company buyout forced his work schedule to change. This left Dave Inman and Jon Watson battling it out.
Each started one game apiece, with Watson facing Tri City in the opener and Inman taking on London during
Week 2.
The old saying of "first time shame on you, second time shame on me," rang its bell loudly though as Inman, for
the second year in a row, would fail to complete a season. "We took a gamble on Inman in 2008 after what
happened in 2007, turns out we made the wrong choice on that one," stated Director of Operations Brad Lyon.
Russ, a Wide Receiver, was then moved to QB creating depth and competition. Two strong performances later
and Russ looks to be winning the job. Watson's ability to also play safety factors into the equation as well.
This is the third time in four years that the Patriots found themselves starting a third or fourth string quarterback
by mid season. The upside to that history is in both previous cases the new quarterback wound up doing a solid
job. Steve Gauger (2005) and Robert Callahan (2007) were both slated to play other positions before winning
the quarterback duties and are tied for the Patriots' single season passing touchdown record.
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