On Wednesday the Patriots signed quarterback Jake Dolegala. Dolegala had spent last season with the Patriots on the practice squad. He signed with the Packers but was released before he could do anything of worth. After being released by the Packers, Belichick was quick to scoop him up.
The Patriots don't need five quarterbacks and early thoughts were that this either had something to do with the Hoyer vaccination situation or a possible Stidham trade. While it involves Stidham, it's not trade related.
Stidham started training camp on the pup. Many wondering what happened to get him placed there. While we don't know how it happened, Stidham appears to have injured his throwing shoulder.
It's unknown how long Stidham will miss but this could be a blessing as the Patriots could choose to stash him away on the injured reserve for a season. With Jeff Howe of the athletic stating, “surgery has been noted as a possibility, and it remains unclear how much more time he’ll miss.”
Stidham is coming off a bad sophomore season due to the pandemic which derailed what could've been a chance at holding the starting job in new england. Which was lost to Cam Newton only due to injury. After failing to show last season that he was any different than Newton, this blow could see his career come to a close. This will be something to monitor but the writing may be on the wall.
Update 7/30/2021: Stidham had surgery and will miss 12 weeks. It's still unclear what the Patriots plan on doing with their former forth round draft pick. Best wishes go out to Stidham and hope for a quick recovery.
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