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While the hope Michael Fulmer Jersey is that will play, Bill Belichick confirmed on Wednesday that veteran backup will be the ' starting quarterback for Sunday's game against the if Jones is not able to play.Belichick added that Jones has made significant progre s over the past 48 hours after suffering a high-ankle sprain during this past Sunday's lo s to the . Jones' injury was initially expected to sideline him for multiple games.Hoyer would get the nod to start over rookie fourth-round pick . Sunday would mark the 40th regular-season start for Hoyer, a 14-year veteran who has won 16 of his previous 39 starts. Hoyer lost his only start with New England. He went 15 of 24 for 130 yards and a pick in New England's 26-10 lo s to the in Week 4 of the 2020 season. Hoyer, 36, played well in relief duty last season, going 9 of 11 for 227 yards and a touchdown.A northeastern Ohio native, Hoyer went 3-0 as the ' starter in 2013 and was off to a 7-6 start in 2014 before he was replaced late in the season by . He went 5-4 as the Mikie Mahtook Jersey ' starter the following season. Hoyer then had unsucce sful stints in Chicago and San Francisco before rejoining the midway through the 2017 season after the Patriots traded to San Francisco. Hoyer spent the entire 2018 season in New England before spending the 2019 season with the . He began his third stint with the Patriots after re-signing with them ahead of the 2020 season. LV QB #7 Hoyer has started games for seven different franchises. A former Michigan State standout, Hoyer's career began in New England in Omar Infante Jersey 2009. He spent his first three NFL seasons with the Patriots while serving as Detroit Tigers Jersey backup. While his starting record isn't pretty, Hoyer boasts a solid 53-33 touchdown-interception ratio. He's also completed over 65% of his pa ses for the Patriots.If Jones can't go, Hoyer will be tasked with facing a Packers defense that is currently sixth in the NFL in scoring, seventh in pa sing yards allowed, first in third-down efficiency and eighth in red zone efficiency. Green Bay's defense is just 18th against the run, however, which could lead to a heavy dose of carries for and .While the offense probably won't change much, Patriots offensive a sistant Joe Judge said that subtle things may be tweaked in order to help Hoyer run the offense if called upon to do so. "Obviously, Brian's done a lot of things in his career that maybe we implement, maybe we don't. We don't want to go ahead and completely turn the offense on its head," Judge said, . "We feel like we were making some progre s. But at the same time, we're going to make sure Jackie Robinson Jersey we put guys in a position to succeed."