New England Patriots starting quarterback jacobe brassette sustained an injury to his throwing shoulder in the first quarter of Sunday's 20 to10 preseason loss to the Washington commanders with Coach Jared Mayo saying the veteran could have continued if the plan were to play him longer I talked to him but we'll see Monday you always feel a little bit more sore the next day mayo said but he said he was good brasset gased after he was sacked by Washington's KJ Henry on the sixth defensive play with a six foot for 255b Henry coming in free due to a blocking the skew and the full force of his body landing on top of Bret's right shoulder as brassette came to his feet he brought his left hand across his chest to clutch the front of the shoulder he stayed in the game connecting on a six-yard pass on the following play and then delivering a pinpoint deep throw to receiver KJ Osborne which was dropped brassette was pulled from the game after that which Mayo said was the plan beforehand so that rookie Drake make could play through the end of the second quarter he would have been able to continue Mayo said of brassette who spent the rest of the night on the sideline in place of brassette May finished 13 of 20 for 126 yards and one touchdown Which came on his first drive may also had a 17 yard run which was a key play to set up the team's lone touchdown if Bret's injury turns out to be more significant mayo and his coaching staff will then assess if they are comfortable turning things over over to May the number third overall pick in the draft Mayo wouldn't commit to that after Sunday's game saying he needed to review the film I would like to sit here and say 100% he is our second best quarterback on our roster right now Mayo said potentially complicating that possibility is the surrounding offensive cast particularly on the line the Patriots top offensive line minus Center David Andrews was called for eight penalties Sunday and there was also one bad shotgun snap another Center quarterback exchange and a blocking the skew on the play in which brassette was sacked four of the eight penalties were for a lining incorrectly three against left tackle chakum oor for and one against right tackle Mike onwenu in addition to brasset and may the Patriots have rookie Joe Milton 3 and third-year Veteran Bailey zap on the quarterback depth chart leading into Tuesday's deadline to trim the roster to 53 players from the beginning of training camp Mayo has consistently maintained that set is the starter with May having a chance to win the job if he lights it up asked if he feels ready if called upon for the season opener May said yeah I think I would feel ready I think I'm ready for whatever this football team asks of me and ready to get out there and try to help beat the Bengals week one but Buddhist news