Garoppolo ready for new starring role with Patriots (Yahoo Sports)

Jimmy Garoppolo spent the first two years of his NFL career firmly in the background of the Tom Brady Show, a role as the understudy least likely to be used. If he needed any reminder of that status, he got it Thursday when he was greeted by cheers as he walked onto the field for his third NFL training camp. There was a fleeting moment last season when the spot Garoppolo now finds himself in nearly played itself out.