Patriots' Behren Morton: Serving as emergency QB again Week 7
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Morton (coach's decision) is inactive and designated as New England's emergency third quarterback for Thursday's matchup versus Chicago.
This has become the routine for Morton, who has worked as the Patriots' emergency third quarterback every week so far this season. The role has yet to land the rookie QB any game reps, and he'll be eligible to enter Thursday's contest only if both quarterbacks ahead of him (Drake Maye and Tommy DeVito) are forced to exit due to injury, illness or ejection.
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Patriots' Behren Morton: Emergency QB3 again
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Morton (coach's decision) is inactive but will serve as the Patriots' emergency third quarterback against the Jets on Sunday.
Morton remains the third option at quarterback behind starter Drake Maye and backup Tommy DeVito. The seventh-round rookie will only enter Sunday's contest if both Maye and DeVito cannot return to the game.
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Patriots' Behren Morton: Emergency QB3 for Week 5
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Morton (coach's decision) is inactive but will serve as the Patriots' emergency third quarterback against the Raiders on Sunday.
Effectively, the rookie seventh-rounder is not allowed to play unless both Drake Maye and Tommy DeVito leave the game due to injury, illness or ejection.
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Patriots' Behren Morton: Emergency QB3 for Week 4
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Morton (coach's decision) is inactive but will serve as the Patriots' emergency third quarterback against the Bills on Sunday.
As such, the rookie seventh-rounder is not allowed to play unless both Drake Maye and Tommy DeVito leave the game due to injury, illness or ejection.
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Patriots' Behren Morton: Serving as emergency QB3 again
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Morton (coach's decision) is inactive but will serve as the Patriots' emergency third quarterback against the Steelers on Sunday.
As the emergency third quarterback, Morton is not allowed to play Sunday unless both Drake Maye and Tommy DeVito leave the game due to injury, illness or ejection. Morton was a seventh-round selection of the Patriots in the 2026 NFL Draft.
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Patriots' Behren Morton: Emergency QB3 for Week 1
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Morton (coach's decision) is inactive but will serve as the Patriots' emergency third quarterback for Wednesday's game against the Seahawks.
As the emergency third quarterback, Morton is prohibited from seeing the field Wednesday unless Drake Maye and Tommy DeVito are both removed from the contest due to injury, illness or ejection. Morton was a seventh-round selection of the Patriots in the 2026 NFL Draft and played in all three preseason games, completing 38 of 58 passes (65.5 percent) for 318 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions while turning four carries into 18 yards.
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Patriots' Behren Morton: Lands in New England
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The Patriots selected Morton in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft, 234th overall.
Morton (6-foot-2, 218 pounds) struggled as a second- and third-year starter for Texas Tech in 2022 and 2023, and even in his otherwise improved fourth season he strained to move the ball (63.3 percent completed, 7.2 yards per attempt). The positive news is Morton really fixed his touchdown to turnover ratio in that fourth season, throwing 27 touchdowns to eight interceptions. Back to the bad news: Morton is decently athletic (4.89-second pro day 40) yet took enough sacks at the collegiate level that it's reasonable to suspect both that Morton is not a threat to run at the NFL level and that he's not even a candidate to manage pocket pressure especially well. Of course, the Patriots may only view Morton as a viable backup to Drake Maye, but even that might be a hasty expectation.
