Patriots’ QB drama shows how far the mighty have fallen originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The Patriots are now the team they used to laugh at.
A 2-8 record. Averaging 14 points per game. Entering the weekend with nobody — not the players, not the coaches, not the quarterbacks themselves — knowing which of two underwhelming options will start Sunday against the Giants.
Is that what’s best for the football team? Is this Bill Belichick playing chess again? Or is it what punching out early looks like?
Because if the knee-buckling loss in Germany didn’t seal Belichick’s fate, taking 13 days to reveal who will start at quarterback probably has.
Or even worse, taking 13 days to even decide. We presume Belichick’s just playing coy. That he knows but isn’t telling.
If that’s the case? If he did know and still split reps right down the middle between Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe? Well, that ain’t the way to get someone ready to start a football game unless you’ve committed to just effing around.
And if he truly didn’t know which guy to start? It’s because he’s effed the position up beyond recognition. And he has.
I mean, nothing says “That was the last straw” like hauling a player’s ass off the field after the latest in a season’s worth of WTF moments and putting in his backup — COMPLETELY COLD — for a game-winning drive.
We can differ on who gets what portion of blame for the fact Mac Jones was unusable after that pick. But we can all agree he was indeed unusable once he got tugged.
Yet behind Door No. 2 stood Zappe. Who was horrendous all summer and remained there in mop-up duty against the Cowboys and Saints. On cue, Zappe said to Mac, “Hold my beer…” then threw a pick on a fake-spike play that was so poorly executed that THREE Colts were on the scene in the middle of the field to pick Zappe off.
The play design was absurd. Who you gonna fool on a fake spike when all the receivers take off and run 25-yard routes? You wanna pretend…
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Author : NBC Sports Boston
Publish date : 2023-11-25 19:01:47
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