New England Patriots legend Rob Gronkowski shared his thoughts on the team's quarterback situation, explaining why Mac Jones should remain as starter to face the New York Giants.
You can make excuses for him if you want, but it doesn’t get much worse than throwing into quadruple coverage while you’re facing no pressure and there are two options on the outside that were only facing single coverage… Zappe’s decision there was a 0 probability pass. The best possible outcome that you could have hoped for was an incompletion or penalty, it made 0 sense throw that pass.
Say what you want about Mac, but all signs point towards Zappe being a worse qb than him. There have been dozens of reports to show that the Patriots have desperately been trying to replace Zappe as backup qb since the start of training camp, and the times we’ve seen Zappe play this year he’s looked awful. For reference, his stats this year are 10/25 for 100 yards 0 TDs and 1 Int. Good for a passer rating of 36.
You can make excuses for him if you want, but it doesn’t get much worse than throwing into quadruple coverage while you’re facing no pressure and there are two options on the outside that were only facing single coverage… Zappe’s decision there was a 0 probability pass. The best possible outcome that you could have hoped for was an incompletion or penalty, it made 0 sense throw that pass.
Say what you want about Mac, but all signs point towards Zappe being a worse qb than him. There have been dozens of reports to show that the Patriots have desperately been trying to replace Zappe as backup qb since the start of training camp, and the times we’ve seen Zappe play this year he’s looked awful. For reference, his stats this year are 10/25 for 100 yards 0 TDs and 1 Int. Good for a passer rating of 36.