…but at the same time, extremely obvious that he’s a little better than Mac. The rain wasn’t helping anyone today - Ekeler and Keenan Allen were dropping passes, which is kinda how you know it’s hard to catch the ball. We were one foot being in bounds from possibly accidentally-ing ourselves into a win. He’s more capable of good ball placement downfield than Mac (really high bar to clear, I know /s). Honestly, I think he’s playing up to his 4th round draft value as a perfectly average backup QB. Not talented enough to start, but doesn’t make bone-headed mistakes often. Zappe was under pressure all day and managed to not turn the ball over, throw it out of bounds when the play was dead, scramble for a few yards when it was there, and just make the most of a bad situation. I think he’s worth keeping going forward as a backup who has flashed ability to make plays and win games when everything is right, and he’s pretty cheap contract-wise.

Side note: Trent Brown, what the *hell*, man? If he’s injured, my apologies for calling him out, but I have never seen a supposedly top tier offensive tackle struggle to get depth against the pass rush that much in a while.