…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.
This post is an automated archive from a submission made on /r/patriots, powered by Fediverser software running on alien.top. Responses to this submission will not be seen by the original author until they claim ownership of their alien.top account. Please consider reaching out to them let them know about this post and help them migrate to Lemmy.
Lemmy users: you are still very much encouraged to participate in the discussion. There are still many other subscribers on !patriots@nfl.community that can benefit from your contribution and join in the conversation.
Reddit users: you can also join the fediverse right away by getting by visiting https://portal.alien.top. If you are looking for a Reddit alternative made for and by an independent community, check out Fediverser.