He looked good but let's temper it a bit. It was a vanilla set of plays against a vanilla set of players. It's like saying he played "Chopsticks" on the piano very well. He's got a lot of work before he should be anointed. It was promising if he can get comfortable with the system and continue to get better but it's one preseason game.
FTR-I didn't start the thread to suggest Gropp is taking Brady's job or heading to canton, but more to say that his performance was striking in terms of his comfort level and accuracy. He didn't seem the least bit fazed and played really well in his first time out, and in all honesty i have never seen mallett show that kind of poise, comfort with the offense, or accuracy at any time. I thought Mallett did real damage in his opportunity and now it will be a battle for the rest of pre-season. And while I am sure Belichick is happy with Gropp's performance i think his real hope was that Mallett would shine and give him some opportunity to get something for him, and that was also seriously damaged last night. Both Cousins and Gropp looked like much better QB's in their time on the field.