There's gonna be a lot of negativity toward Zappe because people don't want him anywhere near the starting job. They don't want Brissett there either. I'm not sure how much of the rampant Zappe hate is because of anything he did or didn't do and how much because people are afraid we won't go for a premium QB if we have both Zappe and Brissett. I suspect most of it is in the latter category.
I wouldn't be surprised if we broke camp with Brissett, Zappe and a new face all un the roster. the 49ers proved the hard way the dangers of leaning too hard on the new kid too early. I think we'll have Zappe so that we have 2 quarterbacks if something awful happens and the kid gets hurt early a la Trey Lance. Frankly I think the kid proved there's something there, probably not a starter, but he looks like he could mature into a strong backup. I'll be happy to have him on the roster in case either Brissett or the new kid get hurt. he's shown some skill, he has resisted injury so far, and that's all it takes to be a QB3 in this league.
Besides Zappe sounds so much like a first evolution Pokemon that he amuses me.