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Zappe’s Chance Coming? It Sounds Like It Might Be
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As we head into Week 12, the Patriots currently sit at 2-8 with nothing seemingly but pride and improvement left as motivating factors over these final seven weeks.

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[sb1]

"That's the plan"? Lol

Zappe's trade value is zero as we saw this summer. Maybe he'll play decently enough to build some value. Hopefully Mac will do likewise. Looking forward to a brand new QB room next season.

 

[Brotherblues]

Back to 1992. Might as well let Zolak get another crack at it and complete the circle.

 

[sb1]

Back to 1992

Now THAT should be the "plan". Couldn't have picked a better year to lose a lot.

 

[archstanton543]

Mac said the plan is for him to start, Ian. How do you read that as Zappe's chance coming up?

 

[Ian]

Mac said the plan is for him to start, Ian. How do you read that as Zappe's chance coming up?

Based on Daniels' report, Zappe has seen an uptick in reps and Belichick was fairly high on his work in the two-minute offense ahead of the game in Germany. Also, listening to Mac's comments and the way the club transcribed them (not the ones circulating around Twitter), he said, "Hope so" while he said, "that's the plan," it doesn't sound like he's necessarily a lock depending on how the week goes.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

One report said its Malik…

 

[TheRainMaker]

If you want the Pats to tank, you don't want to see them play Zappe or someone else as they will steal a few wins because of they will have curse of the backup QB. Teams won't have tape on them and the backup will have nothing to lose. I dreaded when the Pats faced these guys.

See Danny DeVito, Sam Howell, Josh Dobbs, Desmond Ritter, Garnder Minshew,

 

[denverpatsfan]

I'm not tuning in for Zappe.

 

[Grogan14]

I am not a Zappe supporter…at all…I think he sucks. But, I think he should start. One last chance to see what you got.
I see no point in starting Jones.

 

[Ian]

I'm not tuning in for Zappe.

It's obviously tough to know what Belichick will really do. Still a couple of more days before a decision will be made ... it's just hard to imagine making that big of a move in Germany (pulling Jones down four points) and, at 2-8, not making a change.

Everybody wants a high pick, but you've still got guys on defense playing hard and seemingly being frustrated that the team keeps coming up short. It's possible that Belichick hasn't made a decision, and Jones is in a "wait and see" situation, thinking he'll start. But the fact Zappe's starting to get more snaps during their weekly game preparation also makes you think nothing is off the table at this point.

 

[Ian]

I am not a Zappe supporter…at all…I think he sucks. But, I think he should start. One last chance to see what you got.
I see no point in starting Jones.

Sort of have to make an evaluation there beyond this year to see if last year was an aberration, or if they should continue reworking their QB room without him.

 

[sb1]

Zappe has no trade value at all as we saw when he hit the waiver wire. If he plays well enough then maybe he will.

My expectations are really low.

 

[captain stone]

I'm not tuning in for Zappe.

Why not? It oughta be...interesting...

 

[Love The Drake]

Am I the only one who wants to see Grier?
Grier was looking more confident with his throws with Dallas than Mac or Zappe ever has .
As long as the Giants come out with the W it doesn’t matter to me.

Unless Grier comes in and looks like a NFL QB then I will be excited to see if we can win out.

 

[GaryfromTO]

remember the BB rule.

Whoever has the best week of practice gets to hold the clipboard on Sunday

 

[mister clyde]

Zappe has seen an uptick in reps and Belichick was fairly high on his work in the two-minute offense ahead of the game in Germany.

And we all know Belichick would NEVER talk someone up then have them play zero snaps that weekend.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Did the XFL or USFL go out of business? I

 

[Ross12]

I think at this stage they really don't know who they'll start, they're still evaluating. But it's most likely between Mac or Zappe. IMO they probably need to see Mac be quite a bit better than Zappe to continue to trust him as the starter considering how bad he's been. If Mac looks only slightly better than Zappe in practice, you may as well play Zappe, because he hasn't yet proven he's dogshit during live-fire like Mac has. You already know Mac sucks, but you don't know for sure about Zappe yet. Worst case scenario is Zappe also sucks. Oh well.

 

[Ian]

Did the XFL or USFL go out of business? I

They actually merged:

United Football League

The official homepage of the United Football League

www.xfl.com