Game Day Thread Official Game Day Thread- Pats @ Browns

[italian pat patriot]

Also Jennings is playing great

 

[gtfanboy]

Zappe reminds me of Tom in the pocket. Mac reminds me of Peyton.

Hmm interesting comparison...Mac actually reminds me of Brees...

 

[n1997y]

He was third and behind Hoyer for a reason.

Lack of experience. That’s changed now.

 

[jays52]

Mac's mechanics last year were fine. Personally I don't think he was healthy before the ankle injury. Mac is a good QB. That, extended preseason and a new offense were the reasons why he didn't start well.

Zappe is playing well and the team is jelling. Just gotta see where this goes

For sure. There’s also a year of tape out there on how to mess with Mac. It’s a common theme of good rookie QB’s struggling their second year. Usually what determines their career efficacy is how they respond once teams know how to mess with them.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Zappe reminds me of Tom in the pocket. Mac reminds me of Peyton.

Hmmmmm.

It's that antsyness

 

[PP2]

Isn't this also Zappe's first year in a new offense without McD and with entirely new terminology and verbiage? PLUS, coming from FCS rather than Alabama?

Like I said, it's easier when you're coming in with a clean slate.

 

[woolster22]

He was third and behind Hoyer for a reason.

Because he was a rookie with basically no under center experience in college?

Not the ***Hat part - the fact Jones wasn't getting the same protection. My eyes overlooked the first sentence and I only read the last part because I'm watching the game, scoring the plays and multitasking. So yes @Bruins29 - ease up on the insults, please.

I was half-way hoping for a stfu mf'er or something of the sort - just for the shock value.

 

[mikey m]

Hold to a field goal and we are good. If not.. I blame Patricia

 

[Ross12]

Hmmmmm.

It's that antsyness

Yep. Peyton obviously was great but he was always a little antsy in the pocket. Mac seems that way too, at least this year. Zappe has not looked rattled at all even with guys like Garrett and Hutchinson on the other side.

 

[patfanken]

You can't hold a takent Like Chubb forever. We didnt do badly with Sony, BUT I was a Chubb man in that draft

 

[Mainepatsfan54]

Zappe reminds me of Tom in the pocket. Mac reminds me of Peyton.

Peyton was so annoying with his happy feet lol

 

[upstater1]

I agree. And to @GreenCow's point, I think Zappe is taking some of the stuff that Mac was overlooking in favor of home runs that he rarely hit. Wonder if it's a bit of a sobering experience...

I'm not sure about rarely hit. Because he was leading the league in # of long completions and big plays.

But for sure, you risk INTs and incompletions and you kill drives if you keep doing that.

I would say though that Parker's big 1st qtr. catch was the kind of catch we needed him to make in the first few games. Double coverage, throw it up.

 

[Ross12]

Hold to a field goal and we are good. If not.. I blame Patricia

They may be in 4 down territory at this point.

 

[mikey m]

They may be in 4 down territory at this point.

Hope so, 4th down is apparently our specialty lol

 

[Thelonious]

Well shucks. Potty talk. I'm crushed. I'll never be the same. (Can I say, "shucks"?)

 

[venecol]

So far so good:




24 Pats score: 24
2 TDs: check
0 INT: check
0 sacks: bad call
289 Yds: 256 so far

LFG!!!!

 

[RobertWeathers]

Wise has been an absolute force this year

 

[Jlaff]

Zappe reminds me of Tom in the pocket. Mac reminds me of Peyton.

Visions of happy feet making me want to throw up.

 

[farn]

When Wise was chosen captain, I didn’t realize that his teammates were telling us he was going to go berserk this Fall.

 

[woolster22]

You can't hold a takent Like Chubb forever. We didnt do badly with Sony, BUT I was a Chubb man in that draft

Didn't Chubb have injury issues his first few years? Presuming I am remembering correctly, we relied on Sony early for a SB trip, again iirc. So would swapping Sony/Chubb have cost us a SB? Would it have delivered one later that we missed?