Game Day Thread Official Post Game Thread- Bears beat the Pats

[ScottishPatriots]

Patriots are now officially a dumpster fire and irrelevant on the NFL landscape it was one thing to be destroyed by the top teams in the NFL like Buffalo but still be a respectable playoff contender but when you're getting blown out at home by the 2-4 Bears then you have a major problem especially with the questions at quarterback.

 

[Salsalife]

Zappe's flaw i did not see.

 

[Ross12]

Well, I mean, he pulled Mac and gave the fans what they wanted and it wasn’t beautiful over the long term. So if Mac can suck it up and get back at it next week…

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Can't think of any positives other than Judon. Just an awful night but it's just one game. Still a long season ahead to hopefully turn things around.

Onto the Jets. The next 3 are must wins looking at the schedule down the stretch, tonight just made that margin of error paper thin.

 

[RIpats88]

Jones is better QB you say the opposing Defense thinks so too.

Zappe had 2 picks tonight....I wouldn't exactly be hyping his praises

 

[VrabelJr]

the only 'must' about next weeks game is to avoid being in the basement and below the Jets by the end of the season....

Jets are 5-2 so we’re going to be below them win or lose

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

Recent teams have no heart and mediocre talent, recipe for disaster.

We just aren't the dynasty anymore. Occasionally we will blow out a bad team like we did during our dynasty years and we might make the wildcard here and there, but this Belichick led Patriots team is not the same team.

 

[catent]

The coaching was truly atrocious. The defense was equally bad. BB had a bad week.

Zappe didn't cover himself in glory but he's the guy I want moving forward (and based on how that game finished, I sense that will be the case).

It seems to me Zappe's issue (primarily getting the ball across the LOS on the shorter stuff) is easier to work with/around than Jones' issues, which seem to be rooted in an inability to really feel the pocket and see the field simultaneously.

Play-calls, route-combinations, blocking techniques, little movements in the pocket to create lanes, etc can all help Zappe. If Jones can't consistently feel the pocket and see the field, I don't know how you work around that.

Zappe also has the ability to fit the ball into tight windows that Jones just doesn't.

 

[slash83]

Edge setting vs the run was as bad as I’ve ever seen it.

 

[PatsFan2]

Zappe had 2 picks tonight....I wouldn't exactly be hyping his praises

The D let Zappe down tonight.

 

[Bourne Patriot]

I wonder how much the crazy up and down emotion/energy swings of switching QBs affected everything..

Worked initially but the momentum never came back after the D decided to make Fields look like the GOAT.

I agree with people saying they need to pick a QB and stick with it. If Zappe is calmer and playing better than Mac then he needs all of the reps.

 

[Foxypats]

Nothing to say that hasn't been said....We're on to the Jets !

 

[Sam Bam Cunningham]

The Pats were putrid in all three phases of the game. We had games like this with Brady and many times it sparked the team to go on a big run. I am not as hopeful right now, but maybe it will be a wake up call.

I am worried the Bears have exposed the weakness in Zappe’s game and just have front four stay in the passing lanes and get their hands up. And Jones looks to have lost his confidence. I still think Jones is the better QB, but may be broken. So I am worried that neither guy is the answer.

If Mac is broken...its Bill who broke him by stubbornly refusing to get him an experienced QB coach and playing mind games with him tonight.
I think they need to bring in an experienced QB coach and stick with MAC and let him work his way through this. Pats need to know if MAC is their franchise QB or if they need to start over again with a new QB

 

[RIpats88]

The D let Zappe down tonight.

The D threw those 2 picks?

 

[Ross12]

Zappe had 2 picks tonight....I wouldn't exactly be hyping his praises

You can’t count the last one though as he was just throwing an end of game desperation toss, and the other was on a tip. But also, the tips are kind of on him.

 

[PatsFan2]

Zappe had 2 picks tonight....I wouldn't exactly be hyping his praises

Mac looked lost that's troubling.

 

[jah]

Offense was just flat and bad, not much specific to say.

Defense had lots of plays that started out good then went very bad. Then whenever they made good plays, they followed it up with one bad enough to offset the previous play.

I don't know what the steps are to make things right but I'd be selling at the trade deadline.

 

[Malua]

We’re on year 3 of the rebuild and still very far off.

I don’t know why people talking about rebuild. This team was never in rebuild mode. Unfortunately.
Proper rebuild is 3 years overdue. First from the top

 

[doesntmatter1]

I'm not concerned about the batted balls. Some of those passes would have still gotten batten even if he was 6'5. There is no silver lining in this game because we just don't learn from mobile qbs. Collins has no reason to be on this team and our defensive tackles are nothing without Barmore.

Spy Fields with a cornerback. It isn't that hard.

 

[jdlboot14]

At least this will quiet the Zappe crowd.
BB should not have yanked Mac that quick. Now you're at risk of losing the team's trust.
The 2nd half plan was not a plan, just a surrender. Everytime we bring back Collins it's useless, and our D gets worse.
We lost Dugger, Phillips & Andrews. This is bad.
We could easily lose to the Jets next week, then it's rock bottom.