I love Bill.
But...it seems like he chickened out at the last minute in getting Cam.
Yes, Cam ran fantastically, had experience, we didn't know he would have a noodle arm after two games...
Bill took the safe route.
And again this year...Why not commit to the run? We won the Super Bowl in '01 and several of those wins had Tom dropping back less than 20 times all game.
Everything worked (works) with Zappe. Except when Matty kept abandoning the run when we got down one (1) score.
The excuses are interminable: The Lions suck! (they don't). The Browns suck! (so what). The Bears 2nd half! (I keep referencing Brady's games at Miami & Denver in '01 and no one seems to hear me). Yes, he's a rookie. Yes, he's (maybe) not Ken Dryden.
I really thought there was a chance he would do what he's done before. We're here to win. We're a team. T-E-A-M. So Mac can chill for a few (more) weeks. Big Deal! Grow up! Do I really have to list Montana, Favre, Brady etc. guys who sat for a while early in their careers?
The media usually blows things out of proportion...but this thing on offense is horrifically putrid. And Bill has chosen NOT to adjust, change things up on the fly (does ANY season for ANY team go as scripted or anticipated?).
Bill plays favorites. And it's got him into trouble. Sheesh. I do not think Bailey Zappe is Jonas Gray.
In the long run, this experience will help Mac Jones, in terms of dealing with adversity. In the long run.
Bailey? In addition to the Eason nightmares I've had this year, I've been getting Flutie nightmares as well.
Lots of supposed Patriots fans cherish their eternal opportunity to lament how awful the Hugh Millen years were, and lustily dismiss Flutie as "too short" and "not an NFL-caliber quarterback"(like Brady was before '01).
