Poll: Are You Feeling Happy or Crappy about Zappe?

[captain stone]

He looks less scared in the pocket. Which could be a symptom of Mac being totally broken.

But meet the new boss, same as the old boss! 0 points against the leagues worst defense.

What's going to happen vs. a good defense?

Like the Stealers' defense, in 4 days, at their place? I think even Trubisky can score at least 10 points from the turnovers we'll give him.

 

[reflexblue]

Zapp said ''hold my beer''

 

[Pats1971]

I mean he didnt turn the ball over, thats like a major upgrade. lol. He was fine in some area's took some bad sacks, but most young QB's do, he made some good throws, protected the ball, blah blah blah. In a city of the blind the one eyed man is king.

 

[PatsFan2]

Zapp said 'hold my beer

I think it's a tie.

 

[h0c2000]

Like the Stealers' defense, in 4 days, at their place? I think even Trubisky can score at least 10 points from the turnovers we'll give him.

If the Steelers win, Bill's officially entered the Landry Zone.

 

[PatsFan2]

If the Steelers win, Bill's officially entered the Landry Zone.

IF or when??

 

[goheels22002]

This poll is open until March of 2024 to give people a chance to vote and to modify their choices. Well, here we go kids. Patriots get a win, Zappe throws three TDs and got a completion over 30 yards - the first of the season to "bust" Juju Smith-Schuster.

Are you happy for Zappe?

 

[VrabelJr]

If we end up with six wins or more it's a no brainer to me to start him next year rather than spend $20+ million on Cousins while we bring along a rookie. It's ok if he's a work in progress as long as the arrow is pointed in the right direction.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

I should write a book about my observations of Tom Brady prior to the Mo Lewis hit & from then on, and entitle it "I Told You So".

And I'd love to be able to write its sequel regarding Zappe.

The foreword for both will be:

You Were Totally Wrong You Idiots And You Furthermore Never Learned Anything You're Just As Stupid Today As Ever

 

[sb1]

Not too Shabbe last night.

 

[lancerman]

He played good, but not enough to change my opinion tbh. The Steelers defense has consistently underperformed and they held us to zero in the second half and almost came back because our offense died out when they had a chance to ice it against a team that was anemic. That's not on Zappe, but it speaks to the limitations of this offense. Even when they get a good draw, they can't consistently maintain it. Which is still indicative of the overall problem. We don't have a QB who is worthy of being a starter and we don't have the weapons on offense to actually compete at any sort of high level in the NFL.

It's the same story we had with Mac last year tbh. Hope we can catch a team early and get some quick lead, then hope the defense can holdout because we can't win from behind and we can't be clutch when it matters and the pressure is on.

 

[condon84]

You should add an option: Anyone but Mac

 

[Hades]

 

[Jim Beankie]

I should write a book about my observations of Tom Brady prior to the Mo Lewis hit & from then on, and entitle it "I Told You So".

And I'd love to be able to write its sequel regarding Zappe.

The foreword for both will be:

You Were Totally Wrong You Idiots And You Furthermore Never Learned Anything You're Just As Stupid Today As Ever

I still can't believe BB started Mac over Zappe for the Bears game last year, giving what seems like all the 1st team practice snaps to Mac. I get why he did it, but it's like he didn't learn from riding the hot hand 20 years ago.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

I still can't believe BB started Mac over Zappe for the Bears game last year, giving what seems like all the 1st team practice snaps to Mac. I get why he did it, but it's like he didn't learn from riding the hot hand 20 years ago.

Post Of The Year

We could, or should, have won ten Super Bowls.

Belichick likes to go against the grain and against conventional wisdom, and against what's obvious to everyone paying attention, and it sometimes works but often destroys momentum or any chance at winning.

It's probably the primary reason the Patriots did NOT have the greatest dynasty ever, by a long shot. He overthinks and blows it.

That said, he deserves credit for not blowing it, like keeping Brady in there. He could have been on the verge passing Shula and, more importantly, competing for a title (Zappe is better than Brock Purdy, IMHO). But he treated Jones like Montana, Brady & Unitas combined leaving the obviously better QB on the bench. Exactly how Berry treated Eason (makes me almost as sick as having to look at the flying elvis).

I can name five dynasties right off the top of my head that were way better than the Patriots'.

 

[sb1]

I can name five dynasties right off the top of my head that were way better than the Patriots'.

Depends what we mean by dynasty. If we're talking only championships then the Patriots have won 3 in 4 years and then 3 in 5 years... a few other teams have had dynasties like that. But if we mean 2001-2018 then ours is the only team that has sustained excellence that lasted that long.

 

[PatsFan2]

Nice job.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Depends what we mean by dynasty. If we're talking only championships then the Patriots have won 3 in 4 years and then 3 in 5 years... a few other teams have had dynasties like that. But if we mean 2001-2018 then ours is the only team that has sustained excellence that lasted that long.

Yeah, longevity. But we only won consecutive titles once. We're up there, but not Celtics/Yankees/Canadiens