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So Mac Jones’ backup being a QB that none of the 31 other teams thought was worth claiming off waivers is a good thing? I never said they needed Brady, they just QB’s, and Belichick only deemed one worth keep at cutdown. He constructed the roster, that’s on him. I’m sorry if you don’t see it that way.
It was reported that 7 teams were interested in Zappe but his preference was to stay in NE. Not sure what that means, not sure if a team could have claimed him anyway and said deal with it, but there were a number of teams interested in him.
BB is infallable and exempt from all criticism. I guess you didn’t get the note. Don’t worry, neither did I.
Do we know the extent of their interest? If all 7 of those teams were only interested in having him on their practice squad, then staying in the system he already knows (and probably a handshake agreement that he is technically still QB2 here) is the no-brainer option. If they wanted him on their 53, that would be interesting. I get the sense that it was the former.
I believe those teams wanted to wait for Zappe to clear waivers and then add him to their practice squads. None of them were prepared to add him to their 53-man rosters.
Then he made the best choice for himself. Every other team has at least 2 QB’s on their active roster, so his path to starter’s reps would’ve been longer elsewhere.
For Zappe's sake, I hope he could do better playing with the rest of the starting offense, but from listening to some podcasts, the team still appears to be searching for another more seasoned and savvy QB2. For some reason, he hasn't done as well with the concepts BOB wants to run, and it's likely that O'Brien is the one that doesn't think Zappe is a good fit. At least for now, Zappe has become indecisive and holds onto the ball too long. Even in practice, he has taken a ton of sacks rather than getting the ball out. I don't know if it's a processing thing, identifying the right reads, figuring out the coverage, or just not trusting his ability to deliver the ball properly. But one of the beat guys asked why Zappe was released and not kept on the 53-man roster and was told "because he stinks." Not exactly a vote of confidence.
A lot more upside than Zappe or Cunningham I think.
Yes. It applies to the team, Brady, BB, etc. The path to winning now is much more difficult than the huge majority of years in the 00s and 10s. On top of that, having only one bye for the #1 seed also makes it harder.
It was an amazing confluence of events. Awesome defense, great receivers, great coaching, and crablegs winston at quarterback. Ironically, they needed Brady to modulate the aggressiveness of the passing attack.
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All he needs is a patsy to say that he or she packed his bag for him and he had no idea about the guns. The state would have lost this case in court
There was always an Uncle back in the day...would love to know what his excuse for having two loaded guns (I believe both were, I know at least one was) and a large capacity magazine...I'm sorry your Honor, I meant to grab my phone charger and I was in such a rush I grabbed my guns which I keep right next to the charger.
There should be a league suspension. I'm not sure how much, maybe 1 or 2 games to send a message. I think Tyreek also should've gotten a 1 game suspension to send a message.
But why would he knowingly carry firearms onto an airplane? haven't followed the story, but that wouldn't seem to make much sense.
I had to drop someone off at the same terminal a few minutes after this went down. The place was swarming with cops and state troopers, as they weren’t sure what was going on and if there were other confederates involved.
It really puts the brain in a pretzel trying to figure out how something like this happens. Lemme just throw 2 loaded handguns in my carry-on. It will be fine.
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When he does stuff like this it makes me laugh my a$$ off because he's just trying to irritate people now.
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This now concerns me as a Stevenson owner. It was looking like they were going to role with 2 RB’s active between him and Zeke, with those guys handling the receiving as well as the rushing. Montgomery being active now has me thinking Stevenson’s role for Week 1 is either getting reduced or he’s sitting. We’ll find out closer to gametime, but I’m not feeling great about it. Bad enough that Montgomery is such an underwhelming player.Ty Montgomery alert:
Patriots sign Ty Montgomery to 53-man roster, put Jack Jones on IR
Veteran running back Ty Montgomery is back on the Patriots active roster.
Bill likes Montgomery. He's not a threat to RS...they use him in gadget plays a la Cordero Patterson,This now concerns me as a Stevenson owner. It was looking like they were going to role with 2 RB’s active between him and Zeke, with those guys handling the receiving as well as the rushing. Montgomery being active now has me thinking Stevenson’s role for Week 1 is either getting reduced or he’s sitting. We’ll find out closer to gametime, but I’m not feeling great about it. Bad enough that Montgomery is such an underwhelming player.Ty Montgomery alert:
Patriots sign Ty Montgomery to 53-man roster, put Jack Jones on IR
Veteran running back Ty Montgomery is back on the Patriots active roster.
Do we really know what Montgomery’s role is? He played in 3/4 of the first game last year and had 2 carries, 3 receptions, and their only TD of the game when DH and RS were both healthy.Bill likes Montgomery. He's not a threat to RS...they use him in gadget plays a la Cordero Patterson,This now concerns me as a Stevenson owner. It was looking like they were going to role with 2 RB’s active between him and Zeke, with those guys handling the receiving as well as the rushing. Montgomery being active now has me thinking Stevenson’s role for Week 1 is either getting reduced or he’s sitting. We’ll find out closer to gametime, but I’m not feeling great about it. Bad enough that Montgomery is such an underwhelming player.Ty Montgomery alert:
Patriots sign Ty Montgomery to 53-man roster, put Jack Jones on IR
Veteran running back Ty Montgomery is back on the Patriots active roster.
I think BB and BOB are counting on the fact that there is no game film for PHI to work with and the Pats can call whatever they want to confuse the Eagles. That may not matter if they can’t get the OL to be more cohesive. But the element of surprise should be in their favor. That might be the only thing. Well, that and it being TB12 night.
Parker is not likely to play. JJSS-Douglas-Boutte-Gesicki-Elliott weren’t there last year. They barely used Bourne and Montgomery only played a few snaps last season. BOB has already shown he will do things differently than Patricia did. Plenty of film of Zappe with practice squad guys and roster cuts if that helps any. It may not make any difference, but the Eagles don’t have a lot to scheme from. And that may not scare them either, as NE doesn’t exactly have guys to blow by defenders.
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