Keep it simple stupid is an old coaching adage that I think applies to the Patriots when it comes to how they approach today’s game against the Lions offensively. Particularly the passing game. Rookie Bailey Zappe is going to be making his first career and if I were coordinating the Patriots offense, I would build off of what we did last week. I would keep it simple and I would…
Image courtesy of ESPN Kickoff: The New England Patriots welcome Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions into town. Both teams coming off a first month of the year they would like to forget. Although, Bill Belichick has often reminded us that the first four games of the season is more about figuring things out and as you move forays into October, now is when things should settle down and start…
By Mason Sousa The Lions have the No. 1 scoring offense through 4 games which is incredible considering they don’t have close to the world talent at the skills positions that are on other rosters. As wild as that may sound for a team that hasn’t won a playoff game in over 30 years their defense at the same time is dead last in points allowed. They have scored 140+…
Photo – Getty Images Mac Jones was at practice on Wednesday in limited fashion, throwing the ball lightly during the 15 minutes the media had to watch some of the opening drills. Jones had a limp still, but did drop back a few times, albeit in very light fashion. Right next to him was new practice squad QB Garrett Gilbert and Bailey Zappe, the guy who suddenly has quite a…
When the Patriots selected Rhamondre Stevenson in the fourth round of the 2021 draft the hope was that he could become part of a strong running back group with Damien Harris that would help Mac Jones early in his career. What they have gotten has been a high-quality player who took a strong rookie season and built on it to become the best running back on the team this season….
The Patriots brought back Jamie Collins this week, the linebacker’s fourth stint with the team. He won Super Bowls in 2014 and 2018 with the Patriots and brought a high degree of athleticism to the group. His signing now, however, is not about a return to the glory days of an elite Patriots linebacking corps that featured Collins, Dont’a Hightower and Kyle Van Noy. It is about a group that…
The Patriots signed veteran linebacker Jaime Collins for a fourth time yesterday. Collins was not re-signed this past off-season after the team opted to get younger and faster on defense. The younger and faster experiment is in a holding pattern however after Collins was signed to the practice squad. The Patriots drafted in the second round of the 2013 draft. A former strong safety out of Southern Miss, Collins went…
It is never easy to come into a game as a back up quarterback let alone the third string quarterback but Bailey Zappe proved in yesterday’s loss to the Packers that a young quarterback could enter that environment and compete. https://twitter.com/nfloncbs/status/1576715390268616704?s=46&t=UVyMZuFMcQlEimI6f4sRYw Zappe had to enter the game after veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer was knocked out with a concussion in the first quarter. You can tell early on that the Texas…
The Patriots lost a heartbreaker to the Green Bay Packers in overtime, 27-24. The Patriots lost starting quarterback Brian Hoyer to a concussion in the first quarter, forcing rookie third string quarterback Bailey Zappe to come into the game. Zappe played admirably all things considered but it wasn’t enough. Here are seven points from today’s game. 1. Zappe plays: Kudos to you if you had Bailey Zappe playing today. Zappe…
Image courtesy of Mike Roemer/AP The 2022 season just keeps getting weirder. After a week of Brian Hoyer and endless backup quarterback talk, the veteran QB didn’t make it out of the first quarter when the Patriots traveled to Green Bay to face the Packers on Sunday. Hoyer was taken out of the game with a possible concussion after a big sack early on, thrusting rookie fourth round draft pick…