I feel like everyone is forgetting that Mac and the Patriots did exactly this sort of thing last year against crappy / mediocre teams. Here were some of his lines:
15-21, 229, 2 TD, 1 INT, 29 points
24-36, 307, 2 TD, 0 INT, 54 points
19-23, 198, 3 TD, 0 INT, 45 points
22-26, 207, 1 TD, 1 INT, 25 points
23-32, 310, 2 TD, 0 INT, 36 points
The Pats were a front-running team last year, and they continue to be this year. When they run the ball well, play from ahead, play good D, mix in play action, they have the potential to destroy bad and mediocre teams. The exact same formula happened the last two weeks. It is very encouraging that Zappe can run that type of offense and not throw up all over himself. But Mac played exactly like this for a long stretch of last year.
I wrote it upthread, but this formula is good enough to beat like 60-70% of the teams in the league consistently. I think they decided it's not good enough to beat the elite teams. Whether or not that assessment is correct may be up for debate (after all, Buffalo beat KC 24-20 yesterday; the Rams didn't score a ton of points in the Super Bowl; etc.).