I tend to lean this way as well. Zappe has back up QB skills and will be a 3rd year veteran next season. I think the new coaching staff will want to give him a shot and they should know fairly quickly whether or not he will be able to run their new system. I'd also have no problem if the Patriots want to take a flyer on Sam Hartman or Joe Milton on day 3 and let them compete with Zappe for the back up job.
Bringing in Brissett as a starter until #3 pick is ready, as a good backup and a good mentor to the rookie would be a good use of $10m.
I'm not sure why we would want to spend resources on bringing in 3 QBs. We need 2 (rookie and some type of veteran) no matter what, I'm not sure a third is the best use of resources since the team has plenty of other holes.
He's cheap and apparently liked in the locker room.
I guess my question is “what traits does he have that make him worth keeping?” Cheap and cool are not reasons to keep a backup QB. I want him to have something that he can either rely on as a backup or something to develop. He seems to have neither and I’d like him gone.
This is the right answer. Bailey Zappe is at best a warm body. While you’re not going to solve all of the world’s problems next year - you need to take a chance - no matter how long the odds - that you draft the next Brock Purdy.
I'll be disappointed if they don't go into training camp with 2 new QBs, most likely one rookie, one veteran. I just think that beyond that, is QB3 enough of a need, relative to other team needs, to justify a draft pick? I would say no.
Surprised by the thoughts most have on this. Seems to me it all depends how the draft unfolds and the talent evaluations of the top QBs. It's certainly a reasonable idea to trade down in the draft to address more needs and potentially select a developmental QB in round 2 or later in the draft. Mac still has a year of team control and he pretty clearly is the more talented between him and Zappe. There is a world where improvements on the O line and a couple more offensive weapons returns Mac to a decent starter. Maybe that fails but at least you've got players to place around the future QB. The problem with the latter scenario is the fans might not have the patience/stomach to go through another year of Mac being bad, but I think you have to be willing to take that hit.
To be fair, "cheap and knows the system" could absolutely be a reason to keep a backup QB.
Totally. But it’s a new system and I believe the criticism of Zappe internally was that he couldn’t pick up the BoB system. I’m just no sure there’s anything there with Zappe beyond what we’ve seen.
Oh, I'm with you there. I'm not an NFL scout, but I'm perfectly comfortable saying we've seen close to Zappes ceiling. I dint care if he stays or goes.
