For the New England Patriots, the times of Tom Brady slinging the soccer downfield and hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy are beginning to turn into a distant reminiscence.
However they might very nicely have their subsequent nice franchise quarterback in rookie Drake Maye, the No. 3 total choose in April’s draft.
Apparently, of their preseason debut on Thursday, Maye barely performed, getting off simply three go makes an attempt, whereas Bailey Zappe had 20 go makes an attempt.
Legendary Patriots tight finish Rob Gronkowski mentioned that Zappe “needs to be freed” by both buying and selling him or releasing him in order that Maye might be given the keys to the crew’s offense, per Mike Kadlick.
Gronkowski even predicted that Zappe is not going to be a member of the Patriots by the top of coaching camp.
Rob Gronkowski on the #Patriots QB state of affairs (by way of @FTFonFS1):
“Bailey Zappe must be freed. They both gotta let him go or they gotta commerce him, as a result of he’s taking away reps from Drake Maye — he’s taking away from Joe Milton.
Bailey Zappe’s not gonna be on that crew by…
— Mike Kadlick (@mikekadlick) August 9, 2024
Zappe began six of his 10 video games in 2023, and he threw for 1,272 yards, six touchdowns and 9 interceptions whereas finishing 59.9 p.c of his go makes an attempt — not precisely earth-shattering numbers.
Maye threw for 3,608 yards and 24 touchdowns in 12 video games for the College of North Carolina final season, and in lots of different years, he probably would’ve been the primary QB drafted and even the No. 1 total choose.
It will likely be a tough experience again to Tremendous Bowl competition for the Patriots, and thus there isn’t any actual motive for them to start out Zappe and permit Maye to duck the primary levels of his NFL growth.
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