Meanwhile in Foxboro, "In the End There Can Be Only One"

[Gugny]

Just now, The Wiz said:

That's more accurate if you don't want to throw shade at them.

Perhaps. But my point stands. 
 

Belichick got his hands on a top tier QB and led them to multiple championships, beginning with Brady’s 3rd season. 
 

We are entering year six of Josh Allen. 

[Augie]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

The Highlander plan at QB?

Genius.

 

Zappe cut, which was surprising to me.

 

Is Genius the name of his dog? 

[machine gun kelly]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

The Highlander plan at QB?

Genius.

 

Zappe cut, which was surprising to me.

 

Someone needs to get BB’s dementia meds up to speed.

[PatsFanNH]

24 minutes ago, Gugny said:

Perhaps. But my point stands. 
 

Belichick got his hands on a top tier QB and led them to multiple championships, beginning with Brady’s 3rd season. 
 

We are entering year six of Josh Allen. 

It was year 2 for Brady.. but I get your point. A lot of Colts fans said it when they had Manning too.  Also to add to your point he kept a 6th round QB around when the Pat’s had their 1st round Franchise QB. (I think Bledsoe just signed a huge contract at that time too)

Edited August 30, 2023 by PatsFanNH

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, TBBills Fan said:

Everything with Bellichek and QBs just seems odd, going back to his last 2 years with Brady

 

??

[Airseven]

2 hours ago, buffalobillswin said:

Imagine going into the season with Mac Jones as the only QB on your roster and then looking at the other QBs in the division

They have a capable run game and a terrific defense. They’ll find a vet QB which is a better plan behind Jones than Zappe anyway.

[TBBills Fan]

2 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

??

That's when stories started coming out could tom leave, him and Bill heading to divorced

 

[GunnerBill]

I watched their Green Bay pre-season game. Zappe sucked. Honestly not that shocked they cut him. 

[Buffalo Barbarian]

5 hours ago, buffalobillswin said:

Imagine going into the season with Mac Jones as the only QB on your roster and then looking at the other QBs in the division

 

tanking ??

 

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

I think he's trying to get one or both through to the PS. Save a roster spot. Call up 1 on gameday for the first few weeks. I believe he did that with Hoyer a few years back. 

 

I would bet someone takes a look at Cunningham, though. Wonder if he can return kicks?🤔

[Captain Hindsight]

8 hours ago, JohnNord said:

This is so weird.  It reads as a bizarre display of loyalty to Mac Jones who was on the hot seat last season.  

Or an indication of how bad Bailey Zappe is 

[Dan Darragh]

29 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

I would bet someone takes a look at Cunningham, though. Wonder if he can return kicks?🤔

For those of us old enough to remember - Joe Theisman returned kicks as a rookie just to keep from having to pick splinters out of his butt

[fergie's ire]

I seem to remember the Patriots did exactly the same thing two years ago, when Jones was a rookie.  They decided to move on from Cam Newton and figured they could probably re-sign Brian Hoyer.  Maybe they had an agreement, maybe they didn't.  It's really not a bad strategy.  Would we have been too upset if we cut Kyle Allen and just left Josh on the roster and then either re-signed Kyle or picked someone else up (like maybe Cunnningham off the waiver wire)?

 

Here's the 2021 "final" Patriots roster before the 21 season:  https://www.patspulpit.com/2021/8/31/22648576/new-england-patriots-initial-53-man-roster-after-cutdown-day

[PonyBoy]

Devil's advocate here, what would this board look like today if McBeane cut Barkley and K Allen? Plausible with the way K Allen played. 

I'll hang up and listen, thank you

🙂

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

13 minutes ago, PonyBoy said:

Devil's advocate here, what would this board look like today if McBeane cut Barkley and K Allen? Plausible with the way K Allen played. 

I'll hang up and listen, thank you

🙂

 

Giddy. The mood would be absolute joy at speculating what shiny new QB2 would be coming in, if it's someone that's a FA or a trade. People would hype up their choices all day long and be left with the return of the Peterman or Mason Rudolph and a PS QB that no one ever heard of...except one random poster that is hyped because they "really liked them coming out of college" a few years back.

[Haslett_Stomp]

Maybe Zolak is coming out of retirement.

[Saxum]

12 hours ago, section122 said:

Cunningham looked electric running the ball.  Have to imagine he will be on a ps somewhere would love it to be w the Bills.  

 

Beli-CHEAT's cut players have this habit of returning home like Russian defectors which are expelled after found they are spying.

[FilthyBeast]

Hoodie out here playing 4D chess while the rest of the league is playing checkers.

[The Frankish Reich]

3 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Or an indication of how bad Bailey Zappe is 

Yeah, I'm gonna give him a pass on the drafting then cutting Zappe. If you're just not seeing it, then it's best to eat the sunk cost and move on.

Zappe kind of reminds me of a Matt Flynn as Rodgers' backup. Gets in a few games and has great results. The Seahawks paid him to come in and be their QB after that. And then they drafted Russell Wilson in the 4th round, and Wilson thoroughly outplayed Flynn in camp and preseason. Pete Carroll made the right call. A less confident coach would've started Flynn ...

... we'll know when we see how much interest Zappe gets from other teams.

[First Round Bust]

15 hours ago, buffalobillswin said:

Imagine going into the season with Mac Jones as the only QB on your roster and then looking at the other QBs in the division

not a best practice esp of a Hall of Fame coach, interesting to see who his backup (imrprovement ?) turns out to be..

 

as far as the Bills. go with a vet a qb2 for sure, with Barkley on IR you have another vet in the qb room to help but for active qb3 ?  young athletic project that we could hang onto for a few years would likely be good...for the scout teams in practice, saves us a mid-late round pick every-other year, and at some point becomes qb2 ?  Note: less than half of the NFL has a qb3 on roster as of today.  

Edited August 30, 2023 by First Round Bust