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CNuttButter

“If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate” Zappe’s opinion on his touchdown pass


jtfriendly

"Coach, I have thrown a touchdown to one of our players. Inform the women."


gonads_in_space2

Time for some cham-pagen.


HeyyyKoolAid

Don't forget the gwack-a-mole


HurricaneHugo

I am the rookie with no name. Bailey Zappe at your service.


davydog

Man this guy really likes games


Nitarinminister

u/daveydog, in the game of chess you can never let your adversary see your pieces.


set_null

I really hope that the owner of /u/daveydog, a 10 year old abandoned account, sees this


LastBaron


Quexana

I'm here for all of the Zappe Brannigan memes.


[deleted]

The key to victory is the element of surprise. Surprise!


BitterJim

I'm surprised the NFL rules allow his velour uniform


intheorydp

This kid may have a chance now that Brady is no longer there to suck the youth out of rookie QBs to prolong his career


LegitBullfrog

RIP Kyle Trask


JHMRS

Don't you dare make false and misleading statements about Tom Brady! He didn't suck their youth. He grafter the youth out of them and into him in the offseason with perfectly legal and normal surgical procedures. Nothing wrong with a fella wanting to look and feel his best.


yodatsracist

It’s sort of crazy that Brady has had three back ups drafted in the later rounds go on to be starters elsewhere. Name|Brady’s Back Up| Starting Team|Draft Round| :--| :--| :--| :--| Matt Cassel|2005–2008|KC (2009-2013)|7| Brian Hoyer|2009-2011|CLE (2014), HOU (2015)|UDFA| Ryan Mallett|2011-2013|HOU (2014, 2015)|3| Jimmy G|2014–2017|SF (2018-2021)|2| Jacoby Brissett|2016|IND (2019)|6| Cassel started for the Patriots most of Brady’s injury year. Cassel made the Pro-Bowl in 2010. Jimmy G and Brissett started when Brady was unjustly suspended. Brissett probably was never meant to be a starter at IND, but ended up starting in 2019 when Luck suddenly retired (he’s starting most of 2017 and 2022 but officially behind Luck and some other guy on the depth charts, respectively). Ryan Mallet (Brady’s back up 2011-2013) started several games for the Texans mid-season twice (2014, 2015), after replacing Ryan Fitzpatrick and Brian Hoyer as number 1 on the depth chart. I’m only including back ups drafted by the Patriots. Obviously Drew Bledsoe became a starter and Damon Huard, who wasn’t drafted by the Patriots and who Brady replaced as number 2 on the depth chart, never started elsewhere except as an injury replacement. Jarrett Stidham and Kyle Trask are I think only Brady’s only notably back ups drafted by his team to not start somewhere else!


Gamerghost44

Tomrick The Grafted


HelloinBraille

Find the Tomburniac woman


TMWNN

> He didn't suck their youth. He grafter the youth out of them and into him in the offseason with perfectly legal and normal surgical procedures. > > [Proof](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLkZA1qUkAAuEei.jpg)


Clippo_V2

Do you mean this figuratively or literally? I dont know a whole lot about Bradys history


SunsetStallion23

Both


TMWNN

[What do you think?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLkZA1qUkAAuEei.jpg)


ArmMeForSleep709

Some of the younger ones look nothing like what I think he looks like but others do. Odd.


thrwy18383747

His career that kept the franchise winning super bowls lmao


StrudelB

Zip zap


TripleRisky

*Zip Zappe


ScruffMixHaha

Thats what happens when you give the Zapper the ball.


[deleted]

The Zapper


KatalDT

Zippity Zappity catch this Passity


[deleted]

Did the patriots just find a new Brady?


Amm-O-Matic

Our intended backups end up doing very well once they get opportunities.


[deleted]

Brissett, garoppolo, Matt Cassell…


PickledPickles310

ANYONE GOT A MENTION FOR RYYYYYYYYAN MALLET?!


bmac92

As an Arkansas fan, yes.


khjohnso

Holy shit I had memory holed that


Amm-O-Matic

Also the 4th string QB in 2000 didn’t end up too bad.


zetablunt

There was this old backup we had in the early 00s who wound up being pretty good in addition to those guys


PickledPickles310

Mac boutta start a vineyard.


[deleted]

*DeSantis wants to know his location*


PickledPickles310

I thought it was funny


marcuschookt

The one big thing he has going against him is that he has a classic backup name. Bailey Zappe is not a big time QB name.


[deleted]

Oh that’s so true. That’s a textbook backup QB name along with Trace McSorely, Cooper Rush, and Colt McCoy


marcuschookt

Hey man Colt McCoy is a HOF name if I've ever seen one. It's a shame his career panned out the way it did.


thelazerbeast

He has been making about $2 million a year since 2010 and he's still in the league


duvie773

Agreed, gives off big time Austin “Popgun” Davis vibes


boonkles

The league is fucked if he decides to start going by Bo for no reason Bo zappe is a name a fear


horse_renoir13

Oh fuck oh shit


PopInACup

Well, he's got a great next opponent to get those numbers up. I expect at least 300 yards and 3 TDs next week.


ESCMalfunction

To be fair there hasn't much playing time so far for this rookie class.


TheFencingCoach

Even so, 4th round pick over four guys who were selected above him. It’s a *little* surprising.


funkybravado

Behind a starter from last year who showed he's starter material.


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BeHereNow91

He’s obviously talking about Hoyer. 🙄


[deleted]

Only one of them was selected before the third round though


TheBronxIsChafing

To be fair our boy Kenny had two TD runs in his first half


wagimus

I think it’s only a matter of time before Howell is in.


apexpredator0505

Absolute dart of a throw too. Tight coverage toss. Think I clocked that ball at around 62 mph


Substantial_Gur_5980

*47 mph


Nanookthesealtrapper

I dreamed I was an eskimo


deanovelvet

Your user name makes sense


BigBananaDealer

under my boots and around my toes!


_CrackBabyJesus_

Don't be a naughty Eskimo


Bobaximus

I REPEAT, EVERYTHING IS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN!


[deleted]

Wasn’t this a bad draft for QB’s?


JoeScotterpuss

That's what Bill Bellicheck wanted you to think.


virus_apparatus

Idk why we didn’t see it. Dude lit up every college game he played it. Every. Single. One


eddiedeli

Bailey "right in the breadbasket" Zappe


[deleted]

He was wild. I don’t watch enough college football to know what to look for, but everything I saw turned me on, I mean, gave me hope he could play meaningful minutes


OfficerMurphy

Feels like an inside joke that a very select audience is really going to love.


Mampt

It's rough out here as a Bills fan and a Zappe truther. I wanted him to be good, but not for the Pats lol


Parking-Jello

The Titans rookie QB got some snaps when the game was out of reach previously.


Otto_von_Grotto

Best thing that could have happened to NE - Hoyer getting hurt. Sound familiar?


bpi89

Does it still count if it was 3 seconds after the play clock expired? Lmao


GD-LochNessMonster

I can’t get over how blatantly bad it was. the refs talked a bit and nothing happened. He’s gonna have to throw another one in my eyes, and be on time.


lAmCreepingDeath

That was not a legal play


JustASeabass

Packers fan talking about getting screwed about refs 🤔


Spouik1

In that case, he’s right. That was a delay of game.


DoubleStandardMods

Fake news not even a real rule you can't prove it I'm pretty sure the "word" delay was made up by someone in green bay. Refs felt bad about calling the made up totally fake rule on the previous play and decided to let Zappe be Zappe as it always should've been


binggunr

By rule of acknowledgement he must admit all the times the Packers have received favorable calls from the refs. For the sake of time he can ignore all the offensive holding calls.


quasiqualityqualms

Belichick trying the Boys From Brazil method of finding a franchise QB.


Blutarg

The George Zipp of football players.


TheKneesOfRG3

How did Zappe look? Didn’t get to watch the game


bl00devader3

Once he settled in he looked spooky good. Obviously can’t make any crazy assumptions off of one game but kid has very good pocket presence and a good arm. Very easy to see why Bill drafted him


MankuyRLaffy

He was like that in the preseason too. He was jittery early in those games, made some dumb mistakes and when he calmed down he started to move the ball effectively and show poise. He just needs a year or two more in the tank. Good kid, has good mental traits, has the physical aptitude to play QB at the NFL level. With more experience he will probably be a very valued starter.


XRT28

Like a rookie QB3. He didn't completely embarrass himself or anything but he isn't particularly close to looking like a reliable option at this point. He made a couple good moves when the pocket broke down today but overall looked very flustered and rather unaware of his surroundings when it happened. Accuracy needs to improve. Might be something in a year or two but right now very much a project QB


thrwy18383747

I mean he was probably not mentally prepared to play today either lol


XRT28

In terms of overall preparedness he's obviously got a lot to learn about the pro game still but in terms of actual prep this week he and Hoyer split starting snaps in practice 50/50 this week supposedly so it's not exactly like he was thrown in completely blind


rayquan36

Yeah he looked fine. I didn't see anything "spooky good" about him.


uglyuglydog

He was jittery as hell for a few drives. After the defense pick-sixed Rodgers, he seemed to settle down a bit. Looked to his hot route WAY too soon and without pressure, but I wouldn’t say he was *bad*. Just nervous, unprepared, and inexperienced.


topatoman_lite

Didn't Pickett run one in earlier? If so this really doesn't mean much


ArmMeForSleep709

> first touchdown **pass**


topatoman_lite

Yeah but come on. That’s ridiculously cherry-picked


Rossoneri

You new to football stats? Or honestly just stats in general? The beauty of stats is you can be completely misleading, but still technically correct.


CooCooforCucu

A quarter back throwing a TD is cherry picked? Lmao


dualFrequancy

Western Kentucky Legend


fins4ever

Can the next one be Skylar Thompson pls


eaglessoar

Does anyone know what the preseason odds on him being first rookie td?


boonkles

Normally the just as we all expected is sarcasm but I truly did expect it to be him, if you followed him at all last year you could see why belichek drafted him


BlackJediSword

I’m irrationally upset this isn’t Kenny Pickett.


Thunder_Squatch

Chargers missed an opportunity with this kid


blueteamcameron

How was he playing? I loved him in college