Bailey Zappe Is Getting More Play Time So Far This Offseason

In 2021 the Patriots gave Mac Jones more snaps than starter Cam Newton. Cam missed a preseason game and Mac won the job. People are saying there's no similarities between this OTA session and the one from 2021. They're wrong.

After the second media day of OTAs, Mac Jones had thrown 24 passes. Zappe threw 27 passes. Mac went 31 of 37 during the three OTAs. Zappe went 33 of 44 passes. Zappe also threw two interceptions. 

Zappe is getting more attempts. He's taking more snaps in front of the media. Stats don't tell everything but like I said after day two of media OTAs, there's nothing saying there isn't a competition going on.

Again, I like Mac but we gotta wait until the preseason before we can really say there's no competition. We just haven't seen enough to say there's not one going on. It's like when some of the media didn't want to cover Newton vs Stidham, or the things showing Brady was prepping to leave the Pats. If the media doesn't want us to talk about something, they'll try to squash it.

You know it's funny, the media tells us fans that we haven't seen enough of Mac to say whether he is or isn't the guy but some of them think they've seen enough after the first OTA to call whether or not a quarterback competition is happening. Many are the same people who screamed for Cam to get a long term contract after playing two weeks with the Pats. And we all saw how Newton was by years end as a passer.