• conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Holy shit Patriots cut Zappe.

    I thought he kind of sucked this year, but even as roster manipulation, he has to clear waivers and you have to have a body.

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        10 months ago

        I’m fine with whatever way they want to go. Zappe has been playing games with trying to be Mahomes with stupid arm angles and shit all summer, so while he was a serviceable backup and I absolutely wanted him over Hoyer last year, he’s regressed hard and broke his mechanics on a guy that had a low ceiling regardless.

        I just really wasn’t expecting it at all. He was never competitive with Mac despite all the noise around here, but as bad as he was they saw what worse looks like, too, and it’s not exactly a position that’s deep around the league. I liked the idea of keeping Cunningham around and seeing if he can clean up mechanics and compete for the backup job next year, but he’s not ready to be even the backup plan for the backup spot at this point. They have to be bringing someone in and the options are never all that interesting.

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    10 months ago

    In the last 3 years the Lions picked 23 people in the draft. Out of those 23, 21 are still on the team. CB Chase Lucas and RB Jermar Jefferson are the only two players cut, both were 7th rounders. I’d say that is a pretty decent success rate for Brad Holmes.