Bailey Zappe Leads Remarkable Comeback Victory on Christmas Eve
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00:00 We were prepping for this game, Davis, on Pro Football Today.
00:03 I said to myself, "Is there a worse spot that a football team can be in?"
00:06 Out of the playoffs, playing at night on Christmas Eve, a few thousand miles away from home.
00:11 Let's fly in, let's get our tail kick, let's fly home and enjoy Christmas with our family.
00:15 And that was Bailey Zappi scoring 20 unanswered points in the third quarter to win this football game 26-23.
00:21 I don't even know what weapons they used for the New England Patriots, what scheme they had,
00:26 but Zappi closed 33 times for 256, two touchdowns and no interceptions in a passer rating of 117.
00:33 And the Patriots have not given up on their season, get their fourth win,
00:36 which if you're a Patriots fan, you're kind of upset because you're ruining your draft position.
00:40 But this is a bad loss for the Denver Broncos.
00:43 It's a bad loss for the Broncos, although I think if you really, you know, if you got Sean Payton alone
00:50 and you got a couple drinks in him, I think he'd say, "Dude, I cannot wait to get rid of Russell Wilson.
00:55 Like, I do not want to coach this guy. I don't want to..."
00:58 Because the offense is not a Sean Payton-based offense, you know?
01:03 I mean, it kind of is like a facsimile of the late era Drew Brees,
01:10 where it was just like everything was really close to the line of scrimmage.
01:13 They would take like three shots a game, really low percentage plays.
01:17 That's what the Broncos look like right now.
01:19 I think Sean Payton, I mean, he's probably 20 quarterbacks he would take over Russell Wilson in that building.
01:26 And yeah, I mean, the Patriots fans have to absolutely be punching air right now
01:31 because they are, right now, they're projected to have the fourth pick.
01:36 They have the reverse tiebreaker to the commanders, so the commanders actually pick ahead of them right now.
01:43 Chicago and Arizona are our huge favorites to get the first and the second pick at this point.
01:49 And the Patriots would have loved to have had Caleb Williams or Drake May in the building, I think.
01:55 And I don't know, you know, maybe Chicago ends up wanting to trade this pick.
01:59 Zappi, I mean, I don't think you want to start Zappi, but like, what's going to happen to Mac Jones?
02:04 Is Mac Jones going to be a career backup? Is he going to be cut?
02:07 Like, what is the career path for former first-round pick Mac Jones? I don't even know.