Mac Jones’ run as Patriots beginning quarterback reached a brand new low on Sunday, with a dismal late interception serving to doom New England to a 10-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Germany.
It was telling when Jones was benched for backup Bailey Zappe with below two minutes left and the sport nonetheless up for grabs, however chatting with WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show on Monday morning, Bill Belichick mentioned they haven’t made a alternative on who will lead the Patriots out of the bye week.
“I don’t know, we haven’t really talked about that,” Belichick mentioned. “We’re just getting back from Germany and trying to get reorganized here.”
Belichick mentioned he felt they wanted to make a change after the Jones interception, although he famous that the choice to make a swap wasn’t about one play however how the sport had gone as a complete. Zappe’s try at a two-minute drill additionally ended poorly, with the reserve throwing a game-ending interception with 36 seconds remaining, however Belichick mentioned he’d seen sufficient in observe to imagine Zappe might ship.
“Yeah, we worked the two minute drill, he’s gotten a lot of opportunities on it and he’s actually done very well with it,” Belichick mentioned.
With neither quarterback capable of come via, the Patriots return from Germany dealing with a 2-8 report and numerous arduous questions. Belichick mentioned they’d put every thing they’d into the Germany journey and now plan to make use of the bye week to take inventory of the place they’re as a staff.
“We’ll take a good look at that this week and figure that out,” Belichick mentioned.
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