FOXBORO — For the second straight week now, there’s an entire lack of readability over who will begin at quarterback for the Patriots in an upcoming sport.
Head coach Bill Belichick was requested Wednesday morning in regards to the crew’s quarterback state of affairs and wouldn’t title a starter.
“Yeah, I’m not going to make any announcements on our lineup at any position,” Belichick stated. “It doesn’t matter what the position is. See how practice goes and see if everybody’s ready to go, hope that everybody’s ready to go, see what the injury situation is and then we’ll go with who we think is best Sunday.”
The Patriots benched beginning quarterback Mac Jones for the second straight week in Sunday’s 10-7 loss to the Giants and for the fourth time this season. Jones threw two interceptions within the first half Sunday earlier than Bailey Zappe changed him after halftime. Zappe led the Patriots on a scoring drive earlier than throwing his personal interception for the second straight sport.
Belichick did verbally decide to Jones earlier this season after he was benched in consecutive video games towards the Cowboys and Saints, so he was requested what modified in his strategy to creating these public bulletins.
“Yeah, because we’ll see how it goes,” Belichick stated. “I’m not prepared to make any announcement, so I’m not going to do that.”
There’s a query over when the remainder of the crew discovered that Jones would begin towards the Giants final week. Some gamers stated they discovered on the day of the sport. Others stated they knew all week that Jones was beginning.
Belichick appeared to suggest {that a} resolution shouldn’t matter to the remainder of the gamers.
“Yeah, well, I think everybody’s got their own job to do, and hopefully that’s what they’re focused on, not what everybody else is doing,” Belichick stated. “That’s what we all need to do is focus on what our job is and do the best we can at it. And don’t worry about what everybody else is doing. That would help all of us.”
The Patriots waived third-string quarterback Will Grier earlier than Sunday’s sport towards the Giants. He cleared waivers on Monday and agreed to return to the apply squad Tuesday after weighing different choices across the NFL.
Grier initially was not anticipated to return to the Patriots however didn’t have a powerful market of alternate options, based on a supply.
“He could have been claimed by another team, so once he wasn’t claimed by another team, then we reopened the discussions,” Belichick stated. “But we didn’t control that.”
Belichick answered broadly when requested if Grier would obtain extra first-team reps this week in apply since Jones and Zappe each have struggled this season.
“All of the players who are on the practice squad — unless they’ve used all of their practice squad elevations — are eligible to be practice squad elevated,” Belichick stated. “Other players could be signed to the roster like we did with Conor (McDermott) last week, who was out of elevations. So, if they’re on the practice squad, they’re eligible and are preparing and should be ready to play. And potentially are ready to play. That includes everybody.”
Belichick would solely say “we’re going to do what’s best for the team based on the individual situation” when requested why Jones retains receiving extra alternatives after getting benched 4 instances.
Source: www.bostonherald.com