FOXBORO — Bill Belichick began the week telling reporters he would wait till Sunday to call the Patriots’ subsequent beginning quarterback.
On Friday, he stayed true to his phrase.
Belichick repeatedly declined to reply any quarterback-related questions in his Friday morning press convention. He used the identical response when requested whether or not he had selected a beginning quarterback and if Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe had taken a lot of the beginning reps in observe.
“I’ve told everybody to be ready to go,” he mentioned.
Why did Belichick really feel compelled to maintain the choice a secret?
“Then we’ll be announcing ‘who’s starting this, who’s playing that, who’s doing this, who’s doing that.’ Once we get going on that — I’m not going down that road,” he mentioned. “Sorry.”
What about strictly the quarterback place?
“Yeah, right,” he replied.
Belichick lastly defined his reluctance to reply any quarterback query instantly by saying, “I’m just not getting into that. Whoever it is, (I) hope they’re ready to go.”
On Wednesday, Jones mentioned he hoped to start out Sunday towards the Giants. Jones completed the group’s final sport, a 10-6 loss to the Colts in Germany, on the bench.
“Hope so. I mean, that’s the plan,” Jones mentioned of beginning. “I always work really hard for that. I really put a lot of attention and detail into the week.”
Pressed whether or not the plan was his or the group’s, Jones shrugged.
“We’ll see, right? We’ve had those conversations, and like I said focusing on the controllables,” he mentioned.
Jones has been benched 3 times in 10 video games this season, whereas Zappe has did not seize the beginning job from him. According to Pro Football Focus, Jones has dedicated extra turnover-worthy performs than every other quarterback within the league, whereas Zappe owns the bottom adjusted completion proportion of any passer. He threw an interception into triple protection to finish the loss at Germany.
The Patriots and Giants will kick off Sunday at 1 p.m. at MetLife Stadium.
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