FOXBORO — You can cross one participant off of the listing of potential Patriots beginning quarterback choices this week.
Rookie Malik Cunningham informed the Herald that he has not practiced often at quarterback since Week 6 earlier than the Patriots performed the Raiders. Cunningham, who’s formally listed on the observe squad as a quarterback, stated he hasn’t practiced the place in any respect this week because the Patriots put together for the Giants, as an alternative specializing in large receiver and particular groups.
“They just always tell me with the quarterback stuff to always be ready, to keep studying the summer stuff, the weeks that I was activated, just keep studying some of that stuff so if something were to change that those would be the plays that I would run,” Cunningham stated. “So, just keeping up on those plays and other than that, just keep working at my wide receiver stuff.”
Cunningham stated the crew didn’t clarify to him why he wasn’t working towards at quarterback anymore.
“I’m a team player, so whatever the team needs me to do, I’m going to do it,” Cunningham stated.
Cunningham signed with the Patriots as an undrafted free agent in May. He performed quarterback in rookie minicamp however moved to large receiver throughout OTAs and minicamp. The Louisville product did observe as a quarterback throughout coaching camp and obtained reps on the place in the course of the preseason. He even served as Mac Jones’ backup quarterback in Week 6 towards the Raiders and took a sack in his solely dropback.
The Patriots haven’t named a beginning quarterback this week after benching Jones for Bailey Zappe in the course of the ultimate two minutes of the crew’s Week 10 loss to the Colts. Jones, Zappe and Will Grier obtained first-team observe reps in the course of the bye week.
Cunningham, a four-year beginning quarterback at Louisville, believes he’s continued to develop in his new function at receiver.
“It’s been coming along,” Cunningham stated. “I feel like I’ve been getting better. Just going against (slot cornerback) Myles (Bryant) every day since I’ve been in the slot on the scout. Going against Myles, he’s been getting me a lot better. A lot of stuff that I need to work on. I try to help him, and he tries to help me with some hints in the slot spot, some of the tendencies that you give away to a defender. So, just trying not to give those tendencies away.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com