Nrog Mac Jones Doubtful, New England Patriots Rookie Bailey Zappe Hauv Kab Rau Thawj NFL Pib

New England Patriots teev Mac Jones ua tsis ntseeg nyob rau qhov kawg daim ntawv qhia txog kev raug mob coj mus rau hnub Sunday kev sib tw nrog Detroit Lions, teeb tsa theem rau Bailey Zappe los ua nws thawj NFL pib.

Ib sab laug pob taws pob taws tau raug kev txom nyem thaum Lub Cuaj Hli 25 tawm tsam Baltimore Ravens tau ua rau Jones txwv tsis pub siv tom qab nws tau raug txiav txim tawm lub lim tiam dhau los tawm tsam Green Bay Packers. Qhov tsis muaj tus qub No. 15 tag nrho xaiv tawm ntawm Alabama muab qub qub thaub qab quarterback Brian Hoyer nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm Lambeau Field. Tab sis lub concussion uas tau xa mus rau 36-xyoo-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-tswb

Hauv kauj ruam Zappe los ntawm qhov ntawd.

Nyob rau hauv dab tsi los ua ib tug 27-24 overtime poob, cov khoom ntawm Houston Baptist thiab Western Kentucky ua tiav 10-of-15 passes rau 99 yards thiab tsis muaj interceptions. Peb lub hnab, suav nrog fumble, tau tshwm sim hauv nws qhov NFL debut thaum qhov kev ua txhaum tau tig mus rau qhov kev ua si khiav. Txawm li cas los xij yog qhov kev ua si-ua yeeb yam touchdown rau dav txais DeVante Parker uas tau muab New England ua 17-14 coj hauv peb lub hlis twg.

Nrog nws, Zappe tau dhau los ua thawj tus neeg tshiab nyob ib puag ncig pab koomtes los pov TD lub caij tsis tu ncua no.

"Yog lawm, Kuv paub tseeb tias yuav muaj kev nplij siab me ntsis ntxiv nrog nws," Zappe qhia reporters hnub Wednesday ntawm nws lub sijhawm muaj peev xwm tom ntej. "Tab sis, zoo li kuv hais, Kuv yuav txhawb nqa kuv cov phooj ywg ntau. Lawv tau pab kuv ntau heev ntawm Packers, thiab kuv yuav txhawb nqa lawv ntau dua qhov kev ua si tom ntej no, lossis thaum twg los xij. Kuv zoo siab heev tsuas yog mus xyaum ua txhua hnub thiab ua kom zoo dua. "

Cov Patriots xaiv Zappe, teev ntawm 6-ko taw-1, 220 phaus, hauv thib plaub ntawm 2022 tsab ntawv. Lub 50-kev ua si collegiate pib yuav yog txoj haujlwm thib tsib lub zeem muag tawm ntawm pawg thawj coj, tom qab Pittsburgh's Kenny Pickett, Cincinnati's Desmond Ridder, Liberty's Malik Willis thiab Mississippi's Matt Corral.

Thaum tsis muaj hnub qub nrhiav neeg tawm ntawm Victoria, Texas, Zappe tau siv plaub lub caij nyoog hauv FCS ntawm txoj kev los ua tus yeej kawg rau Walter Payton Award. Mus rau 475-ntawm-686 dhau lub caij nplooj zeeg dhau los, Hilltoppers hloov mus rau 5,967 yards thiab 62 touchdowns los ntawm huab cua los teeb tsa ib lub caij FBS cov ntaub ntawv.

Raws li txoj kev tuaj txog 11 kev cuam tshuam thiab peb qhov kev sib tw nrawm ua ntej Zappe coj mus tsev hauv Lub Rooj Sib Tham USA MVP thiab Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. Kev caw rau Reese's Senior Bowl thiab NFL Scouting Combine kuj tau txais los ntawm xaiv No. 137, uas tau los ua New England's 13th kev nqis peev ntawm quarterback txij li xyoo 2000.

Zappe, 23, tam sim no nyob rau hauv txoj kev los ua lub koom haum thib peb los pib kev ua si raws li tus neeg tshiab tshaj qhov kev ncua, tom qab ib Pro Bowl hloov hauv Jones kawg kev sib tw thiab Jacoby Brissett rov qab rau xyoo 2016.

"Nws tau txais snaps ntau ntxiv, uas ib txwm yog qhov zoo rau lub quarterback hauv lub sijhawm thiab kev sib txuas lus," Patriots tus thawj coj qhia Bill Belichick tau hais thaum nws hnub Friday. nias sablaj. "Yog li nws tau ua tiav nrog kev paub ntau dua thiab muaj sijhawm ntau dua. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tso ib feem pua ​​​​ntawm nws. "

Cov 1-3 Patriots tau kos npe rau qub tub rog quarterback Garrett Gilbert rau pab pawg xyaum ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv daim ntawv qhia qhov tob. Hnub Sunday ncaws tawm ntawm Gillette Stadium piv rau 1-3 Lions yog teem rau 1 teev ET.