« Reply #42 on: August 14, 2023, 08:29:27 PM »
Sure, I'll take a flyer on Zeke.
I still think the offensive line is the bigger issue. Also Mac Jones isn't that good. ESPN just ranked the Patriots QB position at 28/32 teams. Yikes.
All of my optimistic friends are telling me that Bill O'Brien is going to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
I think that's harsh from ESPN. I think Mac is middle of the road as a QB, anywhere in the 10-20 range. Zappe is a decent backup.
I don't think it's so much pulling "a rabbit out of a hat", but more just bringing in genuine coaching on offence. Jones is a good distributor, just not an athlete. I have him around 15-18 in QB rankings personally.
I think if you actually started to list QB's for this year, you'd find Mac is in the 20's. 28 seems a bit low, but there is an argument Mac is the worst QB in the AFC depending on what you think of the AFC South rookies (i.e. Stroud and Richardson). Even if you think he is better than those 2, the only other QB you could easily argue he is better than is Pickett. There are more bad QB's in the NFC, so I think he is in the 25 range.
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