As per a report, the Patriots decide on their back-up quarterback and release recent addition Matt Corral.
By waiving both of their backup quarterbacks, Bailey Zappe and Malik Cunningham, at the 53-man roster cutoff, the New England Patriots shocked the NFL community.
Both were reinstated to the practice squad after clearing waivers, but Matt Corral was added as another quarterback for New England.
His time with the Patriots was brief, though.
The Patriots are releasing Corral, according to NFL Media.
Due to a problem that wasn’t an injury-related issue, he missed practice on Friday.
According to reports, New England is moving Zappe up to the 53-man roster as the backup quarterback to Mac Jones.
Reverting to his original quarterback depth chart, Bill Belichick.
The No. 1 spot would be contested by Corral and Zappe, according to NFL Media. 2 job.
Curiously, the Patriots were the team the Carolina Panthers traded with to advance in the 2022 NFL Draft and select Corral.
The Ole Miss product has yet to don a uniform for a regular-season game despite suffering a season-ending injury in the preseason the previous year.
Zappe, who was chosen by the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft, had a successful debut season as a starter last year.
He played a total of four games, completing 70.7% of his passes for 781 yards, five touchdowns, and three interceptions.
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Belichick responded, “All the roster decisions are based on what we feel is best for our football team, when asked about waiving Zappe. The coach continued, calling Zappe “a good, young, developing player.
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According to Belichick, “there’s a number of things involved there.”.
However, I’m happy that Bailey will still be working with him.
We will continue to work with him because we believe he is a good, young, developing player.
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New England’s quarterback room is back to where it was in 2022 despite the recent changes.
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