Few dates on the NFL calendar have a potential for surprise quite like roster cutdown day. And few teams in the league have a penchant for making the unexpected move quite like the New England Patriots.
This year’s cutdown day was no exception, with the club of head coach and de facto general manager Bill Belichick pulling one of the eyebrow-raising moves of the day out of its proverbial hat: cutting sophomore quarterback Bailey Zappe, and leaving the team with only starter Mac Jones signed at the position.
Zappe was originally believed to be a lock to fill the QB2 spot behind Jones for a second straight year.