It is easy to understand why Mac Jones is so eager to get back in the saddle Monday night against the Bears.
For one, he is a fierce competitor, and for two, he led Bill Belichick, the GOAT who drafted him 15th overall, back to the playoffs as a rookie last season.
And, for three, Bailey Zappe.
New England has been gripped by Zappe Fever the past three weeks, because the fourth-round rookie by way of Western Kentucky has played so well that fans and media have harkened back to the time when Belichick decided to chase his first Super Bowl crown with a second-year quarterback named Tom Brady instead of a Wally-Pipped Drew Bledsoe.