The Patriots’ offensive struggles this season continued into the team’s Week 10 game against the Colts in Frankfurt. And after a brutal first three-plus quarters for quarterback Mac Jones, New England opted to make the change to backup signal-caller Bailey Zappe.
This move came with the Patriots down just 10-6 after Jones threw an interception with 4:24 remaining in the fourth quarter. So this meant Zappe entered with just under two minutes to go and a chance to play the role of saving grace.
But following a few completions, Zappe's day ended in a similar fashion to his counterpart's, as the backup quarterback threw an interception with 36 seconds remaining.
Bailey Zappe came into for the Patriots' final drive and did... this.
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Not great. The play did, unfortunately, sum up how the day went for the Patriots, though. Jones finished with 170 yards while completing 15-of-20 attempts and tossing one interception, while Zappe went 3-of-7 for 25 yards and one interception as well.