It’s 2022, and it looks like Bill Belichick has found himself managing a quarterback controversy again. The more things change, the more … oh, you know the rest.
Monday night saw Mac Jones return against the Bears (+8.5) after spraining his ankle. Unfortunately for Jones (on an individual level), his backup, Bailey Zappe, happened to play well in his absence. And when Jones struggled early on — especially in a funny sequence with Jaquan Brisker — as Chicago amassed a 10-0 lead, Belichick revealed the cards in his hand and put Zappe in around the midway point of the third quarter.
