Bailey Zappe’s confidence never wavered when the Patriots waived him on cutdown day.
Zappe told his college offensive coordinator Zach Kitley that he would eventually beat out Mac Jones for the starting quarterback job, Amazon Prime Video’s Kaylee Hartung shared during Thursday’s broadcast of the Patriots’ win over the Steelers.
“Zappe said it was a wake-up call when he got cut by the Patriots in camp,” Hartung said, as transcribed by NBC 10 WJAR’s Nicole Menner “And yet, even as he signed with the practice squad the very next day he told Kitley, ‘Trust me, I’ve got this.