It didn’t take long for any talk of a potential QB competition in Foxborough to dissipate this summer once training camp commenced.
Despite Bailey Zappe’s solid showing as a mid-season replacement under center for an injured Mac Jones and Brian Hoyer last year, the backup QB was regularly on the outside looking in at first-team snaps once this preseason began.
Granted, some of that was a result of Zappe’s own lackluster play en route to a spot on New England’s practice squad.
But on Monday, Belichick doled out plenty of praise toward Jones for separating himself from Zappe in the early days of camp.