The New England Patriots are rolling with their third-string quarterback in Green Bay today after Brian Hoyer, who was filling in for an injured Mac Jones, left early with a concussion.
And you know what? Rookie Bailey Zappe and the Patriots are hanging right with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers at Lambeau Field.
Zappe threw his first career TD pass to DeVante Parker in the third quarter that gave New England a 17-14 lead. It sure looked like the play should have been called dead before the snap, though, and that the Patriots should have been called for a delay of game penalty.
I mean, look at how bad this was:
lol the Patriots blanked the end of the play clock by at least two full seconds and got a free touchdown because of it pic.twitter.com/yHRlRd7nlw
— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) October 2, 2022
Yikes.
NFL fans were furious.
Solid 2 seconds goes by and should have been a delay of game and the ref missed it 😑🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/E1gSGWD2bS
— Brandon Stoker (@CountStokerla) October 2, 2022
I’m sick to my stomach. A disgusting display of incompetence by this officiating crew. https://t.co/c9Lwgu8vty
— Peter Sheridan (@petesheridan16) October 2, 2022
Rigged https://t.co/R6yZvrdU1n
— Brayan V. (@brayanwtheboot) October 2, 2022
That was an obvious delay of game https://t.co/kPkVuvJnVG
— BRONCOS 2-15 (@DRoseDaGreat) October 2, 2022
How, just how, can the refs let that happen immediately after they called it the play before https://t.co/cxXDAr9xtg
— Kyle (@TwomeyKyle) October 2, 2022
That is what we call 🗑️ https://t.co/h0B4kHeZWs
— Abbeigh (@Abbeighx) October 2, 2022
Missed call benefitting the Patriots, a tale as old as time https://t.co/OTVUTcxBcT
— Andrew Schnittker (@aschnitt53) October 2, 2022
happy zappe with the tuddy for the lead blatantly assisted by the refs. PATRIOTS FOOTBALL IS BACK https://t.co/sXleSyhwCa
— Nicholas (@DrNickCastro) October 2, 2022
Imagine that , Bill Bellicheat has the refs in his hip pocket https://t.co/yYPDxuZPlG
— Braeden Smith (@BiggSmooth22) October 2, 2022
