Bailey Zappe sabotages Patriots ahead of Steelers game

Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Bailey Zappe was asked if he's been told he is the starting quarterback for this week's game. And he seems to have let the cat out of the bag despite trying to be discrete.

“Coach made it pretty clear, but I’ll let him announce it to everybody,” Zappe said.

That makes it pretty obvious that it will be Zappe hour once again.

- Sophie Weller, A to Z Sports New England 

There was a time when the Patriots played everything close to the vest, with information like this never geting out. Maybe it's because the team isn't as good as they used to be, or maybe Zappe was told he can act as the starter. 

Either way, it speaks to the state of the Patriots and the fall of New England as a whole. The pats drafted Mac Jones just two years ago and he's been benched multiple times for Zappe, who was cut before the season even started and then brought back. 

So it's been a fall far from grace, with New England likely already onto the draft even though the calendar just turned to December.