On Tuesday, Bailey Zappe was cut from the New England Patriots as the team trimmed its roster down to the 53-man limit. But it does not seem to have taken the veteran quarterback all that long to find a new team.
According to a report from NFL insider Jordan Schultz on social media, Bailey Zappe is now signing with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs after the Patriots decided to cut him from the team’s roster on Tuesday.
“Sources: Former #Patriots QB Bailey Zappe is signing with the #Chiefs practice squad,” Schultz said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Sources: Former #Patriots QB Bailey Zappe is signing with the #Chiefs practice squad. pic.twitter.com/uiOSwqkFzm
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) August 28, 2024
Zappe actually finished the 2023 season as the starting quarterback for the Patriots after the team decided to bench Mac Jones, but after the Patriots added veteran Jacoby Brissett and rookies Drake Maye and Joe Milton this offseason, there was simply no room for him on the roster, so he was cut loose.
While Zappe is just signing to the Chiefs’ practice squad, the move still led to a lot of reactions on social media given his previous experience with the Patriots.
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Sad day for the world https://t.co/anDo1VaqFY
— Ben Snider (@BenSnider12) August 28, 2024
I like it. Rare to find a practice squad QB with actual game experience. https://t.co/Mb3sWhrs8j
— Lance Moser (@LanceMoser) August 28, 2024
Andy looking to play Zappe in Week 18 against Denver and flip him for a third rounder https://t.co/wI0HGn7icW
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) August 28, 2024
Caller, this is the hubris of YOUR team cutting a player the best organization in football has room for. https://t.co/gbSZQX4g5l
— PFF Fletch ☀️ (@FetzerValves) August 28, 2024
Fine move. Better QB3 than Book or Oloadkun. This might be the deepest QB room the Chiefs have ever had https://t.co/9XU94T4VOS
— Andrew Schnittker (@aschnitt53) August 28, 2024
I like this, he's a good guy to try and develop into a backup. https://t.co/povtIwoUBJ
— ChiefBearcat (@Chief_Bearcat) August 28, 2024
We’ll have to see how his career plays out from this point.
