In Week 15, the New England Patriots host the frustrated Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in a game that was flexed out of prime time from Monday Night. This matchup will be first career game vs. the reigning-Super Bowl champion Chiefs for Bailey Zappe.
Despite Zappe’s surprisingly productive performance in last Thursday’s upset win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Bill Belichick on Monday morning was in no mood to name him the starter … either for Sunday’s home game against Kansas City nor the remainder of the Pats’ meaningless four games.
The 3-10 Patriots were eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday, the earliest New England has been out of contention in Belichick’s time as head coach.The Chiefs are coming off their second straight loss, falling 20-17 to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in a frustrating defeat for Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid.
Mahomes was visibly and vocally upset with the offsides penalty that negated what would have been the go-ahead touchdown against the Bills. He slammed his helmet, screamed on the sidelines and complained in his press conference after receiver Kadarius Toney was flagged for being offsides on a play that ended with him scoring off of a lateral thrown by Travis Kelce.
