The New England Patriots’ sport of musical chairs on the quarterback place endured on Wednesday with the staff re-signing rookie Malik Cunningham to its practice squad, in keeping with the Boston Herald. This comes an afternoon after the membership waived Cunningham. He has since cleared waivers and now unearths himself again in Foxborough.
This used to be the second one time the Patriots elected to reveal Cunningham — who has labored as a quarterback and broad receiver relationship again to coaching camp — to the remainder of the league by way of waivers and the second one time they have been a success in bringing him again.
Cunningham performed in only one sport this yr, the place he used to be the backup to Mac Jones. He performed simply six snaps within the Week 6 sport towards the Las Vegas Raiders, being sacked as soon as in restricted motion. He best performed quarterback on two snaps, whilst lining up as a receiver at the different 4.
Cunningham’s athleticism stood out in Patriots coaching camp this summer time, very similar to his taking part in days at Louisville. He threw for 9,660 yards and 70 touchdowns whilst speeding for three,179 yards and 50 touchdowns in 5 seasons. Not best did Cunningham prevail Lamar Jackson at Louisville, however it used to be believed Patriots head trainer Bill Belichick used to be going to transform him from a just right faculty quarterback into an NFL broad receiver (see Julian Edelman).
Instead, Cunningham used to be utilized in numerous positions on offense over the process the season. Offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien stated in the past it used to be week-to-week on how he used to be used.
Cunningham first of all used to be launched previous this summer time, alongside with backup quarterback Bailey Zappe, on 53-man roster cutdown day. He used to be introduced again to the practice squad and signed to the lively roster ultimate week, reportedly on a three-year deal. Now, he unearths himself another time at the practice unit.