Brian Hoyer?????

31 teams passed on drafting landry

 

Bruce Gradkowski
Tampa Bay 2006-2007
St Louis Rams 2008
Cleveland Browns 2008
Oakland Raiders 2009-2010
Cincinnati Bengals 2011-2012
Pittsburgh Steelers 2013-2015

I mentioned Hoyer would be an upgrade over what we have had behind Ben on our depth chart and you lead with "5 teams cut Hoyer, they didn't even consider keeping for a backup?" Not really making a strong argument there in lieu of Bruce's resume.

I agree with you about signing him on the cheap. I don't think anybody here has suggested we break the bank for Bobby Hoyer. Pretty sure the majority sees him as being an upgrade on our depth chart. Which he would be.

 

Suggesting anyone should be signed because they are an upgrade over what we have at backup isn't setting the bar very high. The draft is coming and better options will typically be available once training camp is underway. No reason to reach now.

 

In the biggest game of his career the playoff loss to Kansas City, Hoyer played like 5 turnovers not interested in him at all.

 

Cajun I'm not taking issue with your thread or even the discussion the reason I asked was because the article on ESPN basically was stating that is would be an epic situation of backups with Hoyer and Gradkowski in Pittsburgh which seemed strange to me if no one in Pittsburgh had even talked about contacting Hoyer. At this point the discussion seems to be progressing and the hype is starting similar to what went on with Weddle and I had yet to hear anything a beat writer so I thought I would ask if there had been some.

 

actually 31 other teams had differing priorities through the first four rounds and didn't need a project QB that had impressive college numbers but who may not have been able to translate that to the next level. He did however get drafted by the team with 6 Superbowl titles out of 8 games played and a long history of winning that we all seem to love.

 

When the lights were brightest he played like crap, mostly unforced turnovers right to the opposing team.
That is even with the supposed QB whisperer in his ear. No thanks.Turnover machine.

 

I was going to say much the same thing.

Technically, you could say that 6 teams passed on him, because that's how many QBs were drafted before him...

 

You could say that about every player drafted in the 4th round, but you can say that about every round after the first round, you can even say that about the last player drafted in the first round, actually every player in the 4th round had 32 teams pass on them in the first 3 rounds, no merit at all to this statement........

 

Technically, the Steelers passed on drafting Landry 3 times as well.

 

Actually 10 QBs were drafted in 2013 and none of them are starters today, including 1st rounder EJ Manuel and 2nd round gino smith and Landry had the best resume in college throwing for 123 TDs, all landry needs is starting experience and he can prove his worth, but in backing up Ben he wont have much of a chance getting it, he should go free agent when his contract is up here because there are teams that would give him a chance to start, I dont know why people here hate on him as much as they do, I just dont get it.......

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...-up-again-at-starting-QB/stories/201511100050

 

Big difference Palmer's coach had his back after the loss, and he didn't blame Palmer for the loss. Houston couldn't wait to run Hoyer sorry ass out of town.

 

Truth be told, What has O'brien done for him to be the end all judge on anything? Hoyer had one player to play with him (Hopkins) and that's it. And people blame Hoyer? Who's fault is it that Houston has NEVER had another wide receiver opposite the main one?? Who's fault is it that the back ups behind Foster are garbage runningbacks?

They jumped all over Hopkins and what did Hoyer have? Against a good defense that kicked our @ss earlier in the season. So with Hoyer who had one weapon it's Hoyer fault. Then lets jump all over Laundry who had a ton of weapons and get waxed by the Chiefs defense. The Chiefs defense is good.

 

ok, those 5 teams that cut him had other priorities too

 

I'm confused are you talking about Hoyeror Landry Jones?

 

Jones still has a loooooooooooot to prove to me. I"m not sold on him at all.

 

Hoyer is Not Ben nor is he Landry, or Bruce. He is a NFL QB who has enough skillset to guide this team with more positive results than negative in the unfortunate event of Ben going down for an extended amount of time.

The point may be mute though. With several other teams showing serious interest his price is way above the vet min now, I appx. it to be in the 5-6 mil range, maybe as low as 3 mil if its the right team/situation and since we're at 3 mil under the cap now I doubt we're in serious contention.

Cajun

 

Hoyer still considers himself a starter, and I doubt he would sign with any team strictly as a back up. Denver and the Jets come to mind as possible landing spots.

 

If I'm Denver, I see that Sanchez took two teams to the AFC championship that were nowhere near as stacked as the team he is currently on. Plus..you look at two years ago when he led the Eagles to a 10 win season with some 300 yard passing games in there, he can guide that offense if given a chance.

He disintegrated when that Jets team disintegrated around him. He's not the type of player that can carry an entire offense but he doesn't have to in Denver.

 

Rotoworld is reporting the the Redskins have made a very legit offer to Norman. So it's about does he want the money from the 49ers or will he take less to be a a playoff contender. Stay tuned..........