Originally posted by jcs:
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
Originally posted by jcs:
Originally posted by zeppfan1:
Originally posted by Niners816:
How could he possibly take him over these all stars:
Glennon
Geno Smith
Kap
Ryan Fitzpatrick
RGIII
Osweiler
Cutler
You guys guys act like he took him over Brady or Rodgers. With that cast of QBs I think he was pretty f**king wise to put a premier on system familiarity even if it means having the guy in the room with a rookie QBs to help learn the system.
+1
The response was if KS hand picked Hoyer and it's clear he did. Could he have hand picked someone else? Before you respond with the same QB's on your list remember in the NFL you aren't simply limited to just F/A in order to shore up your roster. This said a few of those QB's in hindsight have had better and more productive moments in their career than Hoyer ever has.
ahh so cryptic
won't you stop the games and list these QBs
EJ Manuel, Landry Jones, Nick Foles, AJ McCarron, Trevor Siemian, Jacoby Brisette even Cousins and Garappolo were reported to be available for the right price. The draft had 3 first round QB's we passed over two of which are already starting. We deliberately went with Hoyer and Barkley.
So you are saying those QBs you are listing have had more productive careers that Hoyer? You are really grasping at straws here.
EJ Manuel - no
Landry Jones - no
Nick Foles - Debatable, initial success was more to do with Chip Kelly's system, mediocre after his first year
Trevor Siemian - Debatable, was benched last year, but arrow is up this year
Jacoby Brisiette - Debatable from a system standpoint, Colts aren't running what Shanny is running
I don't even know why we are mentioning Cousins or Garappolo, it was unlikely those 2 were even really available for acquisition via trade. If that was even a remote possibility, you know a team like the Cleveland Browns would have gave up a left-kidney to acquire one of those two. For us, even if Cousins was available, it was well-known that Snyder did not want to deal with Shanahan, so this was not even a remote possibility from the get-go.
In all reality, Hoyer is and was always a bridge. What you see is what you get, nothing better than a journeyman backup. He had familiarity with the system and was cheap, so that is why we chose him. The QB situation was always about next year. It is better to build up the team first; you can look at the Browns and the Texans as a good example of that. IF we do go after Cousins next year, Hoyer's salary is manageable, thus giving us flexibility on what we want to do with him. We can either keep him as a backup, trade him for some jockstraps, or cut him.
This year was a throw-away year for this regime. There has been improvement with the team on offense and defense, and if you do not see it, then you are blind with pessimism. This is more of a talent issue, and that can be blamed on the past GM who's name I shall not mention. To already throw fire and blame at the new regime is downright laughable. But hey, our nickname is the Forty-Whiners, so that is fitting for the current state of affairs in this thread