Captain Cliche

Am I missing something??? He backed up Tom Fricking Brady for 4 years and no one gives him a shot? He looked great in preseason.

It boggles my mind why some of the teams with poor QBs didn't give him a chance....Charlie friggin' Batch?????

I realize it's the Jest, but if they just admitted they efffed up with buttfumble and passed on teabag, Hoyer would have been at min. a solid backup with a wealth of knowledge on all things Pats and how to do things right.

Oh, I get it, he's not 6'6" with a cannon arm.

MoLewisrocks

It's mostly a lack of familiarity with the system and lack of experience (including bad) situation. Better the jag you know who was with you in camp or ran a similar system for someone else than some guy who just got cut (from a team that runs a scheme unlike most everyone else who has never started).

I decided a long time ago there are probably as many potentially viable QB's who come out of college never to get a shot as there are QB's who make it. Mostly because coaches and coordinators become enamored of a handful of guys every season and by the time most of them bust guys who might have actually developed are selling insurance or working for investment banks. Then the busts get a second shot as a backup based on they started once and might be misunderstood...

Compared to other positions where everyone needs a couple of guys only 3-5 QB's that get drafted every year ever get anything approaching a clear shot at hanging around let alone starting in the NFL. They should really allow teams to carry a developmental QB on the PS over and above the 8 player limit. I know it was talked about a while ago, I think when NFLE went belly up, because of the dearth of quality starters being developed due to roster limitations.

PatsWickedPissah

I'd love Hoyer to start like this...
Ave Cardinali!
Morituri te salutamus!

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Patriot Missile

I'm still waiting for this 2nd round pick people were talking about.

ctpatsfan77

But without its best offensive weapon, and in a steady rain.

+GRONK, –rain = win.

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patsinthesnow

What an opportunity for Hoyer. If he can play good for one game, hopefuly the Cards think twice about drafting Geno Smith or Matt Barkley, yuck!

nekromantique

and hes playing behind one of the worst o-lines ever.

RIP.

alamo

The Steelers released him when Roethlisberger was ready to come back.
Arizona claimed him off waivers.

The Cardinals might have claimed him simply hoping Brady taught him how to avoid IR every time he's hit. No QB in Arizona seems to have figured that out yet.

chasa

they're also missing that pretty key ingredient called "get fitz the ball"

KontradictioN

He'll at least be an improvement over the garbage that Arizona has been trotting out there recently, though you may not know it due to the fact that the 49ers will probably be coming after him with the ferocity of a Leopard.

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