Jermail Porter's position?

[mgteich]

Belichick has signed lots of folks to contracts for a few weeks in the past. He does like local players, wrestlers and navy guys. That doesn't make them likely to make the team or even the Practice Squad?

Do you really think that because the patriots have signed him to a contract that the whole league will be bidding for him once we cut him?

But Porter isn't some wild idea a forum poster thought up -- "hey, there's a really big dude on my school's wrestling team, think he could beat out Matt Light?" We're talking about Porter because the Patriots signed him to a contract. Signing a non-football player is a super-rare event, so obviously they saw something special about him.

Sure, he's a mega-longshot hoping for the 8th practice squad slot. But as I said earlier, this is exactly the sort of guy the practice squad was designed for. Some of the slots are more of a fringe roster for extra depth, but a few should be reserved for genuine development projects...like, say, a 6'8" 312-lb athlete with long, strong arms who can move his feet and establish great leverage. Why not?

 

[captain stone]

You think Mat G. is going to beat out Hoyer and Hoyer will be a PS candidate?

I think that Hoyer can beat Gutz for the 3rd QB spot; and if he plays well enough to do so, yet Gutz still keeps his job, then someone will claim Hoyer before he can be snuck onto the PS.

 

[patchick]

Belichick has signed lots of folks to contracts for a few weeks in the past. He does like local players, wrestlers and navy guys. That doesn't make them likely to make the team or even the Practice Squad?

Do you really think that because the patriots have signed him to a contract that the whole league will be bidding for him once we cut him?

Of course not. In fact, throughout this thread I've said he's competing for a spot at the very bottom of the practice squad.

I just was responding to a post that derided this board for talking about converting a wrestler to football at all, as if we had dreamed up the idea of signing him ourselves.

 

[DaBruinz]

I think that Hoyer can beat Gutz for the 3rd QB spot; and if he plays well enough to do so, yet Gutz still keeps his job, then someone will claim Hoyer before he can be snuck onto the PS.

Why would another team use a roster spot on Hoyer? Most teams have their own developmental QB already. And that is what Hoyer would be. I just don't see Hoyer having that much value.

 

[VJCPatriot]

Of course not. In fact, throughout this thread I've said he's competing for a spot at the very bottom of the practice squad.

I just was responding to a post that derided this board for talking about converting a wrestler to football at all, as if we had dreamed up the idea of signing him ourselves.

I wonder if either Hoyer or Guiterrez have what it takes to stick to the 53? I think one of these two will be on the practice squad though.

 

[captain stone]

Why would another team use a roster spot on Hoyer? Most teams have their own developmental QB already. And that is what Hoyer would be. I just don't see Hoyer having that much value.

I def. agree, most teams have their own developmental QB, which is what Hoyer is now. The question will become: how have those other QBs performed, compared to Hoyer, at the end of TC?

Maybe one evening, after everyone's asleep, I'll take a look at everyone's rosters and see who might be in the market for a rookie-type 3rd QB. I find this site esp. helpful because my slow-azz computer doesn't have to load 32 different pages:
List of current NFL team rosters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia