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I guess that our perspective is different. I would celebrate a season where we were competitive even though our QB went down. For me, the job of the GM isn't to win the SB each year/ it just isn't SB or bust. Curiously, when a team has the attitude of preparing for injuries with quality backups, then team can win over 10 game a season for 16 years. And yes, I do think that it important to be able to play Hoyer instead if the rookie. I wouldn't be shocked if Hoyer led us to be 5-3 or even 6-2 for half the season. Would you? And then Brady would go in for the last half, and we would likely make the playoffs. heck, Hoyer could finish the season 10-6 or 11-5 and we might still win the East.
To go back to one of my past comments. I focus on the division first. I think that Hoyer would have a better chance than a rookie of winning the division, if he had to play 4-6 games, or even the whole season.
Yeah, I'd rather Hoyer around than a rookie though. Agree that he could go 5-3/6-2 over half of a season. Really, if you want a QB...u gotta take the guy early in the draft. Tom Brady is an exception to the rule...and I don't want a rookie QB who can't do what Hoyer already can do because we want a "succession plan" in place. I'd rather go all in and rebuild on the fly later.