Pats sign QB Brian Hoyer, LB Brandon Copeland

Ross12 said:

Just makes sense to carry 3 this year when everything is in transition at the position.

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I think it only make sense to carry three if they get one in the draft. I wouldn’t Necessarily want a three of Stidham-Hoyer-Kessler.

luuked said:

If they take a QB early then Kessler is a goner and you have a bona fide QB competition during camp.

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Is Hoyer a lock? I don’t believe so.

Stidham better be the second coming of Patrick Mahomes, because with the amount of QBs available, to simply sign the corpse of Brian Hoyer and call it a day is just puke inducing.

Good pickups. Hoyer knows the system well which will be invaluable to Stidham’s growth. Yes, I fully believe Stidham will be the starter.

farn said:

I think it only make sense to carry three if they get one in the draft. I wouldn’t Necessarily want a three of Stidham-Hoyer-Kessler.

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Yeah, I think Kessler was filling Hoyer's shoes to an extent last year. With Hoyer in the fold again, Kessler doesn't really serve a purpose and will probably not stick around. The third QB would need to be some kind of developmental piece.

dude is awesome

UptownPatsFan said:

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About as much money as I expected he'd cost. Funny that another team is paying for him to play here (partially) again. Surprised it's only for 1 year.

What could possibly be gained by having Hoyer on the roster?

Joey007 said:

Is Hoyer a lock? I don’t believe so.

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absolutely.......need someone to go in there week 1 and then week 2 until someone causes him to bleed internally...........starting the process over again.........after that who knows.....

iapatsfan said:

What could possibly be gained by having Hoyer on the roster?

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he's probably pretty pliable.......and likely learned how to make avocado ice cream

Give Kraft A Hand said:

So Stidham is the guy. Interesting

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Or Hoyer is the guy........

So Pats would rather eat Brady’s cap charge of $13m and pay Hoyer $2m than pay Brady $25m and roll the cap charge. Wow.

Todd Bradley said:

Stidham better be the second coming of Patrick Mahomes, because with the amount of QBs available, to simply sign the corpse of Brian Hoyer and call it a day is just puke inducing.

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Hmm let’s see, should we pay peanuts for a backup qb familiar with the system or paying more for guys like Winston and dalton who seem to like giving the ball to the other team, Winston especially?

primetime said:

Stidham is the guy I guess. Hope he turns out to be good, because I'd rather stab myself in the eye than watch Hoyer.

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Yeah, Hoyer is the poor man’s Eli Manning this year.

Ross12 said:

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Bold move, Cotton!

Todd Bradley said:

Stidham better be the second coming of Patrick Mahomes, because with the amount of QBs available, to simply sign the corpse of Brian Hoyer and call it a day is just puke inducing.

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You're making it sound like we passed on Brady and Brees when we're actually passing on Andy Dalton, Derek Carr, and the corpse of Cam Newton--all 3 at literally 10 times the price of Hoyer plus trade compensation, none of whom could possibly put this roster over the hump.

Unless you're talking about Jameis, who will probably get a bigger contract than we think.

What is the upside of having a guy like Hoyer on the roster? If you don't have a proven QB, wouldn't it be better to continually carry unproven guys with potential until you finally find your guy? What do the Patriots gain by having a known NFL journeyman occupy a spot that an unknown guy with potential could take. You know what Hoyer is, and there's no future in that.

Biffins said:

So Pats would rather eat Brady’s cap charge of $13m and pay Hoyer $2m than pay Brady $25m and roll the cap charge. Wow.

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Perhaps you missed the part about the colts paying part of the 2 mil for hoyer.

Stidham absolutely has to beat out Hoyer, and the upcoming draft to improve WR/OL/TE is critical to our chances of staying an elite franchise for next 5 years+

If we have any more 1st & 2nd busts and if Stidhams not the guy, we'll be in the wilderness for a while...

Unless you believe TB12 was in fact just a system QB!