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Or Pierre Thomas or Ray Rice or any other guy that has a few chops or could be traded.
I think coupled with the loss of foster... it's gonna be hard to watch. The defense should be flying around though.
This is definitely true. Fosters loss really puts pressure on the QB's. For what it is worth, last year was Fitzpatrick's first year with the team, and the offense was new to everyone else as well, and Fitzpatrick has his best year in terms of completion %, TD %, int. %, and QB rating. I think Bill O'Brien will get more out of these QB's than they have done previously.
See that's what I'm hoping for. Call me a naive optimist but Hoyer was solid even though not spectacular in Cleveland until he kind of went of the rails a bit in the second half of last season. It's like people (FBG analysts included) can only remember a players last 6 games. I don't know what happened in Cleveland that he started struggling, but if we can get first half of 2014 season Hoyer we're definitely 'good enough' at the position. And 'good enough' at QB is definitely how the team has been built for basically as long as I've been following them, so I'm OK with this. I think even without Foster, the defense and non-terrible QB would make this an 8 win team
From a Texans blog site. Of course positive things doesn't mean he's going to start, but first I saw much on him:
At this point, yes, though that doesn't take into account anyone else they need to re-sign. Current cap figure for next year looks to be $19m under the present cap, and the cap will probably grow again. Foster could be cut and save $7m as well if he doesn't look like he's going to be back to his old self.
Hoyer is not going to be the starting QB so it really doesn't matter. He will make a good backup though, better than Fitz.
Hey man, if Hoyer is 'good enough' and he's not even the best QB we have, it's all good from my perspective. So you're thinking Mallett is the guy and that he's going to be good?
I fully expect Mallett to be our starter. He has a much better upside than Hoyer. If you look at his Cleveland game last season he played really well and we were able to play a much more up tempo offense with him in there. He is a leader in the huddle and has one of the strongest arms in the NFL. He also has one of the quickest releases in the NFL and casn make changes on the fly. I just hope his accuracy has improved. He can also throw touch passes, his TD pass to JJ Watt in the end zone was a total touch pass.ragnarok628 said:
This came from the same site that I mentioned in the next post struck me as perhaps being overly positive.jamil said:
I'd like to see Mallett succeed but I fear the bolded is why he will start the season as the starter and be yanked by week 6.
Absolutely. This is why I'll never come around to liking BOB. All he had to do was move up two spots and could have gotten Bridgewater and totally dropped the ball. Instead we're stuck with Su'a'filo who can't even crack the starting lineup. Unforgivable for someone who is supposed to be a Belichick protege.
Yep.jurb26 said:
Hindsight is 20/20. Would it have been nice? Yes. Was it as obvious as you two revisionist historians are making it out to be? No. And FWIW, Bill Belichick typically trades back rather than trading up. Also, BOB isn't the GM. Rick Smith is strangely still employed at that position. The dude hasn't had a good draft since... whenever Owen Daniels was drafted. He did bring in Jonathan Joseph when Nnamdi was the big name and then busted (although I read that we did make a serious run at him), but he pays our LBs too much (way overpaid for Ryans and Cushing) while losing other positions* and can't seem to find any bargains in free agency.cc texan said:
We didn't "lose" Ryans. He was not effective in our scheme so we traded him and ate the cap number that year. It was a bad contract. He was at one point good, but linebackers grow on trees. They are the RB of the defense. Should never lock up too much money on one player at that position. Similarly, Cushing was good when he was juicing and then constantly injured after he got caught. Another bad contract.
I guess I haven't followed this as closely as others. I didn't think it was a heavy favorite for him to win it. Many said this was one of the biggest QB camp battles. Guess I'm just surprised it got like no mention after several hours in the open.
