Comments on: Patriots place second-round tender on Brian Hoyer

By: mrslay1

mrslay1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:28:21 +0000

Good point made here by rodyman: The guy has been good enough for Brady’s back-up. He is certainly worth a 2nd round pick of unknown NFL ability than waiting till next year and paying a bigger price.

By: ampats

ampats — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:37:46 +0000

skolvikesskol,

the sad part for you is that Hoyer is better than any QB on your Vikings roster.

By: thetruth1313

thetruth1313 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:09:32 +0000

skolvikesskol says:
Mar 13, 2012 12:25 PM

Who cares? Oh yeah… Delusional shut ins, living in moms basement.

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So what kind of shut-in does that make you while living in your mom’s basement? Seeing that you commented on what you think is a non-story.

By: rc33

rc33 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:25:44 +0000

My guess is he’s not a stiff. He’s actually looks like he “gets it” when he’s been called upon. To me, he looks kinda Andy Dalton-ish.
I don’t think the Pats will get a 2nd but they have nothing to lose by asking for it.

By: skolvikesskol

skolvikesskol — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:25:02 +0000

Who cares? Oh yeah… Delusional shut ins, living in moms basement.

By: 6ball

6ball — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:23:28 +0000

Hoyer has three years experience running the complex Pats offense and learning under Brady . He’s worth more to NE than any other team. Belichick would never keep him on the roster for three years if he didn’t think Hoyer was a serviceable backup QB.

By: rowdymon

rowdymon — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:21:34 +0000

Hoyer can play. I’d rather take a fly on a second round tender that has sat behind Brady and had to deal with Hoodie, then drafting a second round player with no NFL experience. Unlike Cassel, Hoyer also had a solid college career at MSU. Lower risk.

By: infectorman

infectorman — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:19:58 +0000

He could also be the NEXT Tom Brady,
none of us know. What we do know is Brady came “out of nowhere” when Bledsoe went down and created a Dynasty along with BB and a great run with tremendous teammates.

Who knows, maybe it could be history repeating itself, all over again? Redundant, I know…
Hanging with TB in NE could have a tremendous effect on him, like it did Matt Cassel

By: Samer Ismail

Samer Ismail — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:50:20 +0000

“Makes sense for them to want Hoyer to walk to add anothe second rounder if they’re (foolishly) going to go afte Amendola. Plus didn’t they just draft a competent back up QB last year?”

Could != will.

By: xxsweepthelegxx

xxsweepthelegxx — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:46:56 +0000

kspec1982 says:
Mar 13, 2012 11:31 AM
Who the hell has Hoyer beatin?

At least when Flynn played the Pats he was tearing it up.
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I think it’s harder to name a QB who didn’t tear it up against the Pats secondary. Nothing against Flynn, he has the tools, but throwing to Jennings, Finley, Nelson, James, Cobb and Driver doesnt exactly hurt

By: neilpountney

neilpountney — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:46:31 +0000

IF you think Hoyer is a starting quality QB why would you not give up a second round pick and get him now. Its a year earlier, he is a year younger and there will be no competition for him. Instead you wait another year to sign a player you MAY have an interest in and end up getting in a bidding war (possibly).

If he is going to be good enough for any team the time is now not next season!

By: jolink653

jolink653 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:46:14 +0000

hoyer might be the matt cassel (just without being hurt) of next offseason…tradeable backup capable of starting for a QB hungry team…i could see the patriots franchising him and packaging him off for picks provided they sign chung and everyone else they need to sign to free up the tag

By: tigerlilac

tigerlilac — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:44:44 +0000

With the value put on the quarterback position in this year’s draft and free agency one has to appreciate what Bellichick has done with the QB position behind Brady. He got a 2nd rounder for Cassel (a 7th round pick) a couple of years ago; he developed a street free agent in Hoyer (a QB needy team would be smart to take him and his reasonable salary for a 2nd round tender); and, he grabbed Mallet in the 3rd round a year ago (adding value as he apprentices under Brady and Belichick).

The Colts should have kept Manning and took the bounty the Rams received but they couldn’t because they did not have an alternative to Manning if he went down. They could have signed Hoyer, kept Manning, and had three number one picks in a trade for the #1 pick. Is Luck worth those five players?

By: touchdownroddywhite

touchdownroddywhite — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:43:26 +0000

Makes sense for them to want Hoyer to walk to add anothe second rounder if they’re (foolishly) going to go afte Amendola. Plus didn’t they just draft a competent back up QB last year?

By: scottdragosnai

scottdragosnai — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:42:58 +0000

The kid can play!!!
Scott Dragos NAI

By: unbreakable02215

unbreakable02215 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:40:47 +0000

If Brady’s eventual successor is on that roster
now, its Ryan Mallet, not Brian Hoyer.

By: Soulman45

Soulman45 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:39:03 +0000

He will get a look next year the way teams need QB’s.

By: radrntn

radrntn — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:37:18 +0000

then again he might just be what he is today…a nobody

By: ken0west

ken0west — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:33:53 +0000

He wont be the next Matt Flynn, Flynn is a free agent (remember the post about how GB does not do business that way). Well NE does, The cheat will find some fool to give up picks for him.

By: kspec1982

kspec1982 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:31:32 +0000

Who the hell has Hoyer beatin?

At least when Flynn played the Pats he was tearing it up.

By: billybob91

billybob91 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:29:12 +0000

Belichick believed he’d get a look from a team if tendered at a lower level. It makes sense. Plus now the Pats have someone they trust for if Brady goes down.

By: countsnail

countsnail — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:28:29 +0000

Or, if Brady goes down and Hoyer plays impressively while filling in for him, Hoyer could be named starter in 2013, and Brady may get the “Manning Treatment”. Or better yet, the “Bledsoe Treatment”.

It sounds ridiculous, but if I told you Peyton Manning was going to be an unrestricted free agent this time last year, you would’ve laughed at me.