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Will Brian Hoyer be in Cleveland next season?

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  • The more I think about the injury/recovery time table, the more complicated it gets. I doubt Brian will be ready to do any real work until the start of camp......at best. I really don't see Weeden as being in the picture (man I hope someone points this out to me after he leads us to the division title and playoff wins) so that means that whatever qb we take in the draft, be it a high/low #1 or a mid #3, will get all of the off season reps.

    So unless the FO stuns us all with a veteran qb trade in the off season, we will be hanging our hats on either a guy coming off a serious knee injury with only 4 NFL starts, and really only 3 games played, and a rook..........Gonna be interesting to say the least, unless the Statue of Liberty leads us to the promise land and makes all of this moot.

  • The more I think about the injury/recovery time table, the more complicated it gets. I doubt Brian will be ready to do any real work until the start of camp......at best. I really don't see Weeden as being in the picture (man I hope someone points this out to me after he leads us to the division title and playoff wins) so that means that whatever qb we take in the draft, be it a high/low #1 or a mid #3, will get all of the off season reps.

    So unless the FO stuns us all with a veteran qb trade in the off season, we will be hanging our hats on either a guy coming off a serious knee injury with only 4 NFL starts, and really only 3 games played, and a rook..........Gonna be interesting to say the least, unless the Statue of Liberty leads us to the promise land and makes all of this moot.

    @d-bone said:

    The more I think about the injury/recovery time table, the more complicated it gets. I doubt Brian will be ready to do any real work until the start of camp......at best. I really don't see Weeden as being in the picture (man I hope someone points this out to me after he leads us to the division title and playoff wins) so that means that whatever qb we take in the draft, be it a high/low #1 or a mid #3, will get all of the off season reps.

    So unless the FO stuns us all with a veteran qb trade in the off season, we will be hanging our hats on either a guy coming off a serious knee injury with only 4 NFL starts, and really only 3 games played, and a rook..........Gonna be interesting to say the least, unless the Statue of Liberty leads us to the promise land and makes all of this moot.

    Brandon Weedens contract is fully guaranteed through next year, so unless we trade him which I think is highly unlikely he will be on the roster next year.
  • @d-bone said:

    The more I think about the injury/recovery time table, the more complicated it gets. I doubt Brian will be ready to do any real work until the start of camp......at best. I really don't see Weeden as being in the picture (man I hope someone points this out to me after he leads us to the division title and playoff wins) so that means that whatever qb we take in the draft, be it a high/low #1 or a mid #3, will get all of the off season reps.

    So unless the FO stuns us all with a veteran qb trade in the off season, we will be hanging our hats on either a guy coming off a serious knee injury with only 4 NFL starts, and really only 3 games played, and a rook..........Gonna be interesting to say the least, unless the Statue of Liberty leads us to the promise land and makes all of this moot.

    Brandon Weedens contract is fully guaranteed through next year, so unless we trade him which I think is highly unlikely he will be on the roster next year.

    XxDaBuckeyexX said:

    Brandon Weedens contract is fully guaranteed through next year, so unless we trade him which I think is highly unlikely he will be on the roster next year.

    He's better than pretty much any 3rd choice we'd have - although I realise saying that leaves me open to the Hoyer type comments.

  • Again: If the Browns draft 6th, it might not be an issue. If they draft 12th... we'll package it with the other first to move up and get the quarterback. The Browns were pretty wide open about that being the purpose of acquiring the pick. We have no shortage of assets to fill other needs (right-side blocker, WR, RB, maybe some size at corner).

    You don't really need to worry about how a team's going to upgrade the bottom of the roster or add depth. Adding a corner gives us depth there. Drafting a safety in the 4th gives us depth there. Drafting a RB in the 2nd round creates depth there. Adding a right-side blocker gives us depth there. Drafting an ILB in round 5 gives us depth there. And so on.

    The only thing really worth worrying about is getting a great quarterback and putting him in a position to succeed. What's that? Great coaching. Check. Great left tackle. Check. A running game. Check (after upgrading right side of line and RB crew). Passcatchers. Check (after adding a veteran WR to go with Gordon, Cameron, Bess, Little).

    You don't get stingy at quarterback in a quarterback league unless you simply don't have a calendar or understand the NFL in 2013/14. You put your biggest chips there. You go get the guy you really want, whether it's Boyd or Mariota or a fast riser like Mettenberger (he's gonna start showing up in round 1 this week).

  • By the way, Pluto wrote today that the Browns were going to draft a quarterback high up no matter what Hoyer did... and the same goes double for Weeden. Now that's probably a bit of an exaggeration and leaves the definition of "high up" pretty open. But the injury defines it as top 10, I'd say.

  • @d-bone said:

    The more I think about the injury/recovery time table, the more complicated it gets. I doubt Brian will be ready to do any real work until the start of camp......at best. I really don't see Weeden as being in the picture (man I hope someone points this out to me after he leads us to the division title and playoff wins) so that means that whatever qb we take in the draft, be it a high/low #1 or a mid #3, will get all of the off season reps.

    So unless the FO stuns us all with a veteran qb trade in the off season, we will be hanging our hats on either a guy coming off a serious knee injury with only 4 NFL starts, and really only 3 games played, and a rook..........Gonna be interesting to say the least, unless the Statue of Liberty leads us to the promise land and makes all of this moot.

    Brandon Weedens contract is fully guaranteed through next year, so unless we trade him which I think is highly unlikely he will be on the roster next year.

    XxDaBuckeyexX said:

    Brandon Weedens contract is fully guaranteed through next year, so unless we trade him which I think is highly unlikely he will be on the roster next year.

    Fully guaranteed means nothing. If the FO thinks he is not ever going to be their guy, and his presence will only be a distraction, he will be gone. Again, man I hope someone digs up this thread later to make me eat my words, I would love nothing more. But until the 1st rd Statue of Liberty proves he can play at the same level as a guy that had only 1 NFL start prior to this season, then he will remain nothing more than a distraction.

  • I can say, "Hey, maybe Weeden's off the charts the rest of the year and..."

    But the truth is, he's looked like the same guy since he started his very first game in preseason 2012 and that's been a while. Given tons of time and wide open receivers, he can throw it really far, really hard, and spins it consistently.

    But if the defense doesn't cooperate and insists on leaving guys only "NFL open" or, God forbid, rushing the passer? He really struggles and doesn't process quickly enough. He's quite a lot like Derek Anderson. No "spot accuracy" on fades or crosses, rarely puts a receiver in position for YAC like Hoyer did.

    He's 30. I just don't see him suddenly changing his core characteristics.

  • I can say, "Hey, maybe Weeden's off the charts the rest of the year and..."

    But the truth is, he's looked like the same guy since he started his very first game in preseason 2012 and that's been a while. Given tons of time and wide open receivers, he can throw it really far, really hard, and spins it consistently.

    But if the defense doesn't cooperate and insists on leaving guys only "NFL open" or, God forbid, rushing the passer? He really struggles and doesn't process quickly enough. He's quite a lot like Derek Anderson. No "spot accuracy" on fades or crosses, rarely puts a receiver in position for YAC like Hoyer did.

    He's 30. I just don't see him suddenly changing his core characteristics.

    @shep said:

    I can say, "Hey, maybe Weeden's off the charts the rest of the year and..."

    But the truth is, he's looked like the same guy since he started his very first game in preseason 2012 and that's been a while. Given tons of time and wide open receivers, he can throw it really far, really hard, and spins it consistently.

    But if the defense doesn't cooperate and insists on leaving guys only "NFL open" or, God forbid, rushing the passer? He really struggles and doesn't process quickly enough. He's quite a lot like Derek Anderson. No "spot accuracy" on fades or crosses, rarely puts a receiver in position for YAC like Hoyer did.

    He's 30. I just don't see him suddenly changing his core characteristics.

    I wish the last front office would've seen that.

  • The more I think about the injury/recovery time table, the more complicated it gets. I doubt Brian will be ready to do any real work until the start of camp......at best. I really don't see Weeden as being in the picture (man I hope someone points this out to me after he leads us to the division title and playoff wins) so that means that whatever qb we take in the draft, be it a high/low #1 or a mid #3, will get all of the off season reps.

    So unless the FO stuns us all with a veteran qb trade in the off season, we will be hanging our hats on either a guy coming off a serious knee injury with only 4 NFL starts, and really only 3 games played, and a rook..........Gonna be interesting to say the least, unless the Statue of Liberty leads us to the promise land and makes all of this moot.

    @d-bone said:

    The more I think about the injury/recovery time table, the more complicated it gets. I doubt Brian will be ready to do any real work until the start of camp......at best. I really don't see Weeden as being in the picture (man I hope someone points this out to me after he leads us to the division title and playoff wins) so that means that whatever qb we take in the draft, be it a high/low #1 or a mid #3, will get all of the off season reps.

    So unless the FO stuns us all with a veteran qb trade in the off season, we will be hanging our hats on either a guy coming off a serious knee injury with only 4 NFL starts, and really only 3 games played, and a rook..........Gonna be interesting to say the least, unless the Statue of Liberty leads us to the promise land and makes all of this moot.

    RG3 sustained an injury much worse tearing both mcl and acl and came back at the start of the season and he got hurt in the playoffs. Hoyer will be ready by training camp.

  • @shep said:

    I can say, "Hey, maybe Weeden's off the charts the rest of the year and..."

    But the truth is, he's looked like the same guy since he started his very first game in preseason 2012 and that's been a while. Given tons of time and wide open receivers, he can throw it really far, really hard, and spins it consistently.

    But if the defense doesn't cooperate and insists on leaving guys only "NFL open" or, God forbid, rushing the passer? He really struggles and doesn't process quickly enough. He's quite a lot like Derek Anderson. No "spot accuracy" on fades or crosses, rarely puts a receiver in position for YAC like Hoyer did.

    He's 30. I just don't see him suddenly changing his core characteristics.

    I wish the last front office would've seen that.

    @letsgojackets said:

    I wish the last front office would've seen that.

    The current FO does but I think they wanted to give him a fair shake in a better system.

    Blame Mike Holmgren for reaching on Weeden. He would have easily dropped into round 2 or beyond.

  • XxDaBuckeyexX said:

    Brandon Weedens contract is fully guaranteed through next year, so unless we trade him which I think is highly unlikely he will be on the roster next year.

    Fully guaranteed means nothing. If the FO thinks he is not ever going to be their guy, and his presence will only be a distraction, he will be gone. Again, man I hope someone digs up this thread later to make me eat my words, I would love nothing more. But until the 1st rd Statue of Liberty proves he can play at the same level as a guy that had only 1 NFL start prior to this season, then he will remain nothing more than a distraction.

    @d-bone said:

    Fully guaranteed means nothing. If the FO thinks he is not ever going to be their guy, and his presence will only be a distraction, he will be gone. Again, man I hope someone digs up this thread later to make me eat my words, I would love nothing more. But until the 1st rd Statue of Liberty proves he can play at the same level as a guy that had only 1 NFL start prior to this season, then he will remain nothing more than a distraction.

    Like someone else said, were paying him already and he is better than anyone we would bring in (Tyler Thigpen? Lol) to be our third string, so it doesn't matter if they view him as a long term answer or not. I highly doubt he's a distraction because he handled the Hoyer situation with nothing but class.
  • If we're not drafting in the top 5 i'd almost like to see us go with two premier OL in the 1st round. We need it. If there's no 1st round OL available I wouldn't mind us getting a top CB or maybe even another stud OLB cause Groves isn't gonna cut it in the rotation. We need someone to spell Kruger. I'm just loathe to draft qb's even if they were highly rated. Like I think we could have drafted Luck and for some reason he would suck here.

  • @d-bone said:

    The more I think about the injury/recovery time table, the more complicated it gets. I doubt Brian will be ready to do any real work until the start of camp......at best. I really don't see Weeden as being in the picture (man I hope someone points this out to me after he leads us to the division title and playoff wins) so that means that whatever qb we take in the draft, be it a high/low #1 or a mid #3, will get all of the off season reps.

    So unless the FO stuns us all with a veteran qb trade in the off season, we will be hanging our hats on either a guy coming off a serious knee injury with only 4 NFL starts, and really only 3 games played, and a rook..........Gonna be interesting to say the least, unless the Statue of Liberty leads us to the promise land and makes all of this moot.

    RG3 sustained an injury much worse tearing both mcl and acl and came back at the start of the season and he got hurt in the playoffs. Hoyer will be ready by training camp.

    @ithika said:

    RG3 sustained an injury much worse tearing both mcl and acl and came back at the start of the season and he got hurt in the playoffs. Hoyer will be ready by training camp.

    I doubt Hoyer will be in our training camp. I expect to draft a high round QB and either release or trade Hoyer.

  • @ithika said:

    RG3 sustained an injury much worse tearing both mcl and acl and came back at the start of the season and he got hurt in the playoffs. Hoyer will be ready by training camp.

    I doubt Hoyer will be in our training camp. I expect to draft a high round QB and either release or trade Hoyer.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    I doubt Hoyer will be in our training camp. I expect to draft a high round QB and either release or trade Hoyer.

    They should keep Hoyer. He is a great backup.

  • @ithika said:

    RG3 sustained an injury much worse tearing both mcl and acl and came back at the start of the season and he got hurt in the playoffs. Hoyer will be ready by training camp.

    I doubt Hoyer will be in our training camp. I expect to draft a high round QB and either release or trade Hoyer.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    I doubt Hoyer will be in our training camp. I expect to draft a high round QB and either release or trade Hoyer.

    Unless he suffers LeCharles Bentley bum knee staph post op, you're out of your mind. Hoyer is only owed $1 million next year- dirt cheap for an experienced backup, (can we agree he's shown more in two starts than Weeden has in 17?) and if he's recovered enough,expect him to push for a starting job while our (supposed) rookie qb sits.

    If anyone's getting shown the door it's Weedster- unless he totally lights it up the rest of the year. He's on his third chance to show the FO something.

  • @diehardbrownsfan said:

    I doubt Hoyer will be in our training camp. I expect to draft a high round QB and either release or trade Hoyer.

    Unless he suffers LeCharles Bentley bum knee staph post op, you're out of your mind. Hoyer is only owed $1 million next year- dirt cheap for an experienced backup, (can we agree he's shown more in two starts than Weeden has in 17?) and if he's recovered enough,expect him to push for a starting job while our (supposed) rookie qb sits.

    If anyone's getting shown the door it's Weedster- unless he totally lights it up the rest of the year. He's on his third chance to show the FO something.

    @hoorta said:

    (can we agree he's shown more in two starts than Weeden has in 17?

    yes.

  • @diehardbrownsfan said:

    I doubt Hoyer will be in our training camp. I expect to draft a high round QB and either release or trade Hoyer.

    They should keep Hoyer. He is a great backup.

    @next2nothing said:

    They should keep Hoyer. He is a great backup.

    this.

    And drafting two offensive linemen in the first would be stupid as all hell.

  • To my knowledge Lombardi is arguably the largest Hoyer fan of any GM. I would be shocked if he was released before next season.

    Lombardi is also a big fan of Mallett. I wouldn't be stunned if we traded for him with our second 1st and didn't draft any QBs.

  • @next2nothing said:

    They should keep Hoyer. He is a great backup.

    this.

    And drafting two offensive linemen in the first would be stupid as all hell.

    @dab7291993 said:

    this.

    And drafting two offensive linemen in the first would be stupid as all hell.

    just to ask your opinion and not to start shit......

    who or what positions would you pick with our 2 first rounders?

  • Secondary help, and maybe a guard or an offensive weapon with the 2nd pick. Preferably an offensive weapon.

    We obviously found out that Chud's offense works best through a QB that can make snap throws and quick decisions. Not only does our offense look more fluid, the line looks better when Hoyer was in there. Whoever our QB is next year will take pressure off our o-linemen and allow us to fill those holes in the 2nd and 3rd days of the draft.