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  • @jcam222 said:

    First and foremost as a Browns fan I hope your Johnny love pans out for us someday and he is a great QB. There are plenty of people who are successful at the college level with questionable work ethics. Did you see a great work ethic over the summer from Johnny to try to earn this job? Did you see him putting in extra time on the field with receivers? Rolling bills in a bathroom in Vegas, hanging with rappers and be Mr. Hollywood is what I saw. I would also be willing to bet there was no "blue collar" element of management on the Browns that wanted Johnny. That has Haslam written all over it and he is about as far from blue collar as you can get.

    Again I hope you are right and he keeps his nose clean and become a great QB but there are serious signs of concern with the kid.

    All of the pictures of him with rappers or drinking in clubs has absolutely nothing to do with his work ethic. I would imagine there are many pro bowlers or other lesser known players who party just as much as Johnny but don't have any pictures taken. None of Johnny's off the field issues have ever shown up on the field or in practice. I don't know what he is doing in practice and neither do you. I just know at A&M to come back from a Heisman season with all the publicity and praise and off the field stuff and actually improve shows me something. And maybe he put in the work to get drafted but he is extremely competitive and believe me he isn't going to take his money and ride into the sunset.

    And I will give you that he should probably tone it down it bit with the clubbing and taking pictures knowing how popular he is but Johnny is just being Johnny. That stuff is the reason he gets commercials and is so popular.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    All of the pictures of him with rappers or drinking in clubs has absolutely nothing to do with his work ethic.

    Yes they do. People with a good work ethic aren't out at 2:30 partying the night before a big game(or meeting, or presentation, etc etc)

    I would imagine there are many pro bowlers or other lesser known players who party just as much as Johnny but don't have any pictures taken.

    Pro bowlers?....say what???....worst analogy ever.

    None of Johnny's off the field issues have ever shown up on the field or in practice.

    Johnny has never shown up on the field either. Could that be a sign? A lot of people seem to think it's possible.

    I don't know what he is doing in practice and neither do you.

    We know he didn't out work Hoyer.

    I just know at A&M to come back from a Heisman season with all the publicity and praise and off the field stuff and actually improve shows me something. And maybe he put in the work to get drafted but he is extremely competitive and believe me he isn't going to take his money and ride into the sunset.

    For the 10,000th time, college is ancient history. Means nothing. Bottom line, we can only judge what we see. And we see nothing on the field. But we keep seeing off field troubles and immature behavior. Like Bill Bellychuck used to say...."I can only go by what I see"....

  • Can someone explain to me how 4 throws at the end of the game can make you forget about the other 35 throws. Hoyer is mentality tough without question but the four throws he made against a prevent defense were not very hard throws. The question with Hoyer isn't his mental ability, it's his physical. He can't set his feet and most of his throws are off target. And stop saying that at times he looks good or makes really accurate passes. Every QB in college, the NFL, even high school makes good throws every now and then. If you are in the NFL you need to make almost perfect throws 65% of the time to be a decent starter and Hoyer hasn't shown he can do it now or even back in college.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    Can someone explain to me how 4 throws at the end of the game can make you forget about the other 35 throws.

    Because those 4 throws led to victory, that is how. HELLO!! You play to win the game.....not the statistical battle. Besides, it wasn't 35 other throws that we needed to forget about, it was only about 5 throws....but yes, those 5 were bad.

    Hoyer is mentality tough without question but the four throws he made against a prevent defense were not very hard throws. The question with Hoyer isn't his mental ability, it's his physical. He can't set his feet and most of his throws are off target.

    He may still be suffering effects from his knee surgery....and again, it is not "Most throws" being off target. But the few that are do frustrate a fan.

    And stop saying that at times he looks good or makes really accurate passes.

    AT times he looks good and makes really accurate passes. Like at the end of that game to win it. There, I said. What are you gonna do about it? Cry?

    Every QB in college, the NFL, even high school makes good throws every now and then. If you are in the NFL you need to make almost perfect throws 65% of the time to be a decent starter and Hoyer hasn't shown he can do it now or even back in college.

    OK Right. He needs to improve by 10%. Clearly he is capable, he just needs to do it.

  • @jcam222 said:

    First and foremost as a Browns fan I hope your Johnny love pans out for us someday and he is a great QB. There are plenty of people who are successful at the college level with questionable work ethics. Did you see a great work ethic over the summer from Johnny to try to earn this job? Did you see him putting in extra time on the field with receivers? Rolling bills in a bathroom in Vegas, hanging with rappers and be Mr. Hollywood is what I saw. I would also be willing to bet there was no "blue collar" element of management on the Browns that wanted Johnny. That has Haslam written all over it and he is about as far from blue collar as you can get.

    Again I hope you are right and he keeps his nose clean and become a great QB but there are serious signs of concern with the kid.

    All of the pictures of him with rappers or drinking in clubs has absolutely nothing to do with his work ethic. I would imagine there are many pro bowlers or other lesser known players who party just as much as Johnny but don't have any pictures taken. None of Johnny's off the field issues have ever shown up on the field or in practice. I don't know what he is doing in practice and neither do you. I just know at A&M to come back from a Heisman season with all the publicity and praise and off the field stuff and actually improve shows me something. And maybe he put in the work to get drafted but he is extremely competitive and believe me he isn't going to take his money and ride into the sunset.

    And I will give you that he should probably tone it down it bit with the clubbing and taking pictures knowing how popular he is but Johnny is just being Johnny. That stuff is the reason he gets commercials and is so popular.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    All of the pictures of him with rappers or drinking in clubs has absolutely nothing to do with his work ethic.

    You don't know that, it very well may affect his work ethic. The Browns GM and coaches may think it affects his work ethic.

    I would imagine there are many pro bowlers or other lesser known players who party just as much as Johnny but don't have any pictures taken. None of Johnny's off the field issues have ever shown up on the field or in practice.

    That may not be true either. Those may be the very things that have gotten him relegated to backup.

    I don't know what he is doing in practice and neither do you.

    Right....but the people whose opinions matter do see it. And we are not real certain about what they think.

    I just know at A&M to come back from a Heisman season with all the publicity and praise and off the field stuff and actually improve shows me something.

    It shows that he can improve as a college QB....which means nothing. Maybe it proves that he can be another Eric Crouch or Jason White or Troy Smith. We know nothing yet. But we do hope that is not the case.

    And maybe he put in the work to get drafted but he is extremely competitive and believe me he isn't going to take his money and ride into the sunset.

    If he goes the route of those others, you are right, he won't ride into the sunset. He along with Tebow, Leinert and the ones mentioned above rode into the sunset on a donkey like a sack of beans. Again, lets hope that don't happen here.

    And I will give you that he should probably tone it down it bit with the clubbing and taking pictures knowing how popular he is but Johnny is just being Johnny. That stuff is the reason he gets commercials and is so popular.

    Well.....let's just hope that the commercial he gets is not the sequel to the one where he is in a diner with The Boz, Leinert, Heath Shuler etc. asking "Can I go back to college".

  • @jcam222 said:

    First and foremost as a Browns fan I hope your Johnny love pans out for us someday and he is a great QB. There are plenty of people who are successful at the college level with questionable work ethics. Did you see a great work ethic over the summer from Johnny to try to earn this job? Did you see him putting in extra time on the field with receivers? Rolling bills in a bathroom in Vegas, hanging with rappers and be Mr. Hollywood is what I saw. I would also be willing to bet there was no "blue collar" element of management on the Browns that wanted Johnny. That has Haslam written all over it and he is about as far from blue collar as you can get.

    Again I hope you are right and he keeps his nose clean and become a great QB but there are serious signs of concern with the kid.

    All of the pictures of him with rappers or drinking in clubs has absolutely nothing to do with his work ethic. I would imagine there are many pro bowlers or other lesser known players who party just as much as Johnny but don't have any pictures taken. None of Johnny's off the field issues have ever shown up on the field or in practice. I don't know what he is doing in practice and neither do you. I just know at A&M to come back from a Heisman season with all the publicity and praise and off the field stuff and actually improve shows me something. And maybe he put in the work to get drafted but he is extremely competitive and believe me he isn't going to take his money and ride into the sunset.

    And I will give you that he should probably tone it down it bit with the clubbing and taking pictures knowing how popular he is but Johnny is just being Johnny. That stuff is the reason he gets commercials and is so popular.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    And I will give you that he should probably tone it down it bit with the clubbing and taking pictures

    Um, that's pretty much what everyone is saying, yet you argue.....and then agree.....sheesh

    knowing how popular he is but Johnny is just being Johnny.

    Popular means nothing here. In fact, his "popularity" is one of the biggest distractions this team has ever seen. Popular? You gotta be a kid, right?

    That stuff is the reason he gets commercials and is so popular.

    And they are the reason he dropped in the draft.Johnny being Johnny. Are doing commercials & being popular supposed to be an argument FOR Johnny?.....maybe its a good idea for him to stop worrying about commercials and start working on football ONLY.....

  • I'm saying what he does off the field has yet to affect his on the field performance and by all accounts his practice. What you are saying is pure speculation and like I've said before most of what you all know of Johnny is from ESPN and TMZ. I watched every one of Johnny's snaps at A&M and even going back to his senior year of high school and I have yet to see any problems with him on the field. You can't just compare Johnny to other guys who were good in college but failed in the NFL. Johnny was better than most of them and maybe college performance does matter in some players. If Johnny is addicted to cocaine and out of the league in a few years then I will eat my words but as of right now I expect him to be a very good NFL player.

  • There's always the talent factor. I know guy who play the guitar every day and never get better than mediocre. I know other guys who rarely practice but can just tear it up.

    WSS

  • There's always the talent factor. I know guy who play the guitar every day and never get better than mediocre. I know other guys who rarely practice but can just tear it up.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    There's always the talent factor. I know guy who play the guitar every day and never get better than mediocre. I know other guys who rarely practice but can just tear it up.

    WSS

    Which are you? 😉

  • I'm saying what he does off the field has yet to affect his on the field performance and by all accounts his practice. What you are saying is pure speculation and like I've said before most of what you all know of Johnny is from ESPN and TMZ. I watched every one of Johnny's snaps at A&M and even going back to his senior year of high school and I have yet to see any problems with him on the field. You can't just compare Johnny to other guys who were good in college but failed in the NFL. Johnny was better than most of them and maybe college performance does matter in some players. If Johnny is addicted to cocaine and out of the league in a few years then I will eat my words but as of right now I expect him to be a very good NFL player.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    I'm saying what he does off the field has yet to affect his on the field performance and by all accounts his practice.

    Just because you say it doesn't make it true.

    What you are saying is pure speculation and like I've said before most of what you all know of Johnny is from ESPN and TMZ.

    And everything you are saying is pure speculation based on what you know about him from college, and based on your manlove for him

    I watched every one of Johnny's snaps at A&M and even going back to his senior year of high school and I have yet to see any problems with him on the field.

    And those snaps mean nothing in his role as a Quarterback for The Cleveland Browns.(except to get him drafted by them....but now it is a clean slate and he has to prove what he can do in the major leagues.

    You can't just compare Johnny to other guys who were good in college but failed in the NFL.

    Yes, you can...because, as I noted, 50% of all first round drafted QBs bust. Its a fact. It is up to him to prove that he is part of the 50% success side.

    Johnny was better than most of them and maybe college performance does matter in some players. If Johnny is addicted to cocaine and out of the league in a few years then I will eat my words but as of right now I expect him to be a very good NFL player.

    I don't think it is a matter of him having some addiction. I don't think all those QB busts had off field issues. They just weren't good enough. JFF needs to prove he is good enough....and part of that proof is staying away from off field problems as much as he can. (and coming home at 2:30 in the morning where he is likely to run into drunks is not a good showing leading to that proof)

  • I'm saying what he does off the field has yet to affect his on the field performance and by all accounts his practice. What you are saying is pure speculation and like I've said before most of what you all know of Johnny is from ESPN and TMZ. I watched every one of Johnny's snaps at A&M and even going back to his senior year of high school and I have yet to see any problems with him on the field. You can't just compare Johnny to other guys who were good in college but failed in the NFL. Johnny was better than most of them and maybe college performance does matter in some players. If Johnny is addicted to cocaine and out of the league in a few years then I will eat my words but as of right now I expect him to be a very good NFL player.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    I'm saying what he does off the field has yet to affect his on the field performance and by all accounts his practice. What you are saying is pure speculation and like I've said before most of what you all know of Johnny is from ESPN and TMZ. I watched every one of Johnny's snaps at A&M and even going back to his senior year of high school and I have yet to see any problems with him on the field. You can't just compare Johnny to other guys who were good in college but failed in the NFL. Johnny was better than most of them and maybe college performance does matter in some players. If Johnny is addicted to cocaine and out of the league in a few years then I will eat my words but as of right now I expect him to be a very good NFL player.

    Maybe he will be, but the browns are winning so we won't be seeing him unless Hoyer gets hurt. The arguments that the browns wins would be much better with Johnny is actually pretty silly.

    No problems with Johnny as a player or person, but some of the Johnny new browns fans are crazy. Winning sucks without Johnny... Right.

  • @westside-steve said:

    There's always the talent factor. I know guy who play the guitar every day and never get better than mediocre. I know other guys who rarely practice but can just tear it up.

    WSS

    Which are you? 😉

    @gftchris said:

    Which are you? 😉

    Category two I would say.

    I still wish I had the discipline to practice every day.

    WSS

  • There's always the talent factor. I know guy who play the guitar every day and never get better than mediocre. I know other guys who rarely practice but can just tear it up.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    There's always the talent factor. I know guy who play the guitar every day and never get better than mediocre. I know other guys who rarely practice but can just tear it up.

    WSS

    Ahhh, like Allen Iverson.......practice?.......PRACTICE?!?!!!???.....😉

  • @texaskevin06 said:

    I'm saying what he does off the field has yet to affect his on the field performance and by all accounts his practice. What you are saying is pure speculation and like I've said before most of what you all know of Johnny is from ESPN and TMZ. I watched every one of Johnny's snaps at A&M and even going back to his senior year of high school and I have yet to see any problems with him on the field. You can't just compare Johnny to other guys who were good in college but failed in the NFL. Johnny was better than most of them and maybe college performance does matter in some players. If Johnny is addicted to cocaine and out of the league in a few years then I will eat my words but as of right now I expect him to be a very good NFL player.

    Maybe he will be, but the browns are winning so we won't be seeing him unless Hoyer gets hurt. The arguments that the browns wins would be much better with Johnny is actually pretty silly.

    No problems with Johnny as a player or person, but some of the Johnny new browns fans are crazy. Winning sucks without Johnny... Right.

    @bbedward said:

    Maybe he will be, but the browns are winning so we won't be seeing him unless Hoyer gets hurt. The arguments that the browns wins would be much better with Johnny is actually pretty silly.

    No problems with Johnny as a player or person, but some of the Johnny new browns fans are crazy. Winning sucks without Johnny... Right.

    I have enjoyed the wins with Hoyer as quarterback because right now I am a Browns fan. I'm not saying the browns would be much better but I think that they would be better. I feel like I have to say the same thing over and over but there is so much Johnny hate that I have to try and give people my opinion as someone who actually watched Johnny play. It is not "manlove" as some say. I really like Johnny as a player and in fact I am not much of a fan of him as a person but like I said when the time comes to play he shows up. And yes, everything I am saying is speculation too but I have followed him far more than you all have.

  • @bbedward said:

    Maybe he will be, but the browns are winning so we won't be seeing him unless Hoyer gets hurt. The arguments that the browns wins would be much better with Johnny is actually pretty silly.

    No problems with Johnny as a player or person, but some of the Johnny new browns fans are crazy. Winning sucks without Johnny... Right.

    I have enjoyed the wins with Hoyer as quarterback because right now I am a Browns fan. I'm not saying the browns would be much better but I think that they would be better. I feel like I have to say the same thing over and over but there is so much Johnny hate that I have to try and give people my opinion as someone who actually watched Johnny play. It is not "manlove" as some say. I really like Johnny as a player and in fact I am not much of a fan of him as a person but like I said when the time comes to play he shows up. And yes, everything I am saying is speculation too but I have followed him far more than you all have.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    I have enjoyed the wins with Hoyer as quarterback because right now I am a Browns fan. I'm not saying the browns would be much better but I think that they would be better. I feel like I have to say the same thing over and over but there is so much Johnny hate that I have to try and give people my opinion as someone who actually watched Johnny play. It is not "manlove" as some say. I really like Johnny as a player and in fact I am not much of a fan of him as a person but like I said when the time comes to play he shows up. And yes, everything I am saying is speculation too but I have followed him far more than you all have.

    I don't think for a moment that their record would be better if JFF had been playing. Sipe....err, I mean Hoyer has that intangible about him that gets his team wins. JFF may have had that in college.....but he may have just been like Crash Davis.....one of the best minor league performers of all time....but not good enough for the majors. Yes, that is speculation.

    And it is not "Johnny hate"...it is merely skepticism....not that we think he is bad, its just that he is an unknown commodity....and a rookie, so we are not going to invest ourselves in him yet til he can prove it.....and FYI, we ALL had Televisions and could watch Johnny play most of his games. Just like we watched all the other good college QBs that went bust.....and those that didn't.

    We are not Kool-Aid drinkers here, even if you are.

  • @texaskevin06 said:

    I have enjoyed the wins with Hoyer as quarterback because right now I am a Browns fan. I'm not saying the browns would be much better but I think that they would be better. I feel like I have to say the same thing over and over but there is so much Johnny hate that I have to try and give people my opinion as someone who actually watched Johnny play. It is not "manlove" as some say. I really like Johnny as a player and in fact I am not much of a fan of him as a person but like I said when the time comes to play he shows up. And yes, everything I am saying is speculation too but I have followed him far more than you all have.

    I don't think for a moment that their record would be better if JFF had been playing. Sipe....err, I mean Hoyer has that intangible about him that gets his team wins. JFF may have had that in college.....but he may have just been like Crash Davis.....one of the best minor league performers of all time....but not good enough for the majors. Yes, that is speculation.

    And it is not "Johnny hate"...it is merely skepticism....not that we think he is bad, its just that he is an unknown commodity....and a rookie, so we are not going to invest ourselves in him yet til he can prove it.....and FYI, we ALL had Televisions and could watch Johnny play most of his games. Just like we watched all the other good college QBs that went bust.....and those that didn't.

    We are not Kool-Aid drinkers here, even if you are.

    @the-gipper said:

    I don't think for a moment that their record would be better if JFF had been playing. Sipe....err, I mean Hoyer has that intangible about him that gets his team wins. JFF may have had that in college.....but he may have just been like Crash Davis.....one of the best minor league performers of all time....but not good enough for the majors. Yes, that is speculation.

    And it is not "Johnny hate"...it is merely skepticism....not that we think he is bad, its just that he is an unknown commodity....and a rookie, so we are not going to invest ourselves in him yet til he can prove it.....and FYI, we ALL had Televisions and could watch Johnny play most of his games. Just like we watched all the other good college QBs that went bust.....and those that didn't.

    We are not Kool-Aid drinkers here, even if you are.

    If we can all agree to wait and see about Johnny then I would be satisfied. Not all of you are Johnny haters but its the ones that say he will be a bust based purely off of past quarterbacks and his off the field issues, not at all on his play. And I would be willing to bet that the majority of you didn't watch more than a couple of games of Johnny's. I may very well be drinking the Kool-Aid just as Baylor fans do with RG3 or Texas fans did with Vince Young but I am trying to be fair with Johnny and with Hoyer. If Hoyer plays well the last 5 games then I think the Browns should sign him to a reasonable extension and he should be the starter going into training camp next year. But based on what I have seen I don't think that will happen.

  • @bbedward said:

    Maybe he will be, but the browns are winning so we won't be seeing him unless Hoyer gets hurt. The arguments that the browns wins would be much better with Johnny is actually pretty silly.

    No problems with Johnny as a player or person, but some of the Johnny new browns fans are crazy. Winning sucks without Johnny... Right.

    I have enjoyed the wins with Hoyer as quarterback because right now I am a Browns fan. I'm not saying the browns would be much better but I think that they would be better. I feel like I have to say the same thing over and over but there is so much Johnny hate that I have to try and give people my opinion as someone who actually watched Johnny play. It is not "manlove" as some say. I really like Johnny as a player and in fact I am not much of a fan of him as a person but like I said when the time comes to play he shows up. And yes, everything I am saying is speculation too but I have followed him far more than you all have.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    I have enjoyed the wins with Hoyer as quarterback because right now I am a Browns fan. I'm not saying the browns would be much better but I think that they would be better. I feel like I have to say the same thing over and over but there is so much Johnny hate that I have to try and give people my opinion as someone who actually watched Johnny play. It is not "manlove" as some say. I really like Johnny as a player and in fact I am not much of a fan of him as a person but like I said when the time comes to play he shows up. And yes, everything I am saying is speculation too but I have followed him far more than you all have.

    Here's why we're skeptical. The other three rookie quarterbacks who are starting Bortles, Carr, and Bridge-water have a combined record of 6-27. That's reality. To think had Manziel started every game this season, we'd still be 7-4? Sorry, MHO that's JFF fanboy fantasy. At this point to toss Manziel out there-unless Hoyer should get injured, with the Browns making a serious playoff run for the first time since 2007, would be nuts.

    I've said many times there really isn't much Manziel hate around here, but we're riding the horse that got us this far. The thing us long time Browns fans don't much like is the notion Manziel can't fail. I'm not saying he will, and I hope he has a HOF career- eventually. But Manziel was drafted in the exact same spot as Brady Quinn and Brandon Weeden- so hence the wait and see attitude- at least from this corner.

  • @jcam222 said:

    First and foremost as a Browns fan I hope your Johnny love pans out for us someday and he is a great QB. There are plenty of people who are successful at the college level with questionable work ethics. Did you see a great work ethic over the summer from Johnny to try to earn this job? Did you see him putting in extra time on the field with receivers? Rolling bills in a bathroom in Vegas, hanging with rappers and be Mr. Hollywood is what I saw. I would also be willing to bet there was no "blue collar" element of management on the Browns that wanted Johnny. That has Haslam written all over it and he is about as far from blue collar as you can get.

    Again I hope you are right and he keeps his nose clean and become a great QB but there are serious signs of concern with the kid.

    All of the pictures of him with rappers or drinking in clubs has absolutely nothing to do with his work ethic. I would imagine there are many pro bowlers or other lesser known players who party just as much as Johnny but don't have any pictures taken. None of Johnny's off the field issues have ever shown up on the field or in practice. I don't know what he is doing in practice and neither do you. I just know at A&M to come back from a Heisman season with all the publicity and praise and off the field stuff and actually improve shows me something. And maybe he put in the work to get drafted but he is extremely competitive and believe me he isn't going to take his money and ride into the sunset.

    And I will give you that he should probably tone it down it bit with the clubbing and taking pictures knowing how popular he is but Johnny is just being Johnny. That stuff is the reason he gets commercials and is so popular.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    None of Johnny's off the field issues have ever shown up... in practice.

    I don't know what he is doing in practice...

    I just want to reread these two thoughts over and over for a half hour or so...

  • @the-gipper said:

    I don't think for a moment that their record would be better if JFF had been playing. Sipe....err, I mean Hoyer has that intangible about him that gets his team wins. JFF may have had that in college.....but he may have just been like Crash Davis.....one of the best minor league performers of all time....but not good enough for the majors. Yes, that is speculation.

    And it is not "Johnny hate"...it is merely skepticism....not that we think he is bad, its just that he is an unknown commodity....and a rookie, so we are not going to invest ourselves in him yet til he can prove it.....and FYI, we ALL had Televisions and could watch Johnny play most of his games. Just like we watched all the other good college QBs that went bust.....and those that didn't.

    We are not Kool-Aid drinkers here, even if you are.

    If we can all agree to wait and see about Johnny then I would be satisfied. Not all of you are Johnny haters but its the ones that say he will be a bust based purely off of past quarterbacks and his off the field issues, not at all on his play. And I would be willing to bet that the majority of you didn't watch more than a couple of games of Johnny's. I may very well be drinking the Kool-Aid just as Baylor fans do with RG3 or Texas fans did with Vince Young but I am trying to be fair with Johnny and with Hoyer. If Hoyer plays well the last 5 games then I think the Browns should sign him to a reasonable extension and he should be the starter going into training camp next year. But based on what I have seen I don't think that will happen.

    @texaskevin06 said:

    If we can all agree to wait and see about Johnny then I would be satisfied. Not all of you are Johnny haters but its the ones that say he will be a bust based purely off of past quarterbacks and his off the field issues, not at all on his play. ...... ...

    We are waiting to see.....90% of us haven't formed an opinion one way or the other.....it's the other 10% that go on and on and can't figure out that EVERYONE will NEVER agree 100%. So, if you're waiting for "us all to agree". it aint never gonna happen......and everyone who is 100% CERTAIN he'll be great or awful, based only upon college play or a few off field transgressions dont know jack....Im tired of hearing both....and, yes, you definitely drank the kool aid.....

    @tour2ma said:

    I just want to reread these two thoughts over and over for a half hour or so...

    🙂 . exactly....

  • @texaskevin06 said:

    If we can all agree to wait and see about Johnny then I would be satisfied. Not all of you are Johnny haters but its the ones that say he will be a bust based purely off of past quarterbacks and his off the field issues, not at all on his play. ...... ...

    We are waiting to see.....90% of us haven't formed an opinion one way or the other.....it's the other 10% that go on and on and can't figure out that EVERYONE will NEVER agree 100%. So, if you're waiting for "us all to agree". it aint never gonna happen......and everyone who is 100% CERTAIN he'll be great or awful, based only upon college play or a few off field transgressions dont know jack....Im tired of hearing both....and, yes, you definitely drank the kool aid.....

    @tour2ma said:

    I just want to reread these two thoughts over and over for a half hour or so...

    🙂 . exactly....

    @mudfly said:

    🙂 . exactly....

    Just having a little fun at Kevin's expense... with no hard feelings I hope...

    Kevin, here's what I know:

    JM is the physically superior talent compared to BH.

    All pre-season it was "Johnny vs. the playbook."

    Pettine is a Defensive oriented HC.

    Defensive HC's love emphasizing the run and minimizing turnovers.

    BH is the starter because...

    Everything from this point on is conjecture, but here goes...

    ... BH has shown day in and day out, in the practice sessions and in the film sessions that he understands where plays need to go based upon the play call and the Defense.

    JM? Not so much...

    And at least until the ATL game, BH reinforced this view in games as well.... even in his prior "bad games".

    You want to chalk the above up to BH's experience alone? Fine... but I think you are fooling yourself. I would wager anything you cared to venture that BH outworks JM day in and day out, works more hours per week and more quality hours per week.

    We know BH worked harder in TC. We know BH worked while JM partied. Appears to still be the case...

    JM's a kid. I get it. And someday hopefully he will get it, too.

    "It" is no longer only a game, son. Now it's your job.

  • Of course if you buy into the fact that Brian Hoyer is the hardest working player on the team it's a little disappointing since this is the best you can expect. And we will need better to go to the next level in my opinion. I was kind of hoping he had a little upside left, weren't you guys?

    People said that Colt McCoy and Charlie Frye worked hard. And you guys hate them.

    (not to mention Tim Tebow)

    WSS

  • How do we know Johnny wouldnt have had a rookie season like Griffin? Luck? Wilson? or Newton?

    They were all rookies and had huge rookie seasons.

    What is stopping Johnny from putting up a rookie season like that?

    How is it a "pipe dream" if it has happened 4 times in the last few years?