I would imagine Nate Washington loves Hoyer and Hopkins love Mallet Hopkins is on my fantasy team and I couldn't believe he didn't catch more passes against inexperienced corners. Then Mallet got in the game.
If we lose to Carolina bc of QB play, I will no longer be on the BoB We Trust train (not that he gives a ef). That pick is on Hoyer. I hope BoB isn't sugar-coating it. Hoyer's height is showing. He can't throw over the pressure. He couldn't see **** and just threw that ball carelessly. We don't have the Cowboys offensive line. I want the guy that can throw over the pass-rush.
What you want him to do, desperately, is validate that you, working with an nth of the information available to BOB, were right. It's sort of obnoxious, frankly; this idea that you, watching 12 meaningless preseason quarters from your couch, know more than the Texans' offensive staff. You're dismissing... 95% of his evaluation process. And even when we get an unexpected peek behind the curtain (like Mallett oversleeping), you're acting like it pails in comparison to your astute evaluation. It's so preposterous. This goes for everyone. BOB has had Mallett in his system, under his guidance, for years. And BOB thought enough of it to go out and acquire a QB this offseason. That should speak volumes as to what he truly thinks of Mallett.
It was 27-6 at the half; I get staying positive, and all - but anyone who thought the Texans had a chance yesterday after Kelce's second score was/is delusional. The superior team won.
If you throw to spots, eyes aren't really the issue. This isn't a play that develops over 35 seconds; there's essentially... 4-5 seconds, if that - there are so many factors that go in to making a QB great - one is trust. Hoyer has to trust that his WR is going to be where he's supposed to be. Hoyer is probably not a very good QB - but, generally, NFL-level QBs don't make throws that egregiously awful without some kind of screw-up.
Are you being sarcastic? Serious question. I don't spend enough time in the Texans' forum to have a sense if there were somehow very few fans who were worried about the QB situation. Surely you were being sarcastic, and that can't be possible.
This. Like I said, I'm not defending Hoyer. I think Hoyer at his best is average so I've always been more interested in seeing if Mallet can be better than that. However, fans are not able to evaluate players the way coaches can. Outcome based analysis by a fan isn't effective. I have no idea whether that interception is on Hoyer, Hopkins, the OC or some combination, but I can tell you who will know...OBrien.
Being there at the game, you could just see that something wasn't right with Hoyer. He just looked rattled. That first "pass" was just horrid and there was nothing there that should have told him to throw that ball. We know what we have in Hoyer. An inconsistent journeyman-type qb that is good enough to make a roster but shouldn't be starting 16 games for any team that has hopes of being anything more than 8-8. We still don't know what Mallet is as a starter. With how Hoyer played and how Mallet played, Mallet deserves the chance to continue what he had starter last season. I'd rather go down with the currently unknown than continue to try and make it work with someone we already know isn't going to take us anywhere.
Even on the telecast you could see him on the sidelines with the Schaub look in his eyes. Not sure what was going on there. Mallett on the other-hand seemed overly cocky after his TD drive and conversion, but whatever works.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ive never hesitated or wavered. It's always been Mallett. Give him all 1st team reps & will become even more obvious <a href="https://t.co/AVSoi1S7L8">https://t.co/AVSoi1S7L8</a></p>— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaysonBraddock/status/643490563501723648">September 14, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After watching Texans 27-20 loss to Chiefs twice last night and this morning, I don't think Brian Hoyer should b benched.</p>— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/McClain_on_NFL/status/643455833821609988">September 14, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Whatever optimism I had for this season when I assumed that Mallett would be the starter going forward is gone. Idgaf if we can beat TB, Tenn, and Jax. Go big (LOL slash sigh) or go home.
It just makes it even worse if he's got so much more available yet still fails to make the right decision, wouldn't you agree? Cognitive bias is rough, and I think that's what might have happened in this case.
Go with Mallett for the simple reasoning that at least he can see over the line. From the view of my couch, Hoyer looked like a pop warner QB out there playing with grown men.
