Then he falters. At least the team will have done everything in their power to try and win. I'd rather see Mallett play and fail than Hoyer play and fail. We all know Hoyer has no future here, if Mallett fails, he won't either. It'll be obvious what we'll be drafting in the first round if that's the case (and there's someone worth picking)
keep pushing him out there like the Texans are invested in him...the way the Titans are with Mariota, or the Jags with Bortles.., Minnesota with Bridgewater, e tc. etc. Bottom line is we have a large enough sample size with Hoyer to know that, at best, he is a band-aid/gap-filler quarterback and is certainly NOT the future of the Texans. So whats the point of him if he is not the future? If he is mediocre, or sucks, the Texans aren't going anywhere and we still need a new QB. If he's good, he'll have a Fitzpatrick year. None one thinks he will lead the Texans to the Superbowl. So that leads to: WHY we need to start Mallett. He is still relatively unknown but clearly has big upside. One of the strongest arms in the league and has still time to improve. If the Texans are going to gamble on the future, then do it with Mallett rather than Hoyer. If Mallett stinks it up, we can draft a QB high next year. If he surprises and does well, maybe we found our future. Mallett is the only one that offers that potential. Hoyer offers zero. I'd rather suck with Mallett than with Hoyer.
Hoyer also did not outplay Mallet in the preseason. Neither looked great in camp, that is why most people would rather go with the unknown guy that hasn't played well in camp than with the guy every knows will not play well and never has in his career. If all things were equal, which it looked like in camp, you have to go with the guy with more potential, and that was clearly Mallet.
this is accurate. the texans are not the ones reporting that mallet is starting. bill said yesterday they will name the starter on sunday.
I don't think we will, I think we'll stick with Mallett for several games barring injury. Hoyer has been terrible his whole career, it's time to give Mallett a legit shot and see what he can do. Since Hoyer has had numerous starts in the past already, he doesn't get to suck and keep his job.
Repped! Completely agree with all of this. Stop wasting time and let's go see what we have. If it doesn't work. Move on!
him and Spencer Tillman have been riding hoyer jock strap since the beginning. How can Mallett truly get better if he doesn't get live game reps.
If Mallett couldn't win the job outright from Hoyer in the preseason/camp, then Mallet didn't deserve the job at the time. If Mallett is as talented as he was touted to be predraft, he should have had no problem winning the job from an undrafted journeyman. It's more an indictment on Mallett than on O'brien that Mallet wasn't named starter in the preseason. I mean, you want O'brien to hand someone the most important position on the team when he didn't earn it? What's the logic behind that?
I'm not saying you're wrong... But I've seen this attitude about Mallet that he's going to suck 100% and that the Texans have two bad QBs this year no matter what.... But Mallet has played 3 games. 1 of those games he played with a torn pectoral. The other two games he's played more than solid. So far history says that if Mallett is healthy then he's a pretty good QB. Not saying you are wrong to expect that though. Just talking about the mentality that Mallett sucks but he's never been given a chance to suck. It's not like he was a undrafted QB either, he was a 3rd round pick after all.
I think what you're missing is that he did earn it, BOB just handed the job to the wrong guy, a mistake he is correcting now.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't I guess. Either OB stays with Hoyer and if he continues to suck, gets criticized for making a move too late. Or he makes a move earlier and gets criticized for being wishy washy. Just kind of sucks that Tennessee had the #2 pick when there were 2 QBs worthy of going #1 and the Texans had the #1 pick in a year when none were worthy of going that high.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ryan Mallett was made available to the media in the locker room. Very good mood & obviously everyone saw the reports.</p>— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaysonBraddock/status/644218073482960896">September 16, 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">Bill O'Brien, just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this…and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCJackson/status/644209757893472256">September 16, 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">Underrated quality in a coach: the smarts not to follow one dumb decision with another purely out of embarrassment. <a href="https://t.co/e6ZwV6BrTr">https://t.co/e6ZwV6BrTr</a></p>— Jerome Solomon (@JeromeSolomon) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeromeSolomon/status/644227180650627072">September 16, 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">I'm glad O'Brien made the switch,but what the hell was the QB guru coach watching over 7 months that can be erased in 7 minutes of football?</p>— nick wright (@getnickwright) <a href="https://twitter.com/getnickwright/status/644219110658699264">September 16, 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">On Hard Knocks O'Brien told Mallett and Hoyer he wouldn't go "eight games of not being very good." Instead Hoyer got 3 quarters. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) <a href="https://twitter.com/taniaganguli/status/644223228207099905">September 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
That's basically what I've been saying from the jump. We know what we're getting from Hoyer, why waste our time and efforts and resources if we are never gonna give Mallett a shot. I really do hope he does well, I just don't want to be stuck in another revolving door of sucky:
Yeah. Don't think there's anything unusual about this move if you look at recent history from around the league. A journeyman starter cannot afford to play like Hoyer did. Turning the ball over twice inside your own 20 is inexcusable.
That was the quote that stuck out in my mind the most. BOB was like... OK, you get half a season. LOL JK I meant half a game.
