Was thinking the same, although BO'B did say Hoyer wouldn't be given "like 8 weeks" to prove himself. Bill must've seen some horrible things on tape, and the switch came quicker than expected... very un-Kubiak-like. Pretty much anything this organization does that's un-Kubiak-like will be beneficial. Since 2 years ago? You made it sound like it's been a decade.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The decline of Ryan Mallett's draft stock started with the reports from the Panthers' meeting. They'll meet this time.</p>— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaysonBraddock/status/644221152722841600">September 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It feels like SOOOO much longer than 2 years. Having no hope of even decent QB play is one of the innermost rings of hell.
It's both hilarious and depressing how awfully O'Brien has handled this QB battle, and benching his starter 3 quarters into the season is just embarrassing, but Mallett is the right guy and should have been the starter all along, so I guess at least we got here.
I dont think that's all on Kubs tho. I don't think "Rosencopter", Yates, Grossman, or Leinart - all backed up Schaub at one point. You could probably make a case for Keenum tho after Schaub started breaking records and making history (not the good kind). I just dont think Keenum got a fair shot that year. He for sure had limitations himself, but he had no run game, no protection - it was like reliving the David Carr days.
Mallet is high risk/high reward Hoyer is low risk/ low reward That's always a tough choice, think of it in economic terms. Why isn't everyone buying growth stocks or why isn't everyone buying income stocks. I think BOB chose Hoyer first because he didn't want to be embarrassed, you know, just running the offense conservatively and managing the game. It was just football fate that it looked totally wrong. If it weren't for a pick six or a Rosencopter hit, like happen in the course of a game, the entire history of the Texans would be different. I still think Mallet looks a little gangly and slow, but he does hum it. He's probably going to get sacked a lot, but I hope stretching the field with some deep balls ends up being a positive.
Why would/should Mallett have been starting if he had been outplayed by Hoyer in preseason? Because that's what happened. Sure Hoyer came choked on his own vomit in the first game, but let's not think that Mallett looked so great in camp that he was a clear choice of starting, because he wasn't. I understand the starting Mallett now, given the situation, but there is no "good" way to handle this. I just didn't expect it after one game.
Hoyer is high risk, low reward. He can throw a pick, commit intentional grounding, or fumble the ball. On the reward side, he can complain about pass interference.
The way Hoyer has played his whole career, he's high risk/low reward Give me high risk/high reward over that any day.
This is all correct, but benching a hand-picked guy after all of preseason, training camp, and OTA's after 3 quarters? That's embarrassing and just doesn't happen barring injury. Clearly Hoyer wasn't outplaying Mallett by a whole lot if all it took was 3 quarters for O'Brien to lose faith in him. I know there isn't a good option at QB on the roster, but if you really were ready to pull the plug on your starter after 3 quarters, maybe don't go with the guy who's been on 5 teams in 6 years and has displayed zero prior ability to be anything more than replacement level. Mallett at least had a prayer of being capable.
Probably true, but even then it's a situation where most Texans fans are like "So you're telling me there's a possible reward!?!?!" When you started the season with high risk/no reward, it's easy to get hyped up about a QB that might actually look halfway decent.
He acknowledged his mistake 3 quarters into the 1st game of the season, instead of 7 games into the season. Not sure what's depressing about that, considering this is the exact thing we spent years and years CRUCIFYING Kubiak for NOT doing.
I felt like he should have started to begin with. Not cause I love him as our QB but because he has the most talent at the position on this roster. That being said, what if he falters?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MORE: Bill O'Brien and Texans coaching staff say they will wait until Sunday to publicly name starter. Move first reported by <a href="https://twitter.com/nflnetwork">@nflnetwork</a>.</p>— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/644231543507058692">September 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> reason I hate Twitter now
