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Originally Posted by BigLouie
I agree on Mallett but I just have a hunch that BoB is sold on Hoyer for some reason. He had one good pass that was more about the defense left one WR totally uncovered. The other passes did not look anything great but BoB seems to be ready to name him starter. I also thought Mallett look pretty good. And I agree about Savage. What I don't want to see is a year wasted on Hoyer and toward the end of the year Savage gets some starts and the team starts planning on Savage for the following year. Heck, go ahead and have him start now. Look at Titans and Jags They are going with their young guys right off the bat.
On Hoyer I think most of the league has him figured out. He may look ok in practice and in some preseason but he did the same with the Browns but then fell apart as the season went on. I think once the season starts the rest of the league will know how to handle Hoyer and it will be another year wasted as the teams figures out the QB position. That is what I am really worried about
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The problem I see with the scenario of Savage getting snaps late due to injury or performance on the other two's part is the same concern I had with Mallett last year. I thinck that's your point, though.
He got that one Cleveland game where he looked great then injured the next. The team and the fan base seemed to thinck he was good enough, based on one good game, to be our QB of the future. You're right, we need to know if one of these guys is it but are we willing to tank the season to find out when we have enough good players in enough positions to make a deep run? The Titans and Jags have nothing to lose. If they have a .500 season they'll consider it a win.
I don't think anyone expects Hoyer or Mallett to be Peyton or Brady but is it possible for them to be Eli or Flacco? That's the question. If the answer is no then absolutely you start Savage and let him play out the season. Otherwise you've lost another year with Hoyer or Mallett leading us to a mediocre season, maybe a quick trip through the playoffs if we're lucky
I was wrong on Mallett's stats. It was 10 of 11 for 90 yards. 9 yards per completion. 8 yards per attempt. 0 touchdowns although the one pas he missed should have been a TD had it not been a PI and it was a really good pass. I'm not sure it was all first team defense but it was 2nd quarter and the DB that interfered did the only thing he could do on that pass.
Savage was 8 of 14 for 97 yards. 12 yards per completion 7 yards per attempt.
Some of Mallet's attempts came against first team players. I don't thinck any of them were out there for Savage's 4th quarter.
I'd like to see Savage get some reps with the first team O against first team D.
Hoyer was 2 of 4 for 67 yards and a TD. 58 of those yards came on a TD pass that, as BL said, the defense completely missed the assignment and Shorts was wide open. Good on Hoyer for picking it up but those don't happen that often.
To me Mallett seems to have the most upside. However, if I'm going to rip Foster's professionalism and say he can't change his stripes I have to question Mallett's too since it was an issue coming out of College. Mallett has far and away better tools than Hoyer and given that alone he should be the clear cut starter. Since he isn't then something else is obviously going on.
Oh, well...at least he made it. It takes some of these guys a little longer to mature to a professional level. Teddy J on 610 talked about that last week in a bit of a defense of Su a Filo's lack of progress so far.
