Herv,The only thing I am really worried about to be honest is the turnovers. Now I know he's taken care of the ball better "in practice" than Mallet and that seems to mean something to OB but last year when things went south for Hoyer he was a turnover machine and so in a funny way I kind of feel like Oakland signing Schaub and thinking "Hey, he had a bad patch there but he'll be OK" and I'm hoping really badly that this is true and Hoyer is like early-2014 Hoyer and not late-2014 Hoyer throwing picks like he's trying to set a record or something.
But I really do expect him to be better than Fitz was. I really do. Enough better to offset not having Foster? I don't know about that but better but the turnovers he had in Cleveland last year worry me.
That could happen and honestly, it's not even completely what I'm worried about all by itself. I'm worried about the possibility that the Texans throw him out there and he starts screwing up and throwing picks and then OB doesn't pull him like he didn't pull Fitz for-*******-ever and then like he didn't pull Mallet when it was clear that Mallet couldn't hit the broad side of the barn against the Bengals. My one and only real fear here is that Hoyer will get the call and OB will let him be Bad Hoyer for a butt load of games before pulling him.
Admittedly that's as much an OB related concern as it is a Hoyer related concern but there it is. Hopefully it never happens.
There are a few youtube clips on Hoyer last year.
In just 2 or 3 of them, I saw 3 INTs that were not Hoyer's fault.
One one, Gordon ran the wrong route (it was mentioned in a few blogs and media pieces) and on the other two, the ball was in the receiver's hands first.
I don't think he can be called a turnover machine.