Houston Texans Could Have Traded Hoyer

As the draft approaches, the Houston Texans believe that they could have gotten something back for the signal caller instead of releasing him.

According to a recent report, the Texans believe they could have gotten either a player or a draft pick for the lame duck quarterback. Which prompts me to ask one question:

Have they lost their minds?

The most they could have gotten for Brian Hoyer was a bag of footballs. While that isn’t totally a dig on his ability as a player (though it partially is), the writing was completely on the wall for Hoyer. He wasn’t going to be back in Houston.

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The Texans signed Brock Osweiler to a massive deal to be the starter next season, and then brought back Brandon Weeden when he and T.J. Yates were both free agents. It’s clear with the re-signing of Weeden that Hoyer really didn’t have a place on this roster. Why trade for a guy when he’s going to be cut anyway?

Osweiler will be the #1 guy, Weeden will be the #2 and then Tom Savage will be the #3 guy, still in a developmental role. B.J. Daniels is still available as an emergency quarterback, but the gadget player hopefully he won’t be called upon to the starting quarterback at any point this coming season.

Hoyer is drawing interest from the New York Jets and Denver Broncos, both of whom are looking for a starting quarterback. The Jets are playing hardball with Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Broncos are replacing both Peyton Manning and Osweiler. They acquired Mark Sanchez from the Philadelphia Eagles and have been in discussions with the San Francisco 49ers about Colin Kaepernick, but who knows if that deal will actually happen.

It would be funny to see a “trade” of sorts between the Texans and Broncos if Osweiler ends up starting in Houston and Hoyer ends up the starter in Denver.

While some point to the Texans successfully dealing Matt Schaub and Fitzpatrick, this situation is a little different. Schuab went to Oakland where he was going to be a bridge quarterback for Derek Carr at the most and Fitzpatrick was being reunited with Chan Gailey in The Big Apple. For Hoyer, there just doesn’t seem to be a unique role he could have played. You can find other quarterbacks just like him out there.

If you were an NFL GM, would you trade for Hoyer? Even a seventh rounder? Nope, didn’t think so.