GET OFF YOUR ASS, TT

The NFL Trading Deadline is today at 3 p.m. Packers time and there is one casualty of the other 31 teams trying to help themselves (while Packers General Manager Ted Thompson has spent the last 4 days holed up in his ivory tower office with his “finger up his ass” (a phrase my father used) in solid belief his “Do Nothing” way is the only way to lead the Packers to the Super Bowl) that the Packers could use to save their season while they wait for the indispensible man to return from injury.

The New England Patriots traded backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2018 2nd round draft pick. As a result of the trade veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer was released. I feel he is perfect for the Packers for many reasons even Ted “Beavis” Thompson and Mike “Butt-Head” McCarthy could agree with.

First, he wouldn’t cost the Packers one of their precious draft picks and he will have passed through waivers so he won’t cost more than the veteran minimum prorated for the remainder of the season. That passes the “Beavis” test.

Second, while Hoyer has failed as the designated starter he has excelled as the 2nd string quarterback taking over for an injured or ineffectual starter. He wouldn’t take any time to get up to speed since he’s been with 7 teams in his 9 seasons. His pedigree includes 3 years behind Tom Brady (2009-11), 2 games with Pittsburgh and 2 games with Arizona in 2012, 2 years in Cleveland (2013-14), 1 year in Houston, last year in Chicago and this year in San Francisco.

He started 3 games for the Browns in 2013 before tearing an ACL and was the starter in 2014 for the sad sack Browns throwing 12 TDs and 13 interceptions. He started 9 games for the Texans in 2015 throwing 19 TDs and 7 interceptions while splitting duties with Ryan Mallett. Last year with the Bears he finally was hitting his stride with 6 TDs and no interceptions and 1,445 yards while completing 67% of his passes, but he broke his arm against the Packers and the Bears forgot about him and went another way during the offseason. He signed with the 49rs and started 1st 6 games throwing 4 TDs and 4 interceptions for the sad sack 49ers.

He is a veteran who has shown he can play and with the “Quarterback Guru” behind him he might be the 2017 version of the 2103 version of Matt Flynn. Think back to 2013. After Rodgers went down Seneca Wallace took over and was immediately injured and Scott Tolzien was next man up and he was horrible. So Flynn was signed as a free agent and saved the season until Rodgers got back for the final game to knock the Bears out of the playoffs and put the Packers in. If he is I think that would pass the “Butt-Head” test.

With the coveted and much ballyhooed playoff streak the only thing CEO Mark “Principal McVicker” Murphy, General Manager “Beavis”, and Head Coach “Butt-Head” set their seasonal goal on you would think finding a place keeper to save the season would be more important than developing a young inexperienced quarterback for some future team since Brett Hundley is NOT going to replace Aaron Rodgers next season.

I don’t find any downside in signing Hoyer. There are only positives. Once again, he is cheap to sign, he won’t cost a draft pick and he is a quick study. What’s not to like. So TT get off your ass and do something instead of being so stubborn and steeped in your philosophy you can’t see the forest for the trees. “Beavis” needs to jump on him fast before the Patriots sign him to replace Garoppolo to backup Brady.