The reports coming out of 1265 Lombardi Avenue are that Packers
General Manager Ted Thompson and/or his personnel department tried to sign
Brian Hoyer, but somehow the rascally Bill Belichik and the New England
Patriots beat him to the punch and signed him to replace Jimmy Garappolo as the
backup to Tom Brady. I don't believe a word of it.
But let's say it did happen then I can see just 1 reason or maybe 2 Hoyer might choose the
Patriots over the Packers. The first could be Thompson only offered him a
1-year incentive laded contract instead of the 3-year contract he received from
Belichik. The second could be he wanted to win and the Packers are going
nowhere.
I can see the first happening, but the second doesn’t fit
with Hoyer’s past. He wants to play and he would have taken over for Brett
Hundley next week if given a chance and had a chance to work with the great
receiver corps of the Packers and possible Offensive Rookie of the Year Aaron
Jones for the next 7 games to show he still has a future as a starting
quarterback.
It is also possible McCarthy informed him that Brett Hundley
is the man and he would only be a hedge against him being injured. However,
that didn’t happen because McCarthy said after not confirming the report by Ian
Rapoport of NFL Network that the Packers tried to sign Hoyer, "From
the time Aaron's been injured I've never once been involved in a conversation
about bringing in a veteran quarterback. From the Minnesota
I would tend to
believe McCarthy on this because he is completely contradicting what the back
channels told Rapoport. So I think the back channels (directed by the puppet
master TT) were self-serving to get the pressure off Ted Thompson for not bringing
in a veteran quarterback because no General Manager worth his salt would make a trade or a signing without discussing it with his head coach.
