Cleveland Browns rumors: Team will look to re-sign Brian Hoyer

The Cleveland Browns drafted Johnny Manziel to be their quarterback of the future. That’s the theory, at least, and it’s why Manziel even appeared to have a chance at winning the starting job before the 2014 season started.

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Brian Hoyer won that quarterback battle by a narrow margin. Through three regular season games, Hoyer has played very well, raising a welcome problem for the Browns: what if Hoyer never gives up the starting gig?

Hoyer’s contract is up at season’s end, and Pat McManamon of ESPN.com writes that the Browns will take a hard look at re-signing him:

"This is an excellent question. Because it is I’m taking it first. This question assumes Hoyer continues to play well. If so, I think he would love to stay in Cleveland and the Browns would try to keep him……I see many scenarios where Hoyer is re-signed. If he continues to play like he has and the Browns win their share of games, I’d submit that it would be absolute lunacy not to re-sign him. Or at least try. Letting a successful quarterback go would continue the constant cycle of starts and re-starts that have plagued the Browns for years. If he plays well, the Browns owe it to him and to the team and the fans to re-sign him."

Talking heads often recycle the cliche about the NFL being a “bottom line business.” Even if that is an overused piece of analysis, it is true. If Hoyer keeps playing well and especially if the Browns win some games, the fans and the team will want him to be the man, even if it is in front of Manziel.

Through three games, Hoyer has thrown for 716 yards and three touchdowns. He is completing 64.2% of his passes and has not turned the ball over.

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