The Facts:
Hoyer knows the Browns will likely use one of their two first-round picks on a player who will arrive hoping to become the Browns’ starting QB. It’s a job that Hoyer, seven months removed from surgery to repair a torn ACL, currently holds, and one he has no plans to relinquish, regardless of where that rookie was selected in the draft, at No. 4 or No. 26 or No. 35 or later. “No matter what happens in the draft, I’ll have that chance to compete for the starting job," Hoyer said. "And if it comes down to that, I have the ultimate confidence in myself that no matter who they bring in here, I can beat them out.”
Reported by USA Today
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
The Browns haven’t even made selected a quarterback yet but the competition to be the Week 1 starter has already begun. As the GM Ray Farmer, HC Mike Pettine and other coaches crisscrossed the country to put at least 10 of the top quarterback prospects through private workouts, they created their own equivalent of a quarterbacking standardized test. Each of the NFL hopefuls was put through the same throwing session, instructed to work through an identical script of throws and routes. When the coaches returned to Berea, Hoyer and Alex Tanney went through the same workout. So did Vince Young and Tyler Thigpen when they were signed last week. Hoyer aced that work out, and further impressed the Browns’ new coaching staff during a voluntary mini-camp last week. “There will be competition, but I think it will be very difficult, based on my evaluation of this year’s draft class, it will be very difficult for anyone in this draft class to come in and beat [Hoyer] out. I really believe that,” Pettine said. ... We kind of believe that too. But nothing is outside the realm of possibility.
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