And I think we can all agree that this would be the best thing for Manziel. Having the ability to sit 2 or 3 whole seasons will aid in his development tremendously.
He probably needs it too. He's definitely not ready to be a starting QB in the NFL. I think a lot of times why some QB's become busts, is not only that they're put out there too early, but the talent around them is bad. Well, not necessarily always bad, but very young and inexperienced.
So they're expected to come in, make everyone around them better, while taking their lumps, learning, adjusting, etc, to the NFL game. Bad talent, or inexperience skilled players makes a young QB's job much harder.
We have talent on offense, but they're young, inexperienced, and will make mistakes. A veteran QB can patch that up much better than a young QB, that's still learning his way himself.
Aaron Rodgers was in the ideal position. Not just because of Brett Favre, because the skill position players were talented, seasoned veterans, that knew how to play on a winning team. It made the healing process much easier.
If he was drafted by us, I don't think he'd have been a bust, but there's no doubt in my mind he wouldn't be nearly as good as he is now.
Having Hoyer continue to play, being a veteran, definitely allows the skill position players develop faster. Let's face it, two rookie running backs, and a very young receiving core needs that too. This will help Johnny out a lot when his time comes.
But the way Hoyer is playing, Johnny might not be seeing a snap in quite some time, and that's not exactly a bad problem to have too.