{"id":9238,"date":"2014-02-24T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2014-02-24T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:20:24","slug":"browns-head-coach-admires-brian-hoyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/02\/24\/browns-head-coach-admires-brian-hoyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns head coach admires Brian Hoyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5307\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5307\" alt=\"getty images\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/09\/brianhoyer.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/09\/brianhoyer.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/09\/brianhoyer-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/09\/brianhoyer-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cleveland Browns have the fourth overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. While many expect the Browns to draft a quarterback, new head coach Mike Pettine spoke positively about Brian Hoyer.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the Browns quarterback situation by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/sports\/2014\/02\/24\/quarterbacks-hot-topic-nfl-scouting-combine\/53a2oqIXlSkqDU7EenPDZK\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boston Globe<\/a>, Pettine spoke about one player on their roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian Hoyer,\u201d said Pettine. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to getting him back to where at least he\u2019ll do some limited work in the spring. I\u2019ve always admired Brian from afar. He\u2019s proven he can be successful in the NFL, but at the same time, you\u2019re always looking to make the team better and that\u2019s the most important position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoyer could start the season as the Browns starter but considering where the Browns draft, and the likelihood that Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel or Teddy Bridgewater will be available, expect the Browns to select one.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe to say that the page has been turned on Brandon Weeden after two lackluster seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Browns have the fourth overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. While many expect the Browns to draft a quarterback, new head coach Mike Pettine spoke positively about Brian Hoyer. Asked about the Browns quarterback situation by the Boston Globe, Pettine spoke about one player on their roster. \u201cBrian Hoyer,\u201d said Pettine. \u201cWe\u2019re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[203,139,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":["post-9238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9238"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}