Hendon Hooker signed to practice squad

[frankw]

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

He finished the preseason 22-of-40 passing for 187 yards, zero touchdowns, three interceptions and two fumbles. The Lions were held without a touchdown and were limited to just one field goal in 20 preseason drives with Hooker at the helm

 

He was horrible this preseason.  Add to the fact he is 27, unless DC is a true qb whisperer then this dude aint ever seeing the light of day on a nfl field.  If ben johnson couldnt get him going in the right direction then I dont know what to say

That's awful but this is the predicament Dan Morgan put the team in. He can't pretend like there weren't red flags.

[Basbear]

I liked hooker in the draft and he hasn't had the effect I thought, but the deal here is would you rather have plummer or hooker on the scout team.....10/10 gimmie hooker. 

[rmoneyg35]

55 minutes ago, CRA said:

 only 1 QB in the history of mankind has managed a winning record with his opportunities in the David Tepper era.   

Bring in PJ.   He has NFL tools.  He will at least be entertaining if called upon.  How is that not better than Andy. 

*PJ Walker bandwagon is back up now that it is....not...time for for the percolator. 

 

What’s crazy is we had Baker and Darnold both on our team and PJ somehow was the best out of them at the time.

imagine where we would be if we just kept one. Well for one I bet Canales wouldn’t be our HC because without Baker tampa wouldnt have had that good offense that got him recognized.

 

I really think that if we would have just kept baker we would have been fine. I think he still hadnt fully recovered from his injury plus he was just thrown into a new team where he didn’t have a good offensive line, new playbook, team mates and coaches. He was set up to fail. I would have loved to see what he would have done with Reich as HC. 
 

heck I think Darnold could have been decent if he stayed too. He actually played well his last season with us and we seen how well he can do with a competent coach and players around him.

[Sup]

No need in overthinking a practice squad signing, for all I know it's just someone to throw warmup to the WRs, but I can't believe there wasn't someone better out there. Those preseason stats are some of the worst I've ever seen.

[Sup]

Is rather take a flyer on a 25 udfa still sitting out there, at least they'd have a chance of succeeding.

[panthers55]

It was Canales' choice I heard. He liked his physical skills and expressed an interest in working with him. We should always have a qb on the practice squad. Me I am a zappe fan given we both attended WKU obviously decades apart.

[Lurk21]

We will see if Canales  is really the Qb Whisperer. He literally  saved Geno and Bakers careers and both were headed the opposite  way. The only reason I say Hendon has a shot, is bc he has all the physical  skills to succeed. He sounds like a bright guy, maybe  the change of scenery  and being close to home sparks something...

[electro's horse]

Hendon Hooker has an absolute hose, but in 2022 Tennessee was running a mickey mouse air raid offense and he doesn't place the ball very well. It didn't matter when he was throwing to three track stars, but he couldn't do anything against UGA. 

he hasn't done a thing in the NFL. 

most likely role for him on this team is throwing end of half hail marys

Edited 2 hours ago by electro's horse

[fanpanther]

5 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I don't think most actually watch a snap of his 2024 or 2025 preseason games. There is a reason a 3rd round draft pick was jettisoned so quickly for.....Kyle Allen.

He is atrocious.

He was terrible but kyle allen after the first preseason game was playing very very high level.  I still think with the right cast and protection kyle allen could be an above average qb in the nfl

[Stuart Smith]

10 hours ago, rmoneyg35 said:

The problem I have with Hooker is he is already 27. So all that potential you have in a player is gone. He is already in his prime. He’s shown nothing for the lions who is a great team with great weapons and great offensive line. You think that’s going to change here?

I doubt they tried to develop him. He missed his rookie year. 

[Stuart Smith]

1 hour ago, Lurk21 said:

We will see if Canales  is really the Qb Whisperer. He literally  saved Geno and Bakers careers and both were headed the opposite  way. The only reason I say Hendon has a shot, is bc he has all the physical  skills to succeed. He sounds like a bright guy, maybe  the change of scenery  and being close to home sparks something...

Hooker player of the year in 2022 in the SEC. That is noteworthy. 

[chbright]

44 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

Hendon Hooker has an absolute hose, but in 2022 Tennessee was running a mickey mouse air raid offense and he doesn't place the ball very well. It didn't matter when he was throwing to three track stars, but he couldn't do anything against UGA. 

he hasn't done a thing in the NFL. 

most likely role for him on this team is throwing end of half hail marys

was not sad when he left VT for the Vols. sure he played great in that scheme, so did Joe Milton and everyone else who has been in that scheme.

[Mr. Scot]

5 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

Yeah he was drafted and stayed on the Lions active roster for a couple years.  That's an upgrade over Plummer.  

I'd say in physical skill set only

Quarterback skills? Not so much

[Stuart Smith]

44 minutes ago, chbright said:

was not sad when he left VT for the Vols. sure he played great in that scheme, so did Joe Milton and everyone else who has been in that scheme.

He did something right. Player of the year in 2022 in the SEC. They beat Alabama in one of the best college football games ever.