Everyone keeps penciling (or Sharpie-ing) Hoover in as the dead-set guaranteed starter and it makes me wonder if they saw something additional that I missed last year. I'm not saying he was bad. He wasn't. But he wasn't so blatantly perfect that his QB1 status should be unquestionable
He's not 100% the starter but he's like 99%.
His highs were really high and his lows were quite low. There were many times throughout the season that he looked like a freshman who wasn't ready for the moment. There were also times where he looked like the best passer we've had since Boykin. And I think much like Boykin his future will be determined by how much he can mitigate mistakes while continuing to make plays down the field. Now he's obviously never going to be the runner that TB was but I think his ceiling as a passer is higher.
Josh made throws that were next level pinpoint accurate down the field. And not just a couple times. He did it several times in several games. I think his potential as a passer is as high as any QB we've ever had, including Dalton. And he's further along after year one than Dalton was imo considering he's played much tougher competition. Only time will tell if he can have that year to year improvement like Andy had. Obviously the coaches believe he can and by all accounts he's the hardest worker on the team and has the respect of the entire locker room which hasn't always been the case with some recent QBs.