There were two distinct sounds heard across New England Monday night upon the news that the Patriots were signing quarterback Brian Hoyer.
“Huh?” was the collective reaction from Patriots fans. “Don’t they already have three quarterbacks?”
The other sound came from the quarterbacks room at Gillette Stadium.
“Gulp.”
Hoyer’s return makes the quarterback room awfully crowded. The Patriots haven’t kept four quarterbacks since 2000, and that fourth QB was some guy named Brady.
We know Mac Jones isn’t going anywhere. That means Cam Newton and Jarrett Stidham are potentially on the hot seat.