The Brian Hoyer era in Houston is a forgettable one, largely because of how it ended.
According to a new report Thursday, it could've began a year earlier.
In a long piece by ESPN's Seth Wickersham examining the Cleveland Browns' dysfunction under Jimmy Haslam, an interesting nugget about the Texans was unearthed: They reportedly offered a high second-round pick during the 2014 draft for Hoyer, who had started six games for the Browns in 2013 before suffering a season-ending knee injury.
That 2014 draft was the first for the partnership of then-Texans general manager Rick Smith and first-year coach Bill O'Brien, who had worked with Hoyer with the New England Patriots from 2009-11.