No, Taysom Hill is Not Drew Brees' Successor
By Brendan Balsamo
According to Brady Poppinga, reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson is a poor man's Taysom Hill. That must mean Hill is a Hall of Fame player. We've got bad new for New Orleans.
Hill is currently the backup for quarterback Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints. Considering 2020 might be Brees' last year in the NFL, is Hill a fitting successor for him?
No. He isn't at all.
Crazy people: “Taysom Hill is a starting QB.”
— Vote Blue, no matter Who! (@JDub9911) March 26, 2020
Me: “let me show you a 50 yard completion that tells me he isn’t one.” pic.twitter.com/wa1DknPm33
The 29-year-old BYU product has mightily struggled to find consistent playing time at one position in the league. In 424 career snaps, Hill has only thrown 13 passes. He currently has worse career passing numbers than LaDainian Tomlinson, a Hall of Fame running back, and has half the career passing yards of wide receiver Mohamad Sanu.
Both Hill and the poor man's version of him, Jackson, have only played two seasons. However, Hill's career passer rating is a 46.6 and Jackson's is 104.7, more than double Hill's.
Taysom Hill has played 424 offensive snaps and thrown 13 passes and is called the rich person's version of the reigning NFL MVP is all you need to know about why Mitch Trubisky'sof the world get picked ahead of DeSean Watson and Pat Mahomes
— THE Monday Morning QuarterBLACK (@TheMMQBL) March 23, 2020
Hill should come nowhere near the Saints starting QB spot. In the limited opportunity he has gotten in the NFL, he hasn't impressed enough as a passer to prove he's anything more than a gimmick. If the Saints want to continue to have success even after Brees retires, the route to take doesn't lie with Hill.