Browns quarterback Brian Hoyer is competing against the Texans on Sunday but would welcome an opportunity to join forces with Bill O'Brien in the future, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Hoyer, who has guided his team into first place in the AFC North, will become a free agent after this season if the Browns don't sign him to a long-term deal. The team appears to be either taking a wait-and-see approach or has no intention of signing Hoyer with rookie Johnny Manziel waiting in the wings for 2015.
Hoyer trusts O'Brien, his former England coach, according to Schefter.