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makes for good bathroom reading, but this claim is about as baseless as it can get....really
there were guys available that the pats could have used at that point, so taking a chance on a 'potential attitude problem' at that point doesn't make any sense at all. they had him in, they knew WHO they were getting.
I think when your franchise QB gets to a certain age, you need to have the possibility of the 'next answer' on your roster. hoyer is a career backup, period. he is what friesz was in 2000
Of course they had him in. Why wouldn't they? Hes a superior talent and good kid who produced in college. The question was maturity. I can guarantee you that there were players BB considered for that slot and even entertained trading it. He decided to draft Mallett for the reasons I mentioned. My intent was not to paint Mallett as some kind of consolation prize but rather BB rolling the dice on drafting a potentially special player who had some growing up to do.