Realistic compensation for Ryan Mallet?

3rd rd pick with a lot of fine print and stipulations

3rd rd turns into 2nd rd pick if Mallet starts more than 10 games this season

3rd rd turns into 1st rd if Mallet starts more than 10 games this season and the Texans make the playoffs


I don't know if this is even possible, but I know there are some trades with heavy stipulations that can turn future draft picks into higher picks if certain goals are met.

I think this is the only way we get a fair trade for Mallet since he's yet to start a game and it's still largely unknown how he will perform in the NFL.

Texans don't really want to go into the season with Ryan Fitzpatrick as their starter, do they?

Ryan Mallett trade to Houston Texans still possible - NFL.com

I remember when Rohan Davey was going to bring us a 1st.

Mallett should be worth two ones...and throw in a 4th.

Realistic compensation? A 6th rounder with the chance to be a 5th based on some reasonably-easily-achieved milestone. That is what Mallett will bring.

Good effort. I really don't know what their end game with Mallett is going to be but that's about the best case scenario anyone could come up with. I see no reason for Belichick to just give him away unless roster considerations get too important to carry 3 QB's so he should simply hang on to him until someone or no one makes him a decent offer. They can carry 3 for one year if they need to.

Trade him for a player would be our best bet (for the team who's rookie QB looks **** before Week 6, or for a team who's QB gets injured)

CelticPatriot said:

Trade him for a player would be our best bet (for the team who's rookie QB looks **** before Week 6, or for a team who's QB gets injured)

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Houston is probably iffy on making the trade too. They probably want to see what they have in pre-season before pulling the trigger.


if the trade with Houston doesn't happen.... Pats can still hold onto Mallet and take a wait-and-see approach. Injuries happen, Josh Freeman's happen, Mike Vick dogfighting rings happen, etc.... Someone somewhere will need a QB eventually.

MrNathanDrake said:

Houston is probably iffy on making the trade too. They probably want to see what they have in pre-season before pulling the trigger.


if the trade with Houston doesn't happen.... Pats can still hold onto Mallet and take a wait-and-see approach. Injuries happen, Josh Freeman's happen, Mike Vick dogfighting rings happen, etc.... Someone somewhere will need a QB eventually.

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Yeah, someone will need a qb, but nobody is going to give up much, if anything, for a quarterback who doesn't know their system, is not proven in the nfl under any situation, and will be a free agent once the season ends.

If a trade were to happen it needs to happen before an injury to give him as much time to prepare as possible.

I can also just as easily see Mallet cut ala Hoyer if the team knows they will not get any compensation as they generally seem to prefer only carrying 2 quarterbacks.

And if I, as a simple NFL fan can think of that scenario, than so can every GM in the league. Roster spots are at a premium and Mallet is no longer the future as the franchise or backup. If Jimmy impresses in camp and preseason there is an above average chance he is the only extra QB on the roster for week 1.

Almost everyone thought Hoyer would net us at least a 3, some said a 2 like Kolb did, and he had proven a hell of a lot more than Mallet at that point, yet nobody bit and he found himself looking for work.

Your "realistic" compensation is ludicrous.

Best case scenario:
Houston loses a QB during TC and preseason. Houston offers a 4th round pick, it the texans make the playoffs it becomes a third

Worst case scenario:
Nobody offers anything.

Any compensation would likely come in the form of a draft pick and that would now be in 2015. Future draft picks are usually discounted a round, so it is hard for me to see Belichick taking a third or less for Mallet. I don't think anyone would give up a first, so my guess is that Mallet stays unless the Patriots get a round two pick or a conditional pick that makes round 2 likely.

32 year old Andre Johnson and his $10 Mil restructured salary.

4th or 3rd (continually)He probably has only one suitor Houston. O'Brien. (Familiarity). But to get that it has to be soon. Houston would need him in their program ASAP for him to matter this year. After training camp a 6th (conditionally). Probably gets cut. BB likes the extra roster spot. He has not shown much, so my predictions are being optimistic.

MOST LIKELY
Mallet is on the roster going into the 3rd free season game. If Polo is good enough to be the 2014 backup, Mallett will be sent to the highest bidder for a conditional 2015 pick; if there is no interest, he'd be cut. If Polo isn't ready, then Mallett will be the backup for 2014 season, although it would still be possible to trade him before the trade deadline if Polo improved some in practices.
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I don't think anyone has interest in Mallett at this point. Folks need to see what they have. This is especially true for HOU who drafted Tom Savage.

mgteich said:

I don't think anyone has interest in Mallett at this point. Folks need to see what they have. This is especially true for HOU who drafted Tom Savage.

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They drafted Tom Savage, currently have Ryan Fitzpatrick as their starter, and still have 2 other guys who are comparable in TJ Yates and Case Keenum. Adding Ryan Mallett, or any other comparable QB for that matter (within reason) would seem like a lost cause. I think there's a logjam at the position already of players who have mediocre talent, so I'm not as sure as some about Mallett really standing out in that aspect.

If I were a first year coach such as BOB is, I would have done everything pretty much the exact same way with an eye on a conservative approach. I have seen a lot of articles and sources who think that HOU's draft was one of the better drafts out of all 32 teams. That is awfully hard to agree with until we actually can see and assess the players, but the point is that BOB seemed to have handled the draft pretty well in his first attempt.

I think it would have been much more of a gamble had he handpicked his own QB from the past, where he had to sacrifice a higher round 3-4 selection to do so. The spotlight on him likely would have been even brighter than it will already be. Just my 2 cents, of course.

In my opinion, the 3 more likely scenarios are that we either keep him for his last year as our backup while JG attempts to get the system down, we cut him outright like Hoyer and just keep 2 quarterbacks after the preseason games have been played, or we're able to get a 5th/6th rounder who may be able to turn into something a round higher under certain circumstances should he meet those requirements.

One thing's for sure--Ryan Mallett has provided us plenty of content to discuss in the offseason over the past few years!!!

Assuming we let Mallet walk in FA - we'd get either a 3rd or 4th round comp pick.
I don't think we trade Mallet this season unless Garappolo tears it up in training camp.

i had hopes for mallett when they drafted him, and i liked what i saw that 1st preseason....but he never seemed to make progress after that....i dont think he is worth much....maybe a late round pick

just my opinion, and the sample size is such that im just guessing, really

At this point I'm not sure Mallet would command enough in trade to be worth it to let him go. If Tom goes down he's our only hope to salvage the season. Personally I'd take a 4th or higher and be glad for it but I'm just a dumb fan.

VJCPatriot said:

Assuming we let Mallet walk in FA - we'd get either a 3rd or 4th round comp pick.

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Yes! The most "realistic compensation" is a mid-round COMPENSATORY pick, with the special bonus offer of a year of Mallett's services backing up Tom Brady.

Why would you want to trade him for the same level of pick minus the service?

patchick said:

Yes! The most "realistic compensation" is a mid-round COMPENSATORY pick, with the special bonus offer of a year of Mallett's services backing up Tom Brady.

Why would you want to trade him for the same level of pick minus the service?

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That's what I've been arguing for until I was blue in the face.

A 2015 conditional pick.