Report: Ryan Mallett Traded to Houston for late pick

PP2 said:

Didn't know there was also a Fitpatrick.

IMO, Mallett has more upside than Fitzy, will be interesting to see how it plays out once Fitzy hits a bad stretch.

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FitzPickSix to you.

patsinthesnow said:

@patscap: Mallett trades frees up 356976 in cap space as Zach Moore replaces him in the Top 51 list. Pats now with 14,284,802 in cap space.

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How much will that be after they get Hernandez's bonus money back after he's convicted?

patchick said:

So it seems the consensus is that Mallett looked like garbage and the Patriots should have cut him rather than wasting the roster spot, and that Houston totally fleeced BB by only giving up a 6th rounder for him.

The consensus makes my head hurt.

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Because a 6th rounder is worth less than nothing somehow

varjao said:

BB got outmanaged on this one

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Please explain to me how he got outmanaged

Also : in weird twist.........

JG pushes Mallett out, Mallett pushed Hoyer out, Hoyer pushed Manziel out. So...

shmessy said:

More likely BB doesn't know or care who Florio is.

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Dont be silly, of course Belichick knows who Florio is.

Florio is one of them geniuses that are online -aka "them Internet geniuses".

patsinthesnow said:

A high 4th (Bucs) and a high 6th (Texans) will be good ammo to maneuver in the draft. Don't forget about Talib's likely compensatory 3rd rounder.

The 2015 draft should be fun.

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BB going up to grab Landon Collins if he declares?

Danger Zone said:

Dont be silly, of course Belichick knows who Florio is.

Florio is one of them geniuses that are online -aka "them Internet geniuses".

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I'm sure he knows and equally sure that he couldn't care less about anything the guy says.

BradyFTW! said:

I'm sure he knows and equally sure that he couldn't care less about anything the guy says.

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You mean when Belichick refers to them online Internet geniuses he's not being totally serious or respectful of their abilities?

patchick said:

So it seems the consensus is that Mallett looked like garbage and the Patriots should have cut him rather than wasting the roster spot, and that Houston totally fleeced BB by only giving up a 6th rounder for him.

The consensus makes my head hurt.

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I'm not sure why anyone is sweating this. Mallett could turn out to be the greatest QB in the history of mankind. To date, however, he's sucked, and he's not shown anything to make one think he can step in should Brady go down. Perhaps some people have forgotten that Mallet only got the backup job in the first place because the Patriots cut a better QB in Hoyer.

Danger Zone said:

You mean when Belichick refers to them online Internet geniuses he's not being totally respectful of their abilities?

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It's a grudging respect at best.

So is ridley next? jk

Mallett gone....check!
Who else didn't play Friday

Any criticism of Belichick should not come from anything that happened today. The criticism should be the decision to spend a 3rd round pick on the guy they did.

Please don't get me wrong. I am not saying Belichick is a bad drafter. Like every single GM in the league, he has plenty of hits and misses. Mallett was one of the misses.

@JasonLaCanfora: From what I'm hearing sounds like pick Pats receive from Texans for Mallett maxes out at a 6 based on performance. Could be less

Welp, a 7th FTW!

For those uber-homer fanboys who expected more for a never was, BB swapped a late 3rd for a mid 6th getting 3 years of backup QB.

Besides you-know-who the Pats have the following on their team from 6th & 7th rounds...Edelperson, Ebner, Dennard, Buchannan, and Zach Moore. Tell me again that a 6th round pick is garbage.

They must have been thinking develop and flip.

PatsWickedPissah said:

For those uber-homer fanboys who expected more for a never was, BB swapped a late 3rd for a mid 6th getting 3 years of backup QB.

Besides you-know-who the Pats have the following on their team from 6th & 7th rounds...Edelperson, Ebner, Dennard, Buchannan, and Zach Moore. Tell me again that a 6th round pick is garbage.

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And some Brady guy

This was a bad bad deal for the patriots. They may as well have let him become a fa after making him a backup all that time. This was a bad trade for the patriots because bill wasted a draft pick in a loaded draft on mallett in hopes mallet could be traded for more. That pick could have been used as part of a trade up in that draft for watt or Quinn or Julio Jones or aj green.Or been used on Justin Houston or jurell Casey. Mallet still could be a good qb with an established #1 WR and a center and RG where he doesn't have to throw right after the snap

patsinthesnow said:

@JasonLaCanfora: From what I'm hearing sounds like pick Pats receive from Texans for Mallett maxes out at a 6 based on performance. Could be less

Welp, a 7th FTW!

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Actually we have to give them a 6th if he doesn't perform.