Fascinating Discussion. Both the Variety and the Quality of Opinion strikes me as being as far-ranging as the very Question at hand: What
is Mallett's Market Value?
One enchanting Aspect of this Great Game is that the Market Value of a Player can indeed be as ethereal ~ as daunting to define ~ as Mallett's quite clearly is. Clearly, it's cloudy.
And it can be
fleeting, as well.
There's talk, already, of dropping Revis Island altogether, out in Tampa, where the previous Leadership had been stupid enough to pledge $96,000,000 ~ 96
Million Dollars!!
~ for one Player and to surrender a 1st Round Pick and either a 3rd or a 4th for the extremely dubious Privilege of doing so.
Less than a Year later, there's talk of walking away from all'f it, and I can tell you that if it were
me walking in on that mess, I'd do so in an
heartbeat. Revis is an extraordinary Talent, but $16,000,000 a Year on a CornerBack ~ even Revis ~ in the bloody Salary Cap Era is flat out
asinine.
Of course, I would first find out if anyone were foolish enough to trade me a rolled up newspaper for'm.
The Patriots snagged Randy Moss for a 4th Rounder.
A Year later, after his Historic 2007 Campaign, and him being only 31 and by all accounts Born Again Hard, I've always believed that we could've fleeced the RedSkins for at
least one 1st Rounder and a lot of Change and probably
consecutive 1st Rounders.
Brian Orkapo.
Duane Brown.
Just
sayin'.
Even Mad Bill often overplays his hand, though, and when we finally did the right thing, just over two Years after the spectacular Spike in Moss's Market Value, we were lucky to rob the Vikings of a 3rd Rounder.
And the Vikings cut Moss
long before we played that Pick.
And that Pick was played, of course, on none other than Ryan Mallett.
I would've rather had
Brian Orakpo & Duane Brown...but that's
me.
Mallett may be McDaniels's or O'Brien's Dream QuarterBack, or they may have little more than a mild Interest...or they may both've seen enough to be convinced that he
sucks.
It could very well be that Mallett has as much Market Value as Hoyer presumably had before we cut'm.
Then again, one of the OC's may've seen enough in Practice and in X Games to be as confident in their ability to assess his Potential as a Year's worth of Live Action afforded Cassel's prospective Suitors, back in 2008.
And they may've loved what they saw.
Fascinating, fascinating Subject.