With All The NFL Injuries, Could Ryan Mallett Be Traded This Week?

[supafly]

The only thing that brings this out Cloud ****oo Land, albeit only to the realm of WTF?, is that his salary for 2013 is only $5M.

Sure, but it jumps pretty significantly next year and the years remaining on the contract are in the teens, right?

On top of that, it'd be difficult imagining why the hell ARZ would have paid an enormous roster bonus like that just recently, to turn around and then trade him?

If you want to take it one step further, they finally bring in a mediocre journeyman QB who ends up getting Larry Fitz the ball for the first time in many years, and now they are going to get rid of him?

I'm not buying it for one milli-second. Hell, I'm not even buying the Gordon or Gonzalez rumors either, but I'm surely not buying this one. (and for what it's worth, I don't mean to insinuate that you are buying it either, as I know that you are way too smart for that)

Free agency and the trade deadline are exciting times for a fan, I suppose, but they are insanely annoying too. Wasn't there a grand total of ONE trade at the deadline last season? Yet we'll hear half a million rumors from now until next week about all 32 teams. I guess that's just the way it goes for the social media age.

Remember that yet-to-be-paid guarantees written into the contract transfer to the new team. That's why it was hard to trade Cassel: whatever team took him would be obligated, at a minimum, to pay him $14.6M.

I was under the impression that was just due to the franchise tag alone, although I suppose both cases are still yet to be paid guarantees, so they'd both apply.

Either way, does anyone honestly think that we'd get rid of Tom Brady by next December? Especially on a relatively team friendly deal for a QB of his talent and caliber? I mean....who exactly would be replacing him? We couldn't look to the draft in April/May for our guy to actually learn our offense in only one summer, even IF there were a great prospect that Belichick liked.

It would seem to me that Brady is here to stay, and there shouldn't be any discussion otherwise. This is mainly stemming from the "his skills have greatly diminished" thoughts. Meanwhile, he's Pete Rose on the football field as a player and a manager/coach all in one this year more than ever.

 

[manxman2601]

Yeah, cuz it's always a great idea to trade your backup QB when there are only two QBs on the roster. Do I even have to explain why?

You guys have been speaking the English language for a good 500 years, I'd have thought you'd have got a handle on the word "could" by now.

 

[manxman2601]

Great thread Manxman. I am totally open to them trading Mallett and bringing in another backup QB. Whether he'll be traded, I don't know. Anyways I agree with your post.

Thanks CC. Hope you are well.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Sure, but it jumps pretty significantly next year and the years remaining on the contract are in the teens, right?

IIRC (I looked it up before my previous post, 'cause I remembered there was at least one small year in there somewhere), it's >$10M for four of the next five years (the one "small" year is 2015).

Free agency and the trade deadline are exciting times for a fan, I suppose, but they are insanely annoying too. Wasn't there a grand total of ONE trade at the deadline last season? Yet we'll hear half a million rumors from now until next week about all 32 teams. I guess that's just the way it goes for the social media age.

Yep. Talib.

Either way, does anyone honestly think that we'd get rid of Tom Brady by next December? Especially on a relatively team friendly deal for a QB of his talent and caliber? I mean....who exactly would be replacing him? We couldn't look to the draft in April/May for our guy to actually learn our offense in only one summer, even IF there were a great prospect that Belichick liked.

It would seem to me that Brady is here to stay, and there shouldn't be any discussion otherwise. This is mainly stemming from the "his skills have greatly diminished" thoughts. Meanwhile, he's Pete Rose on the football field as a player and a manager/coach all in one this year more than ever.

I certainly don't think it's likely.

 

[fumbrunner]

No way this is going to happen with no depth at the QB position.

Besides, who is going to give up a first or second for a guy that hasn't played even one NFL regular season game? Unless Al Davis rises from the dead on Halloween, its not going to happen.

 

[fumbrunner]

Correction TEBOW TURNED DOWN the offer to play 2 games in Russia. Last I heard Tim was practicing at USC. Just because no other team has offered to pick Tebow up dosen't necessarily mean lack of talent. Kurt Warner is a prime example of that. Tim Tebow Turns Down $1 Million To Play In Russia « CBS Connecticut

Not looking for a Tebow debate as the thread is not intended for that. However, I had to respond to this post and make a correction that Tebow turned down the offer to play football in Russia.

For the love of God, STOP WITH THE TEBOW DISCUSSION!! He is long gone and you don't need to defend his honour every time his name is mentioned in a negative light, particularly in a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with him. Am I the only one that gets irritated by the idiocracy of these posts? and comparisons to a HoF Qb? Sheesh

 

[Boogs]

For the love of God, STOP WITH THE TEBOW DISCUSSION!! He is long gone and you don't need to defend his honour every time his name is mentioned in a negative light, particularly in a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with him. Am I the only one that gets irritated by the idiocracy of these posts? and comparisons to a HoF Qb? Sheesh

Relax man. CC was correcting some mis-information.