Ryan Mallett

[Dodub]

Man that guy has turned into a complete disappointment. I loved him coming out because of his arm talent but that dude has absolutely nothing going on upstairs.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13984288/houston-texans-release-qb-ryan-mallett

[Tomikcon1971]

After I saw this I was waiting for the sign Mallet cut Kaep thread......

[clyde21]

He's a child in a 6'7" frame.

[Ease_Ur_Storm]

The NFL as a whole did a great evaluation job the year he slipped in the draft. He reminds me of Marinovich as far as blatant waste of talent goes. Caught this excerp of an article yesterday. Have bolded the thing I immediately thought of when he missed the plane.

NFL morning after: Ryan Mallett shows he just doesn’t get it
Posted by Michael David Smith on October 26, 2015, 6:42 AM EDT
Ryan Mallett AP

Maybe I should talk today about Tom Brady or Todd Gurley or one of the other great players who had a great day yesterday in the NFL, but I want to start by talking about a backup quarterback on a bad team: Ryan Mallett.

Mallett might be my least-favorite player in the NFL right now, because the players I don’t like are the ones who won’t do the work to get the most out of their natural talent. And there may be no one in the NFL who gets less out of his talent than Mallett.

The Texans’ team flight to Miami for yesterday’s game against the Dolphins took off without Mallett, because Mallett didn’t make it to the airport. Mallett explained that there was traffic in Houston, and he couldn’t get to the airport in time.

Do you buy that excuse? When you add up the players, the coaches, the trainers and the various support staff that travel with an NFL team, it can be 100 or so people. There’s no indication that any of them other than Mallett missed the flight. Did they all get to the Houston airport by hoverboard? Or did they get to the airport on time despite experiencing the same traffic in Houston that Mallett hit, because they — gasp — accounted for that traffic when they decided when to leave for the airport?

And, of course, stuff like this is par for the course from Mallett. After Mallett lost out to Brian Hoyer in the Texans’ quarterback competition in training camp, he no-showed a practice that week. When Mallett was at the Scouting Combine before the 2011 draft, he skipped a meeting with the Panthers after staying out late the night before.

Some players have such a drive to succeed in the NFL that they’ll do anything to make it. Mallett is not one of those players. It’s a shame because Mallett has a big arm and the talent to be a good NFL quarterback, but he just doesn’t have the mental makeup of a successful NFL quarterback.

Now let’s get past Mallett and move on to some of the good things from Sunday in the NFL:

[wco81]

I remember one scouting report about how he needed too much of a footprint, so he was more vulnerable to a pass rush than shorter QBs.

Pats probably thought he could be another Brady, who's also tall but gets rid of the ball on time.

However a lot of what Brady does is dink and dunk so why bother with a guy with a cannon arm if he can't get the mental aspects of the game?

[DoobieKeebler]

I know I shouldn't have been surprised by his behavior in Houston, but I gotta say I am. He should have known that Hoyer wouldn't last the entire season as the starter and all he had to do was not f*** up or die unexpectedly, but he had to go and f*** things up for himself.

I get missing a meeting or missing a charter flight, if it was one or the other and was an isolated incident, but this poo-butt passive aggressive tantrum crap is ridiculous. How do you throw away your entire life's work like that?! I would understand drug and alcohol addiction(s) as personal demons that cause problems and/or ruin a career waaaaaay more than sober, clear headed immaturity ruins a career. If your biggest issue is that you don't have any patience and can't put in any effort or dedication to achieve your goals, get the f*** off the field because there are 1,000 guys s**ttier than you, but with 1,000 times more heart, who would give up their left nut to even be on a practice squad.

Good riddance, Mallet. Maybe now that you're unemployed you can apply for a free Obama phone... I've heard they come with alarm and calendar features.

[Ease_Ur_Storm]

Agreed. I thought Mallet would end up becoming an elite QB. He should be ashamed of himself if he doesn't have a drug or alcohol addiction issue the way he's screwed the pooch this year. More of these idiots should admit their limitations and go ahead and buy a Ferrari. Then hire a personal assistant to wake them up and get them to the airport in the Ferrari. Pay them a ridiculous salary. He'd be a lot better off than he is right now on the street. I just imagine how crazy all those coaches were going when he missed that flight. I know one wanted to get rid of him on the spot, but another coach convinced him to wait until after the game because they had no other QB backups. Would have loved to hear that interaction.