Yep. Totally ignoring the fact that Mallett wasn't keeping the linebackers and safeties from know how to tackle.
Poor guy. If it weren't for the O-line choosing to be bad when he played and for WRs choosing to to drop his passes and his alarm clock choosing to not go off and Houstonians choosing to make traffic bad, he'd be a Pro Bowl starter.
While I know the pickings were slim, but if he was willing to come here, I would have signed Matt Flynn... if only because his wife is prettier than TJ Yates.
And Fitzpatrick. But I guess they got draft picks for both of them so it wasn't a total waste. Oh wait... draft picks? Yeah, total waste.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources say even those close to him wonder aloud if Ryan Mallett will ever get it and realize he's squandering his potential</p>— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/659047073409560576">October 27, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Lol. I would like to see a list of who's been working out. I can't see Yates being a top 5 available qb.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rick Smith was always on board with cutting Ryan Mallett, just not at a time when it would have meant having no backup QB in a game. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) <a href="https://twitter.com/taniaganguli/status/659046860833824769">October 27, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Technically Ryan Mallett's entire $2.5M salary is guaranteed, but he'll likely only earn the balance of the $1.75M partial guarantee <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason_OTC/status/659047149485846528">October 27, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please stop with the Ryan Mallett questions. The Cowboys have no interest in troubled players from other teams...to play quarterback.</p>— Clarence Hill (@clarencehilljr) <a href="https://twitter.com/clarencehilljr/status/659044333966856193">October 27, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Don't forget about the Earth's magnetic field and gravitational pull choosing to go berserk every time he threw the ball causing it to travel at the speed of sound directly at his receivers' ankles. Mallett is just an unfortunate victim of circumstance.