The only writing on the wall is that Mallet's contract is up and Tom Brady will be god until he retires.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The <a class="hashtag" action="hash" title="#Patriots">#Patriots</a> were waiting to see if they could draft a QB they liked before they attempted to trade Ryan Mallett. They have him now.</p>— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/464941009324216321" data-datetime="2014-05-10T01:32:29+00:00">May 10, 2014</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Texans made no bones about wanting to draft a QB. BoB said himself they might even draft 2. They basically told everyone, "You want a QB? Then you better draft him before us!" I assume they aren't complete idiots and knew what such proclamations would mean.