my homerism? MY HOMERISM? Here's the thing. Look at my posts, I warmed up to Mallett at the end, but I have been saying for AGES that Mallett has attitude problems. Being a Michigan fan, and seeing and knowing things about his time at Michigan I said Mallett had all the tools, but something was up. He was HATED by his teammates at Michigan. Henne and Hart were 2 of the only guys who could stand him. He was leaving no matter who the coach was. I said I saw a lot of potential in him as a freshmen at Michigan. I'e said time and time again, that seeing him at Arkansas something just didn't seem right. He didn't really develop how I thought he would. I heard the cocaine rumors.
And don't call me a homer. Yeah I'm optimistic, but I try to keep an impartial look on things. I love CK, I respect what he does. If I didn't why would I ask him to do a radio interview with me for school? Why would I constantly on my radio show site Chris Kaufman and Universal Draft as a source. I think CK does a helluva lot when it comes to analyzing the draft, and I feel sometimes he does not get the credit he deserves.
That being said, I stay to my opinion. Okay, you want to say the pick is graded D- not on Daniel Thomas but on passing Ryan Mallett. Here is the question I have for you. Why are the Pats the only team willing to take a risk on Mallett? Why is it that teams that NEED QBs like Minny, Tennessee, Cincy, and San Fran were willing to take on projects who might have to start right away and should be nowhere near the starting lineup over Mallett? THe Pats can draft Mallett and afford to let him sit for 3-4 years when he will be 26-27 and maybe he will be ready. WE DO NOT.
As I said in other threads. We hit a lot of needs in this draft with guys who should contribute. I don't look at the draft on who we pass up, I look at a successful draft on who can help make us better right away.
I love CK, but his word is not the law for me. And to call me a homer while people, yourself included, are calling our draft a failure because we didn't draft Mallett instead of basing their grades on who we draft, only support my opinion
So again, hate my optimism, but atleast I am willing to GIVE these players a shot rather than openly root for them to fail like some people on this forum (NOT a shot at you or CK, or anybody in particular, but there are those here and they know who they are).
So you warmed up to Mallett until we didnt draft him, then he sucks and his attitude is garbage and you really had it right the first time and the fact that every other team passed on him just validates your opinion. Gotcha. I mean this in a very literal way: Mallett could rape women and murder animals...and still be a successful NFL quarterback. But all of this is besides the point.
Ck simply posted his opinion. Is it going to be influenced by us missing on a fine prospect we could have gotten for the cheap? Sure. But to go around declaring "your just biased against this player because we didnt draft the guy you wanted!" Thats crap. People can seperate there own homerism on a subject and post an objective opinion on the matter. The fact that Ck was just repeating on opinion that he had previous posted weeks and months ago is the most amusing thing in this debate. There is a very real trail of evidence. But the first thing you posted was "hey...your letting your emotions cloud your opinion!".
Another thing, looking past the glaring "who cares" if he is letting his emotions show in a thread about his
personal opinion, as i said before: its both. You can dislike a player and you can dislike passing on another player. It doesn't need to be one or the other. Personally, i am not excited about Daniel Thomas. He brings nothing new to the table. We already had a running back who couldnt take it home. We already had a running back who didn't have the best burst. We already had a running back with a huge flaw. In Ronnie's case, it was injuries. In Daniel Thomas's case, he fumbles the ball. Why in gods name cant someone(or everyone) feel thats not a great thing? There are very legitimate reasons why someone can grade Daniel Thomas poorly. He did almost fall to the third round(ironic that its cool for Thomas to fall, but for Mallett its validation for reasons to hate him). And none of those reasons involve Ryan Mallett. I sat here and listed no less than 4 reasons why i disliked the Daniel Thomas pick and your go to is still
"you hate him because we didnt draft Ryan!". I didnt even mention him in that entire paragraph.
But hey, ill answer your question: Ryan Mallett dropped because of supposed off the field concerns. Multiple NFL executives have commented on it after the draft:
Besides a public intoxication charge in 2009 at Arkansas, Mallett was rumored to have used drugs in college. Two personnel executives with teams looking for a quarterback said that in predraft interviews Mallett admitted to only using marijuana.
“We didn’t believe him,’’ one of the executives said. The other hinted as much.
There are no concerns about Mallett’s love of football. When he’s in the building, at practice and on game day, the son of a high school coach is all in.
It’s the other hours that concerned teams.
“Things just aren’t right with him,’’ one NFL executive said. “Has the drugs and alcohol stuff. He can be a hothead. Carries himself like the 6-7 Eminem. He’s just a different dude. Maybe they can keep him in check. They can take that risk. We can’t.’’
That’s why Mallett lasted until the 74th pick, where the Patriots hope they struck gold.
http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-30/sports/29491385_1_ryan-mallett-patriots-hope-nfl-executive
As Mallett has never failed a drug test, he obviously has his "concerns" under some level of control. And guess what, heres a shocking secret that might blow peoples mind: The Miami Dolphins
DO have time to develop Ryan Mallett. Tony Sparano and Jeff Ireland might not. But the Dolphins are bigger then Tony Sparano. The team is bigger then Jeff Ireland. If it was in the
best interest of the team then you
pull the trigger. Jacksonville did it with Blaine Gabbert, and there coaching staff is about to start collecting boxes. Instead, we have a front office who has shown they will look out for themselves over building a winner. And somehow, thats a good thing.
We are not the 2008 Miami Dolphins anymore. Our team is rebuilt. Our "OMG GLARING NEEDS" were laughable. We had someone who could have played center, we wrote up his contract with that possibility in mind. We no longer need to scramble for bodies. We no longer need our rookies to start immediately. We no longer need to be scared stiff if we bust on a player. Honest to god, we really only had 1 positional need that required a high round draft pick to get a player of good quality: Quarterback.
But wait, lets exam our other "OMG OUR TEAM WILL SUCK IF WE DONT FILL THESE NEEDS RIGHT NOW" positions. Running backs are so easy to fill its a joke. 3 of the more popular running backs last season were Peyton Hillis, LeGarrette Clount, and Arian Foster. Combined, a single 7th round pick was used on
all 3 of them. The Denver Broncos had to send the Browns a 6th round pick(and another conditional pick) to trade him away. Let me repeat,
the team trading Hillis away gave the team receiving him draft picks on top of the player. Guards and centers are almost never taken high, there is a reason for that: they can be found elsewhere. The value for that position just isn't there. Mike Pouncey is not as good a prospect as Nick Mangold(29th overall) or Maurkice Pouncey(18th) or Steve Hutchinson(17th), therefor it wasn't a great pick based on his value.
Between value, laughable needs, our team being rebuilt, our stated goals for our offense, and the players own flaws: they can get bad grades. And look at that, none of those reasons included Ryan Mallett. But if you pass on good players to pick bad ones, that can also lower your grade depending on who you ask. Of everyone involved, you are the one that seems to obsessing over passing on Ryan Mallett. For you keep throwing accusations of "if you dont like him its only because we passed on Mallett".
