I don't buy this "3rd round value" B.S. Sorry. Mallett came out in an era of instantly gratifying information, where rumors, innuendos get sprinkled in with facts, variations of facts and intentionally misleading information by everyone who can tweet, blog from their parents' basement, stream their media in an effort to stand out from the glut of other more formalized media also trying to stand out by being controversial or shocking. This is not April '83 where information was limited, rumor got gossiped individually, and generally wouldn't be touched by what was more legitimate media back then. And even as such, Marino based on his "bad character" rumors went very late first round. Can anybody really say that in this media hungry, uncredentialed environment, Marino wouldn't necessarily have slipped as far as Mallett if not further down? Again, shame on this team of all of them, for letting Mallett slide past the 2nd round with the history and resulting success we had by opportunistically capitalizing on Marino's diminished market value.
You are ignoring the fact that Mallett admitted, during the draft process, that he actually did have drug and alcohol issues. On top of his off the field issues, Mallett is a complete stiff in the pocket and doesn't seem like the type of guy I would want to be the leader of my franchise. I believe that the QB should be the smartest, hardest working player on the whole team and Mallett sure didn't strike me as that type of guy.