If the Patriots are Showcasing Ryan Mallett, They’re Doing it Wrong

Tom Brady makes the short to intermediate passing game look deceptively easy. He’s pretty good on screen passes, too. Ryan Mallett is not good with the short to intermediate passing game. If New England hopes to move Ryan Mallett for even a fourth round pick, they need to tear those pages out of the playbook for Mallett. When he throws a pass it should travel at least twenty yards in the air. He’s actually pretty good with the deep ball. Go deep. That's it. That's all.

What’s painfully clear at this point is that Ryan Mallett is a square peg. He is the wrong quarterback for Julian Edelman, the wrong quarterback for Danny Amendola and the wrong quarterback for Josh McDaniels’ offense.

If Belichick and McDaniels are going to convince some other team that Mallett is the right quarterback for them, they need to let Mallett be Mallett.