Ya and the back up TE who coughed up the ball was cut after the game. Mallett played very well against Jaguars in pre-season. Let's break this down one more time;

A. Tom Brady retires in 2 years = Mallett ain't going anywhere.

B. Tom Brady plays 3 or 4 more years so Mallett's contract expires in 2 so do the math.

C. Cassel is to Mallett as Mallett is to Cassel.

D. Malletts trade value, whatever it is, is highest right now.

E. Patriots simply must find a way to get back the 4th, 5th and 6th round picks for THIS draft.

F. We need the picks before the draft.

G. Teams that MAY want Mallett will want him BEFORE the draft.

H. If this goes down it will be before, or during, the draft.

As I have said many times, Brady is a short timer.

The majority here have said my senility is kicking in.

If the majority is correct then it makes no sense to allow Mallett to play out his deal.

Well mallet needs to play better in preseason and when he gets in a game he needs to throw more then 3 passes in a row with out a pick    When he got in I felt bad for him that he threw a pick that wasn't really his fault.  

Ya and the back up TE who coughed up the ball was cut after the game. Mallett played very well against Jaguars in pre-season. Let's break this down one more time;

A. Tom Brady retires in 2 years = Mallett ain't going anywhere.

B. Tom Brady plays 3 or 4 more years so Mallett's contract expires in 2 so do the math.

C. Cassel is to Mallett as Mallett is to Cassel.

D. Malletts trade value, whatever it is, is highest right now.

E. Patriots simply must find a way to get back the 4th, 5th and 6th round picks for THIS draft.

F. We need the picks before the draft.

G. Teams that MAY want Mallett will want him BEFORE the draft.

H. If this goes down it will be before, or during, the draft.

As I have said many times, Brady is a short timer.

The majority here have said my senility is kicking in.

If the majority is correct then it makes no sense to allow Mallett to play out his deal.

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Ya and the back up TE who coughed up the ball was cut after the game. Mallett played very well against Jaguars in pre-season. Let's break this down one more time;

A. Tom Brady retires in 2 years = Mallett ain't going anywhere.

B. Tom Brady plays 3 or 4 more years so Mallett's contract expires in 2 so do the math.

C. Cassel is to Mallett as Mallett is to Cassel.

D. Malletts trade value, whatever it is, is highest right now.

E. Patriots simply must find a way to get back the 4th, 5th and 6th round picks for THIS draft.

F. We need the picks before the draft.

G. Teams that MAY want Mallett will want him BEFORE the draft.

H. If this goes down it will be before, or during, the draft.

As I have said many times, Brady is a short timer.

The majority here have said my senility is kicking in.

If the majority is correct then it makes no sense to allow Mallett to play out his deal.

Why? With exception of Hern and maybe Cannon the Pats haven't been the best at drafting in the mid rounds. If you said a couple more into day 2 ok by why must they get back to the mid rounds? How often do we see mid rounders succeed? It's let catching lighting in a bottle most of the time.

Now to the general topic at hand, of course the Pats would float that out. Regardless if they had planned on trading him or not saying you are looking to trade him only hurts you. If you show you want to keep him then you hold the cards if another team is trying to pry him away. No team in their right mind should every say in public they are actively seeking a trade or that a player isn't in their future plans unless they desperately need to get rid of him (cap space/troubled player) or they plan on cutting him the next day.

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In response to NoMorePensionLooting's comment:

Ya and the back up TE who coughed up the ball was cut after the game. Mallett played very well against Jaguars in pre-season. Let's break this down one more time;

A. Tom Brady retires in 2 years = Mallett ain't going anywhere.

B. Tom Brady plays 3 or 4 more years so Mallett's contract expires in 2 so do the math.

C. Cassel is to Mallett as Mallett is to Cassel.

D. Malletts trade value, whatever it is, is highest right now.

E. Patriots simply must find a way to get back the 4th, 5th and 6th round picks for THIS draft.

F. We need the picks before the draft.

G. Teams that MAY want Mallett will want him BEFORE the draft.

H. If this goes down it will be before, or during, the draft.

As I have said many times, Brady is a short timer.

The majority here have said my senility is kicking in.

If the majority is correct then it makes no sense to allow Mallett to play out his deal.

Why? With exception of Hern and maybe Cannon the Pats haven't been the best at drafting in the mid rounds. If you said a couple more into day 2 ok by why must they get back to the mid rounds? How often do we see mid rounders succeed? It's let catching lighting in a bottle most of the time.

Now to the general topic at hand, of course the Pats would float that out. Regardless if they had planned on trading him or not saying you are looking to trade him only hurts you. If you show you want to keep him then you hold the cards if another team is trying to pry him away. No team in their right mind should every say in public they are actively seeking a trade or that a player isn't in their future plans unless they desperately need to get rid of him (cap space/troubled player) or they plan on cutting him the next day.

It's elementary my dear Watson...

It's actually something that has been preached here, I believe folks like Muzzwell preach at this alter.

And that being, in a salary CAP era, you simply must rebuild through the draft.

Free agents cost money.

Rookies help your CAP while under their initial contracts.

Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th round guys are your "meat and potatoes" of your team.

A record 75 underclassmen have declared for the 2013 draft.

Mel Kiper, like em' or hate em' has stated there is going to be great value in the mid rounds, I would like in on that.

Most "experts" agree that DT is deep so I really don't want to trade back if I don't have to.

If Mallett can be leveraged to gain a few mid round picks then why not.

I would actually be convinced that the Patriots themselves already know when Brady's time is up and a big clue (to me) would be if Mallett stays.

Question is...when is Brady's time up? Mallet has 2 years remaining in his contract. What concerns me more however is if this kid is our future , don't you want to start the process of battle testing him now? he can't get meaningful game action which I think slows his progress. He has had 2 years to study and work on technique. At some point you just have to play him. If that time is not until 2-3 years away, maybe more, why keep him? He isn't going to be developing at a rate he would need tp provide us as a starter. 

The point is..if mallet is the heir to Brady why not play him now? Why not cash Brady in for a ton of picks while we can? Why not free up a ton of cap space to pursue quality free agents?  I know Brady is our best chance to win now...

In response to NoMorePensionLooting's comment:

In response to PatsEng's comment:

In response to NoMorePensionLooting's comment:

Ya and the back up TE who coughed up the ball was cut after the game. Mallett played very well against Jaguars in pre-season. Let's break this down one more time;

A. Tom Brady retires in 2 years = Mallett ain't going anywhere.

B. Tom Brady plays 3 or 4 more years so Mallett's contract expires in 2 so do the math.

C. Cassel is to Mallett as Mallett is to Cassel.

D. Malletts trade value, whatever it is, is highest right now.

E. Patriots simply must find a way to get back the 4th, 5th and 6th round picks for THIS draft.

F. We need the picks before the draft.

G. Teams that MAY want Mallett will want him BEFORE the draft.

H. If this goes down it will be before, or during, the draft.

As I have said many times, Brady is a short timer.

The majority here have said my senility is kicking in.

If the majority is correct then it makes no sense to allow Mallett to play out his deal.

Why? With exception of Hern and maybe Cannon the Pats haven't been the best at drafting in the mid rounds. If you said a couple more into day 2 ok by why must they get back to the mid rounds? How often do we see mid rounders succeed? It's let catching lighting in a bottle most of the time.

Now to the general topic at hand, of course the Pats would float that out. Regardless if they had planned on trading him or not saying you are looking to trade him only hurts you. If you show you want to keep him then you hold the cards if another team is trying to pry him away. No team in their right mind should every say in public they are actively seeking a trade or that a player isn't in their future plans unless they desperately need to get rid of him (cap space/troubled player) or they plan on cutting him the next day.

It's elementary my dear Watson...

It's actually something that has been preached here, I believe folks like Muzzwell preach at this alter.

And that being, in a salary CAP era, you simply must rebuild through the draft.

Free agents cost money.

Rookies help your CAP while under their initial contracts.

Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th round guys are your "meat and potatoes" of your team.

A record 75 underclassmen have declared for the 2013 draft.

Mel Kiper, like em' or hate em' has stated there is going to be great value in the mid rounds, I would like in on that.

Most "experts" agree that DT is deep so I really don't want to trade back if I don't have to.

If Mallett can be leveraged to gain a few mid round picks then why not.

I would actually be convinced that the Patriots themselves already know when Brady's time is up and a big clue (to me) would be if Mallett stays.

Exactly.  Mallett was a 3rd rounder with value and huge up-side.  Why would we want to get rid of him?  Now, if some team blows us away with a huge offer, like an early first rounder, then maybe you have to make that deal.  No way that happens though.  I don't see the point of trading a low-cost, high-reward player like Mallett for a couple of mid-round picks.  We would still need to replace him somehow, and it would likely have to be with someone not nearly as talented.  I say keep him.

It's elementary my dear Watson...

It's actually something that has been preached here, I believe folks like Muzzwell preach at this alter.

And that being, in a salary CAP era, you simply must rebuild through the draft.

Free agents cost money.

Rookies help your CAP while under their initial contracts.

Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th round guys are your "meat and potatoes" of your team.

A record 75 underclassmen have declared for the 2013 draft.

Mel Kiper, like em' or hate em' has stated there is going to be great value in the mid rounds, I would like in on that.

Most "experts" agree that DT is deep so I really don't want to trade back if I don't have to.

If Mallett can be leveraged to gain a few mid round picks then why not.

I would actually be convinced that the Patriots themselves already know when Brady's time is up and a big clue (to me) would be if Mallett stays.