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Texans release quarterback Ryan Mallett after missed flight
SI ^ | October 27, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 10/27/2015 10:03:06 AM PDT by C19fan

The Texans have released quarterback Ryan Mallett after he missed the team’s flight to Miami last weekend, the team announced Tuesday.

Brian T. Smith of the Houston Chronicle​ reported Monday that head coach Bill O’Brien wanted to release Mallett before Sunday’s game against the Dolphins but was overruled by general manager Rick Smith. Releasing Mallett before the game would have left starter Brian Hoyer as Houston’s only quarterback.

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To: Vermont Lt

Very, very embarrassing.


41 posted on 10/27/2015 11:04:57 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Salvavida

>>Patience Texans, Johnny Football will be available for you soon enough.<<

Manziel or Tebow.

Let the “best yodeler in Harlem” competition begin.


42 posted on 10/27/2015 11:09:17 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: Slyfox

He also led the Broncos to the playoffs that one year he played for them.

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Yup.

The QB is the general, and gets the credit. It’s the QB’s team.

Like the superbowl winning, Trent Dilfer led Ravens of 2000, right?


43 posted on 10/27/2015 11:09:19 AM PDT by dmz
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To: C19fan
Texans release quarterback Ryan Mallett after missed flight

An opportunity for Jerry Jones to pickup another losing qb.

44 posted on 10/27/2015 11:10:41 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Charter Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and Lifelong Enemy of Hillary Clinton!)
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To: taxcontrol

Are you getting “Server errors” as I have been getting?

I had the dreaded double post but you had the thrice-dreaded triple post.

As for your post content — as I said, winners win. The only game stat that matters is the score at the end of the game and the only season stat that matters is W-L.


45 posted on 10/27/2015 11:12:33 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: taxcontrol

As a Broncos fan, and supporter of Manning, I can honestly say that I believe Denver management really screwed up. They should have kept Tebow, worked on his motion, and let him understudy Manning.

[snip]

Oh well, no one seems to listen to me anyway.

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They have a pretty good ex-qb evaluating talent in Denver in the person of John Elway. He probably has a leg up on you in terms of knowing what kind of potential Tebow had.


46 posted on 10/27/2015 11:14:10 AM PDT by dmz
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To: freedumb2003

Ok, Ok, I heard you. (Ha Ha.)


47 posted on 10/27/2015 11:24:27 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Grams A

Sorry Grams...Us Pats fans are playing this year with a hair across our behinds. :-)


48 posted on 10/27/2015 11:25:47 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt
Sorry Grams...Us Pats fans are playing this year with a hair across our behinds. :-)

At least you can say that your heads are now as properly inflated as your balls... lol

49 posted on 10/27/2015 11:29:22 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

>>The NFL is a pure meritocracy. If you can play, then you will be on the field, whoever you are or whatever you do off the field. <<

The fact Ryan Leaf took even one NFL snap is proof of that.


50 posted on 10/27/2015 11:37:20 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: dmz

>>They have a pretty good ex-qb evaluating talent in Denver in the person of John Elway.<<

I was in Denver for a while and near as I can tell not only does Elway know QB but he also knows furniture, cars, convenience stores, hardware, real estate, manufacturing... ;)


51 posted on 10/27/2015 11:40:59 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: Night Hides Not

Oh, we were always cocky bastards.

Now we are just angry too.


52 posted on 10/27/2015 11:44:00 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: freedumb2003

No, this is the 6-0 Denver defense.


53 posted on 10/27/2015 11:49:32 AM PDT by OLDCU
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To: Salvavida

What’s Vince Young up to these days?


54 posted on 10/27/2015 11:52:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

Mallett might be my least-favorite player in the NFL right now, because the players I don’t like are the ones who won’t do the work to get the most out of their natural talent. And there may be no one in the NFL who gets less out of his talent than Mallett.

The Texans’ team flight to Miami for yesterday’s game against the Dolphins took off without Mallett, because Mallett didn’t make it to the airport. Mallett explained that there was traffic in Houston, and he couldn’t get to the airport in time.

Do you buy that excuse? When you add up the players, the coaches, the trainers and the various support staff that travel with an NFL team, it can be 100 or so people. There’s no indication that any of them other than Mallett missed the flight. Did they all get to the Houston airport by hoverboard? Or did they get to the airport on time despite experiencing the same traffic in Houston that Mallett hit, because they — gasp — accounted for that traffic when they decided when to leave for the airport?

And, of course, stuff like this is par for the course from Mallett. After Mallett lost out to Brian Hoyer in the Texans’ quarterback competition in training camp, he no-showed a practice that week. When Mallett was at the Scouting Combine before the 2011 draft, he skipped a meeting with the Panthers after staying out late the night before.

Some players have such a drive to succeed in the NFL that they’ll do anything to make it. Mallett is not one of those players. It’s a shame because Mallett has a big arm and the talent to be a good NFL quarterback, but he just doesn’t have the mental makeup of a successful NFL quarterback.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/10/26/nfl-morning-after-ryan-mallett-shows-he-just-doesnt-get-it/


55 posted on 10/27/2015 12:02:02 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: C19fan

I’d love to see a former Baylor QB end up in Houston but I doubt the Texans want another ‘all-bout-me’ QB.


56 posted on 10/27/2015 12:30:39 PM PDT by ratzoe (damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
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To: Vermont Lt

Us Pats fans are playing this year with a hair across our behinds. :-)”

Thanks for making me laugh. I needed that!


57 posted on 10/27/2015 1:41:57 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: taxcontrol

I will listen. Tebow can hand the ball off to an RB. Apparently that part of the game doesn’t count to those who have never played and watch ESPN everyday. RGIII is a bum making $Millions per year. Not playing. This clown Mallett is probably making good money to be a backup. Gino White & Mark Sanchez come to mind as QB’s making big bucks and should not be playing.


58 posted on 10/27/2015 2:17:04 PM PDT by DrDude (Does anyone have a set of balls anymore?)
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To: Vermont Lt

+1. Tony Romo was full of it when he said to Brady “see you in February. “ Cowboys are going nowhere.


59 posted on 10/27/2015 3:25:33 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: Night Hides Not

The only way Tony Romo sees Brady in February is if he wins a ticket.


60 posted on 10/27/2015 4:24:43 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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