2011 NFL Draft: Is Ryan Mallett A Good Pick for the Titans with the 8th Pick

I hear he’s a drama queen. Not sure how much merit there is to it but I wouldn’t want him if he was. If we take anyone, it’s got to be Gabbert or Luck, but I think that if they take Mallett I could live with it until he proves there’s nothing to get excited about.

and we dont draft a qb in the 1st like gabbert, mallett or luck (whoo obviously wont be there)
i say we sign mcnabb

If anyone drafts Newton over him there is something wrong there. If we draft Newton I will be utterly speechless.

He also was not really good at those dump-offs under pressure. How much of that was him and how much was his o-line sucking and/or OSU’s d-line getting good pressure and their hands up I don’t know.

I agree he looked better than Pryor – and yes he made some great throws. But every QB can make some great throws.

He looked like a statue and crumbled when crunch-time mattered. Getting the ball back that close to a game winning drive and folded.

I wouldn’t complain if we took him in the 3rd rd, but at #8 would really surprise me.

with the 8th pick not Mallett

That if we can’t get Luck, which we can’t, then none of the QB’s in this draft is worth a firstround pick, and the money it commands, I’d feel much more comfortable drafting the best player available, or trading down for more picks.

Mallet showed us what he is all about last night, good deep ball, avg (at the college level) everything else. This translates to problems in the NFL.

No QB 6’7" or taller has had NFL success. He is 6’7". Let’s not take more chances at the QB position.

All of those guys who got thrown off the team, by the NCAA/UNC. Aside from being comical given the current state of the NCAA’s rule enforcement. But I think they had 5 or 6 defensive players who were expected to be first or second rounders. Off the top of my head.
DE’s Robert Quinn, Quinton Coples
DT Marvin Austin ( I think was a top ranked DT in the country, up there with Dareus from ALA.)
LB’s Quan Sturdivant, Bruce Carter
S Deunta Williams
CB Kendrick Burney. Charles Brown

Not sure that these are all the guys as 15 guys were either suspended or dismissed, but I’m sure that at least 5 of them were top ranked at their position to start the year.
Also from what I’ve read these guys all got booted for dealings with Agents, which is a little less concerning than some other character issues of guys we’ve drafted in the past.

I’m not saying these guys are the answer at #8, but in later rounds if they can be had at a discounted rate, I’d at the very least work them out/draft them.

If any of the rest of you know more specifics, I’d love to know your feelings on these guys.

we trade vy and our 4th rd pick to skins for mcnab/haynesworth. if mallet’s avil in 2nd rd, we take him to try and develop. or..we see if delaware’s pat devlin is still around in rd 3.

If we go QB, top priorities should be accuracy, unquestionable work ethic, a humble team-oriented attitude, and preferably come from a pro system. Someone who won’t take their abilities and draft position for granted. Gabbert could be good, but how often have we seen spread QBs succeed in the NFL? Personally I’m in Locker’s corner for a 2 or 3 round pick, and agree we need to go DT or LB with the first pick. Maybe take a flyer on Pat Devlin from Delaware too; keep an eye on him in the FCS championship game coming up.

Another entirely different route would be take a young guy already in the NFL, someone like Matt Flynn. Could provide a shorter turnaround than a later round draft pick, and allow for a short term transition vet to come in.

Just to address some of the complaints about him:

1) He’s not mobile. This is true, he’s not taking off and running for first downs like Vince, but his footwork seemed good enough. I didn’t pay much attention to his pocket presence, but I wish I had, now. You don’t have to be mobile to avoid sacks and be good in the pocket. Just ask Peyton Manning. He’s probably as slow as his lineman and he almost never gets sacked.

2) He crumbles under pressure? He threw a pick at the end of a big game, sure, but that happens to every QB at one point or another. His only other 2 losses were Alabama and Auburn (he led his team to 43 points in the Auburn game, btw). I didn’t actually see any of these games, as I said, but it seems hard for a QB to constantly crumble under pressure when he’s had the season that Mallet has had. If people are making that judgment based on 1 throw last night, I’d probably be inclined to disagree.

Now, I don’t know for sure that he’s worth a #8 overall pick, and we certainly have some holes on defense that could be addressed, but based purely on what I saw last night, I wouldn’t be upset if we took him.

I will be interested in hearing what the scouting reports say about his football mind/intelligence and work ethic.

What do you guys think? Is he too good of talent to pass up? Should we consider trading down?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andrew_perloff/01/05/2011-nfl-mock-draft/index.html

If that was a one time thing, then I’m okay with it. I think I heard on the radio he’s thrown some key picks like that though and if that’s true, I don’t want him.

a taller Kerry Collins

No QB is worth top 10 money other than Andrew Luck.

he reminds of, at best, a Drew Bledsoe type. at worst, JaMarcus.

Robert Quinn
Blaine Gabbert
Da’Quan Bowers (if he somehow falls to us at number 8)

and grab Jake Locker and have a few extra picks.