On the first week of training camp, New England coach Bill Belichick was in the middle working with all the quarterbacks, even Ryan Mallett. That’s not because Belichick is getting ready to replace Tom Brady tomorrow. (People close to Belichick think Mallett will never play a meaningful down for the Patriots.) “I know Bill took that kid just because he knows he can turn him into something more later on,†another general manager said. “All the concerns about that kid’s attitude … he won’t be there long enough for that to have an impact on the locker room. Bill will get him ready, put him on display in some exhibition games and then trade him away for a first-round pick or something like that.†Aside from the sordid tales of him from college, the latest story about him was the all-night partying he did at the NFL Players Association rookie symposium in Sarasota, Fla., in July, according to two sources. There’s nothing wrong with a 20-something doing a little partying, but when that’s a black mark on your reputation and you’re now trying to make it in the NFL, you’d think one would change that a little. Source: Yahoo! Sports
Of course that's The Hoodie's plan. As much as I hate Brady he still has plenty of good years left so they weren't drafting Mallet to groom him as a backup just yet.
I don't see the big deal if it's not interfering with actual football activities. And I'd rather have Brian Hoyer over Ryan Mallett anyways. If Mallett turns out to be worth a high draft pick that's great.