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  • swiper
    Legendary Zoner
    • Sep 2010
    • 33105
    #1

    Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

    Texans bench Ryan Fitzpatrick, turn to Ryan Mallett

    Posted by Michael David Smith on November 5, 2014, 12:31 PM EST
    AP
    The Texans have made a change at quarterback.

    Ryan Mallett is the new starter in Houston, coach Bill O’Brien announced today. Ryan Fitzpatrick, the veteran who has had a mediocre start to the season, moves to the bench.

    “I just felt like in the best interest of the team, this is the decision I needed to make,” O’Brien said.

    The move has been talked about for weeks and comes as no surprise, as O’Brien has long been a fan of Mallett’s. The two of them worked together in New England, when O’Brien was the Patriots’ offensive coordinator. The Texans sent a sixth-round draft pick to New England to acquire Mallett in August, and now the Texans will find out what they got for their pick.

    Houston is on its bye this week. Mallett will get the first start of his NFL career next Sunday in Cleveland.
    Texans bench Ryan Fitzpatrick, turn to Ryan Mallett
    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/05/texans-bench-ryan-fitzpatrick-turn-to-ryan-mallett/
    The Texans have made a change at quarterback.
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  • Swiper
    Legendary Zoner
    • Sep 2010
    • 33105
    #2
    Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

    Always said he was nothing more than a decent back-up.

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    • Night Train
      Retired - On Several Levels
      • Jul 2005
      • 33117
      #3
      Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

      True about Fitz but no one even knows if Mallet is even a decent backup...let alone a starter.

      Mallet was a major choker during tight games at Arkansas.
      Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit

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      • Swiper
        Legendary Zoner
        • Sep 2010
        • 33105
        #4
        Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

        Originally posted by Night Train View Post
        True about Fitz but no one even knows if Mallet is even a decent backup...let alone a starter.

        Mallet was a major choker during tight games at Arkansas.
        They probably feel they're a point where they can give him some live game reps and see what they have. Three or four games ought to tell them whether he's worth keeping and developing further.

        LeSean McCoy says that this Texans team is the worst he has ever played on.

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        • Buffalogic
          Rumblin' Stumblin' Bumblin'
          • Feb 2006
          • 5346
          #5
          Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

          Interested to see what Mallet is all about after being on the bench for 3 years.

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          • The King
            Without me it's just Awe so
            • Jun 2004
            • 42380
            #6
            Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

            Originally posted by Swiper View Post
            They probably feel they're a point where they can give him some live game reps and see what they have. Three or four games ought to tell them whether he's worth keeping and developing further.

            LeSean McCoy says that this Texans team is the worst he has ever played on.
            Doesn't he play for the Eagles?
            I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
            "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
            You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
            It was all             true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
            He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can             mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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            • Mr. Miyagi
              Lecter's Little *****

              • Sep 2002
              • 53616
              #7
              Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

              Originally posted by The King View Post
              Doesn't he play for the Eagles?
              Maybe he meant Arian Foster?

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              • Ed
                Dude
                • Sep 2002
                • 9247
                #8
                Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

                I wish the Texans were still on our schedule and we had played @Denver week 4 instead.
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                • Swiper
                  Legendary Zoner
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 33105
                  #9
                  Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

                  Originally posted by The King View Post
                  Doesn't he play for the Eagles?
                  LOL. I promise I don't drink.

                  McCoy says Texans' field is "probably the worst" he's ever played on
                  http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/03/mccoy-says-texans-field-is-worst-hes-ever-played-on/
                  The field at NRG Stadium has absorbed plenty of criticism in recent weeks.

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                  • feldspar
                    Registered User
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 13620
                    #10
                    Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

                    Originally posted by Swiper View Post
                    LOL. I promise I don't drink.
                    Put down the crack pipe, then.
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                    • DynaPaul
                      Registered User
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 7540
                      #11
                      Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

                      FitzTragic.
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                      • Forward_Lateral
                        Registered User
                        • Mar 2004
                        • 29897
                        #12
                        Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

                        Originally posted by Swiper View Post
                        LOL. I promise I don't drink.

                        http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ver-played-on/
                        It says field you moop
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                        • better days
                          Registered User
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 22028
                          #13
                          Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

                          Originally posted by Swiper View Post
                          LOL. I promise I don't drink.

                          http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ver-played-on/
                          Are you sure you don't drink?

                          McCoy said the FIELD in Texas was the worst he has ever played on, not the team.

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                          • streetkings01
                            Registered User
                            • Jul 2006
                            • 2980
                            #14
                            Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

                            Fitz is your prototypical backup QB. He can fill in for 1-6 games and keep your team around .500 , asking for anymore then that and your setting yourself up for failure.
                            You can call me streetkings

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                            • IlluminatusUIUC
                              Registered User
                              • Sep 2012
                              • 8966
                              #15
                              Re: Two Teams Later: Ryan Fitzpatrick benched for Ryan Mallet

                              Originally posted by Swiper View Post
                              They probably feel they're a point where they can give him some live game reps and see what they have. Three or four games ought to tell them whether he's worth keeping and developing further.
                              O'Brien should already know what Mallett is capable of, he was there when they drafted him.


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