Was Jamie Dukes out of line on Ryan Mallett?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Agent: Mallett “really sick,” in bed by 10 before canceled Panthers visit | ProFootballTalk

Also Mallett did in fact talk to a Panthers coach on the 9th..

His agent is about as credible as his mother. Actually probably less credible. A mother would be more likely to turn her kid in.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

His agent is about as credible as his mother. Actually probably less credible. A mother would be more likely to turn her kid in.

Agree but there is always 2 sides to a story

[SmootSmack]

Who knows what to believe these days. Talked to one of the guys who worked on Gruden Camp about Mallett. Said he was pretty chill off camera, but you could see a total change in his demeanor when Gruden would ask him to break down plays. He would get totally focused

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Who knows what to believe these days. Talked to one of the guys who worked on Gruden Camp about Mallett. Said he was pretty chill off camera, but you could see a total change in his demeanor when Gruden would ask him to break down plays. He would get totally focused

He's probably a kid that's going to need a good kick in the pants now and then. Would probably help if he has a veteran to mentor him too.

[NC_Skins]

It seems that story posted earlier was a bunch of bullshit.

Agents, Panthers respond to Mallett report | ProFootballTalk

The Panthers have corroborated that version of the events, in an e-mail to PFT: “Ryan Mallett came for a visit to Charlotte two weeks ago. He had dinner with our coaches the evening he arrived and came down from his hotel room for a scheduled breakfast meeting the following morning upon which time he informed a staff member that he had been sick all night with nausea. We told Ryan that if he was ill to remain in his room as long as the nausea existed. We took him to the airport later that afternoon for his scheduled flight.”

SO why in the **** did they post the first bogus rumor before doing their research?? God damn I hate the media.

[SmootSmack]

Well it's not entirely impossible that he went out after dinner, got hammered, got up the next morning, was able to go down to breakfast and tell the Panthers he wasn't up to meeting with them.

But again, who knows really what went down. These next few days are going to be crazy with rumors

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well it's not entirely impossible that he went out after dinner, got hammered, got up the next morning, was able to go down to breakfast and tell the Panthers he wasn't up to meeting with them.

But again, who knows really what went down. These next few days are going to be crazy with rumors

Very true. I'll take back what I said then because it's very possible it's 100% true.


Much different when you hear it from the reporter himself.
NFL draft 2011: Ryan Mallett 'really sick' on Carolina Panthers visit, agent says - ESPN
(reporter's podcast is on the right discussing the story)

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well it's not entirely impossible that he went out after dinner, got hammered, got up the next morning, was able to go down to breakfast and tell the Panthers he wasn't up to meeting with them.

But again, who knows really what went down. These next few days are going to be crazy with rumors

My guess is this is probably what happened. But then again, there are so many smokescreens thrown out this time of year. Who knows, maybe a team picking late in the 1st round is really high on Mallett (no pun intended haha) and floated this rumor with the hope he'd fall to them. That would be a lousy thing to do, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[MTK]

Alright, please stop bumping old threads with the same response no less.

[Hog1]

VANILLA ICE???
Come on man..........

[mooby]

FACT: Nobody cares what Howard Cosell said.