Ryan Mallett: Bust in the making and why the Seahawks shouldn't draft him.

A 6'6” 250 quarterback that hails from the University of Arkansas, bust. No I am not talking about Matt Jones the former Jaguar and first round pick, but the newest Petrino system QB Ryan Mallett.

Before you even start talking about Ryan's playing style and character you have to look at Petrino's track record of former quarterbacks. First you have to start with Brian Brohm who was drafted (shamefully) by my team the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. His career in the NFL as of three years consists of zero touchdowns and five interceptions and he never made the 53 man active roster in Green Bay which lead him to the Buffalo Bills, one of the worst teams in the league. Next QB in the list is Hunter Cantwell who didn't even get drafted because of doubts in Petrino's system. His career in the NFL, not a single pass. During Ryan's transfer year was the third and final Petrino QB prospect: Casey Dick. He broke records for passing all over the Razorback's record book and where is he now? Trying to get invites to training camps. Out of the three QB's that he has coached, Petrino has shown that they have not been successful at all in the NFL.

After you see that then scouts would have to look deep into his game film to see what kind of a player he really is. He is a duck in the shotgun and just stands in the pocket because he can't move his feet. Some people bring up that it's because he is so tall and has such a strong arm that he doesn't have to move around but if you look at the list of guys that are 6'6”+ that are successful in the NFL you won't see many names on the list. Actually you won't see any, just bust after bust including a certain former Seahawk QB. On top of that his arm strength is good but nothing that you can't find in every draft class.

Anti-clutch INT for the loss in his last college game

Now you pear into his morals and it is very shocking if you would still consider him to be a top QB prospect. Half of being a QB is making decisions and Ryan hasn't made very many good ones off or on the field (ala Sugar Bowl interception). There have been rumors that he smokes weed and uses cocaine, all of that should be cleared up at the combine when the drug tests come back right? Nope. Drugs evidence will be out of the system (as long as he hasn't used in the past month or so) except for in his hair, which is really short and he just cut. Seems a little fishy to me.

Mallett with Snoop Dogg, one of the biggest drug users in the US.

Add that to the fact that he transferred (gave up) from another team already and you are looking at a player with a Jamarcus attitude/arm strength, Matt Jones drug problem and Derek Anderson skill set. A recipe for disaster. I am begging the Seahawks not to take this guy, not for myself but for them.

-Justis Mosqueda
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If you could change 4 things about the NFL what would it be?

I was wondering today what things would I change about the world's best league if I had the power to do so? These are the 4 things I came up with:


1) More Draft Picks
Back in the day the NFL had a huge amount of rounds for the draft and now there is only 7. With more colleges getting more looks and more eyes on TV sets I don't see why the NFL wouldn't go with this approach. Let's say that you go to 10 rounds (which is reasonable), then most of the key "not drafted" rookies will then have been drafted like Blount would have last year. Plus you can break the schedule for the draft even more; normal 1st round on one day, 2nd-3rd on another, 4th-6th on the next and 7th-10th on the last and that would make a 4 day event instead of just 2 or 3.


2) Unified Player Rating
I know this would be a huge task to do but the NBA has player efficiency ratings and the MLB pretty much has singled out each individual player so you know just how much that player is worth on a team. The NFL doesn't and hasn't even perfected the QB Rating yet. Not only would this make it easier to compare players but if a player got injured than you could see how much that effected the team, which would cause Vegas to become interested in it and try to perfect it. It could also come into play with Fantasy Football which grows in massive amounts of popularity a year as the scoring system in the game. This would take very good statisticians to master it but it would make the NFL a lot more interesting.


3) Rookie Pay Scale/Performance Scale
We all know that some players come into the league for the money and other wrong reasons like Jamarcus Russell did in 2007 and this would make sure no team gets destroyed like the Raiders did when they took him #1 overall in that draft. When a team loses games in the NFL right now they get the privilege to draft some of the best young players but it comes at a price, a very expensive one. Teams end up spending more money on unproven rookies than they do for free agents who have proved what they have skill-wise. This would make sure that they don't paid as much which could also encourage rookies to stay in college more which gives scouts more tape to look at for the draft. If the rookies do make it to the Pro Bowl or All Pro Team or something though they should be rewarded for some cash. Rookies shouldn't get 30 million unless they deserve it and with a performance scale they would have to earn it.


4) Celebration Dances
Come on this doesn't need explaining. If I want Ocho Cinco to pull out a sombrero out and dance around it I don't want a flag thrown on the field or a fine thrown his way. NFL=No Fun League. They need to change this around, I know that people would love to see the dances come back.


-Justis Mosqueda
Fallow me on twitter @JustisMosqueda
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Justis Mosqueda's Way Too Early Pac 12 Predictions

Yellow teams make it to bowl games.
Bolded games mean losses and all others are wins.
Bowl games on bottom left.
Spreadsheet (if you want a closer look):
https://spreadsheets0.google.com/ccc?hl=en&key=tE4hdVHyDWVCDf-4OaPw99A&hl=en#gid=0

Working all this out

Now this is synched so we can upload it to iTunes right?
I sure as hell hope so.

And It Works!

http://www.archive.org/details/OnLocksPodcast-test
The first upload from our archive account and all of the uploading and mics work.
On to the real thing!

On Locks Podcast

This blog is for Justis Mosqueda's and Zach Nunberg's On Locks Podcast which covers everything sports from NBA to NFL and everything in between. We will be starting the pod shortly and hope to keep it going for once or more a week for the rest of our lives and I hope you join us.


About Us:

Justis Mosqueda is a diehard sports fan who likes the Oregon Ducks, Green Bay Packers, Portland Trailblazers and the San Diego Padres.

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Zach Nunberg is a diehard sports fan who likes the Washington Huskies, Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Super Sonics (RIP) and the Seattle Mariners.

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