I doubt very much Mallett ever becomes a starter for the Patriots, I think they have taken one look at the Kevin Kolb nonsense and thought in 1-2 years time with a bit of polish we can trade Mallet to someone for a high first round pick.
Mind you I wish teams would stop giving the patriots early future picks - wtf is wrong with teams like the raiders? They give up what is likely to be a very early 2nd round pick to get a late 3rd round pick? Idiots.
Sorry to shamelessly plug a thread of mine, but I thought this shit was funny. http://forums.theganggreen.com/showthread.php?t=65868