It's just pre-season ,but he looked pretty good and seemed to have absorbed the offense well. Mallet has a cannon for a arm and I see him as a very decent lotto pick and in my opinion they could get a pretty good buyer these days. I like him better than Landry Jones. I see Luck, RGIII, L.Jones as the top QB's Weedem looked pretty good, but I think Mallet is better than him as well.
Hoyer is a good back up for Brady and I just think Mallet could get the Pats more on the open market. The whole Manning melt down and Polian's getting fired could make some gm's do a double look, so there is value in Mallet staying, however keeping him on the bench for 3-4 years is a waste and I can see him causing problems if he's not dealt. Mallet is no Rodgers in my opinion. I think he wants to play asap and unlike Rodgers won't sit around quietly and wait, this is all opinion of course. He has kept his nose clean so far.