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We'll find out what Ryan Mallett is all about.
No setting would have provided a truer test than New England, where the coach runs a tight operation and the quarterback provides the perfect template for a youngster to follow.
Team after team saw Mallett's name on the draft board and ignored it. Seventy-three picks were made, including four by the New England Patriots, before they finally added the quarterback many analysts called the most NFL-ready quarterback in this year's class.
"When I got that call," Mallett said, "it was a great feeling just to know that somebody wanted me."
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