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He didn't deserve to be a first round pick in any capacity.
Mallet has a cannon. Rare arm out of the Cutler and Stafford mold. Learning under the greatest Q of our generation.
Barkley was a consensus top-5 pick one year previous. A bad season at USC doesn't change his evaluation completely for me. He played behind a porous offensive line. Admittedly tried to do too much and forced things, thus the increased turnovers. He did benefit from Lee and Woods. What a luxury.
That may be true with what you say about Weeden and Barkley's draft positioning, but I don't really care about all that. If they end up producing like they need to then it doesn't really matter where they were drafted. We can discuss value at certain draft slots and all, but the Browns had a vision at that point and it's unfortunate that that regime didn't have the chance to see it through.
Do we know if Mallet really learned though or what it was he did learn? Everyone loves a QB with a cannon, but its always been more about accuracy, anticipation, and mental preparation and resolve.