Never said that changing a player's position was simple, Jim but probably the players most able to make a transition such as that are quarterbacks who basically have to know what the all the other players on offense are doing and are generally some of the more intelligent players on the team. Belichick has a history of liking cerebral players that CAN play different positions. Let's face it...there was little interest shown in Tebow as a quarterback in this league. The Patriots signed him for the veteran's minimum so they have not invested a large sum of money in him if he doesn't work out. He is a smart guy, he's an athelete and he's willing to work his butt off. If he wants to play football in the NFL he's either going to have to demonstrate that he can throw the ball better or he's going to have to play another position. That's reality.
Mallett is definitely trade bait because he HAS learned the Patriot's system and he's got elite quarterback skills which makes him a valuable commodity either backing up Tom Brady or by becoming a starter on another team via a trade. Belichick doesn't make that trade however unless he likes whoever would step up to be Brady's back-up and Tebow isn't even close to being that guy at this point.
