Posted by Josh Katzowitz Patriots QB Ryan Mallett and pro golfer John Daly = BFFs? Well, maybe not best friends forever, but it seems like they’ve grown pretty tight.
That’s the word from the Boston Herald, which writes that Daly has helped Mallett how to handle negative publicity and, naturally, his golf game.
“He needs a little work,” Daly told the paper. “But he needs clubs about four inches longer because he’s so tall. I called TaylorMade to see if we can take care of him.”
The two apparently became friends recently after they appeared together on a quarterback special with Jon Gruden. And already, Daly is trying to mentor Mallett through the stormy waters of dealing with a much-criticized past.
“I’ve always believed that the press loves to write about the past, whether it’s good or bad,” Daly said. “In my life, it’s been bad. I’ve been telling him, don’t live in that past. And I don’t know about Ryan’s past. You talk to everybody about it, there’s nothing there. … You know the deal: If someone sees you drinking a beer, they think you’re drunk, especially if you’re a celebrity. All I know is, he’s a good kid.”
And if Daly proclaims it, it must be so.
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