The Facts: The saga of Mallett reached a conclusion Tuesday when the Texans ran out of patience and cut him from the roster. According to two sources who were not authorized to speak publicly, T.J. Yates is coming back to Houston as the Texans' new backup.

Diehards Line: The firing of the strong-armed, but frequently inaccurate former starter and Arkansas standout follows a history of lateness by him and a major disagreement between coach Bill O’Brien and general manager Rick Smith reported by the Chronicle. O’Brien wanted to release Mallett prior to the Texans’ blowout loss to the Dolphins when Mallett missed the team charter to South Florida and had to purchase a ticket to fly commercially on his own. However, Smith didn’t want to do that because it would have meant they would have had only one quarterback on the active roster, Brian Hoyer, with Zac Dysert on the practice squad and Tom Savage on injured reserve. Now, Mallett is off the team and the Texans are moving on without him. Mallett previously missed practice during training camp days after Brian Hoyer was named the starter, attributing his oversleeping to his phone alarm not going off and vowing to Smith that he would buy an alarm clock and it wouldn’t happen again. But yet it did just months later as Mallett blamed Saturday traffic in Houston on him not making it to the Texans’ flight for this last road game. Mallett completed 53.1 percent of his throws this year for 770 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions for a 63.6 passer rating.