If Irvin was good enough, he would have received the reps that went to Mallory. Point blank. The mistake that was made was not starting Scaife at one of the tackle spots. Mallory didn't play well. Hopefully that will change. We NEED him.
Ideally, yes.. but we aren't Bama. Even if we were, Mallory isn't a 5th year type player (IMO). As is, he is superior to anyone who can take his place, so coaches just need to a better job at exposing his weaknesses & scheme around his strengths.
If Mallory was our biggest worry, we'd be a pretty **** good football team. We have two special TE's (hopefully Enos remembers that). Just be thankful & stop overreacting.