Quote:Tony Pauline of Sports Illustrated was on 1010XL this afternoon talking draft. He is well known draft expert with lots of NFL and scout connections. I thought I would share some of his comments.


CLOWNEY.........

His #1 top draft prospect. Believes he will be the top defensive prospect since Bruce Smith. He's flexible in that you can rush him outside or inside the tackles taking advantages of a weakness. Game disrupter. Doesn't think there will be any motivational issues for him in the pros. He saw his teammate, Marcus Latimore, go down with devastating injuries and it affected him and factored into his play. He was playing and protecting himself. There's life after college. Still college teams were seriously game planning against him with double teams, triple teams, holding him, tripping him, whatever it took. Only negative was that he didn't come into the season in really good shape.


BRIDGEWATER........

very good player, comes from a pro style offense, experience calling his own plays, should have an easy transition into the pros, tough player, a gamer but has durability issues due to his size. Should excel at the combine especially at the chalkboard sessions. His #2 quarterback on the board.


BORTLES............

Wasn't impressed at first until he saw the films. Big, nimble, has an excellent game, makes the right choices, sees the field well, good presnap reads, handles pressure well, strong, tough guy, smart, proto-typical size, can do it all on his own. His #1 QB prospect.