Quote:You lost me but then again you have lost me on your unrequited love for Clowney.  I for the life of me can not figure out why one person that keeps saying he is the obvious choice seems to have ZERO concern about his work ethic this past year.  To me that screams concern.  How you can not have watched his play from this past year and NOT be concerned about his taking plays off has me puzzled.  You and I are usually on the same page about just about everything so I am truly at a loss as to why you seem to display no worries about this past year?????????

 

Ever since I saw his film from his junior year of high school, I have wanted him in a Jaguar uniform.

 

I've followed recruiting for 10 years now, and he's the best prospect I've ever seen come out of high school. 

 

I don't see any red flags with him. He had eight sacks and five forced fumbles as a freshman, and thirteen sacks and three forced fumbles as a sophomore, where he also won SEC DPOY. Just because he only had three sacks and eleven tackles for loss this past season doesn't mean he was lazy and took plays off. Did he take a play off here and there? Sure. Not many players go full tilt every play of every game. Teams purposely ran their offenses away from his side. The UCF game is a perfect example. They completely gameplanned away from him. That tells you what kind of impact he has. He was double-teamed all season long. Just because he didn't sack the QB every down or make every tackle doesn't mean he wasn't trying or taking the play off.

 

Like I said earlier, I think this "work ethic" thing with Clowney has been blown way out of proportion. He dropped 8 lbs of bad weight to get in shape for the combine. If you want to question his work ethic, that's fine, but the kid has things you can't teach. His talent and ability is unreal. His size/speed/power combination is incredible. He is the type of player that comes around every 10-15 years. You can find players like Teddy Bridgewater almost every year or two. Clowney is on a whole different level. If we're going to compete for championships, we not only need a QB, but we need someone who will terrorize the Bradys and Mannings if and when we face them in the playoffs.

 

I firmly believe, like others on here have said, that you will regret passing on him if you do not take him.

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