Quote:Your statement of "Clowney didn't have a shot at going #1" is a fallacy. Clowney probably doesn't have a shot at going 1st anymore, I'll agree with that. This wasn't the case 12 months ago, though.

 

It didn't take a psychic to predict that Bridgewater would continue to be really good and that Clowney wouldn't live up to the Paul Bunyan tales that sprouted up during the offseason. As long as Bridgewater didn't regress -- and it was extremely unlikely that he would -- Clowney's media-created No. 1 stock would disappear. This was very easy to see coming. A quarterback-desperate team was almost certainly going to get the No. 1 pick, and a quarterback-desperate team wasn't going to take Jadeveon Clowney first overall. Simple.

 

It's hilarious to see Pirkster pretending that Clowney being lazy is some unforeseen speedbump. That's been the knock on him for years. Who is honestly shocked that Clowney's taking plays (and games!) off as his payday nears?

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