Quote:Hard to pass up a guy like Clowney.  Guy is an athletic freak and I'm sure they had a talk with JJ Watt (who they may be worried to losing in free agency) to coach the guy up and show him what a good work ethic looks like.

Ask the Dolphins back in 2008 who they'd rather take in hindsight. It was hard to pass up Jake Long, a generational talent at Left Tackle which as a position was at the highest of premiums with "The Blind Side" taking over popular culture at the time. And while he's still a good player in his own right (not on the Dolphins roster anymore though), letting the QB fall to #3 overall looks pretty bad now, and the Falcons cashed in on that in a BIG way. The Fins would've been much better off drafting Matt Ryan; and I think the Texans would've been better of drafting Bortles rather than trying to force Clowney into a scheme that doesn't fit his once in a generation type skill set. If Clowney isn't otherworldly on the level of JJ Watt, and Bortles pans out to be even an above average starter (makes it to the playoffs a few times) I could see hindsight looking like a whole different picture. 

 

The thing with a QB is that if you have a chance to take one, regardless of if you "NEED" one, take him because you don't know when the next time will come around that you'll get to draft one. If you dont, you could end up paying a King's ransom trying to procure one. Clowney has the potential to improve the defense enough to get them out of the cellar and have them draft outside the top 10, the problem becomes though: they're good enough to win games, but not good enough to win a championship without "the guy" at QB, and because the roster is talented enough to win, they wont be bad enough in a given year to have the chance to draft a marquee guy.

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