Quote:Yep, one decent game against arguably the worst tackle in the league makes up for the fact that he looked completely lost the previous week.

 

 

After two preseason games?

 

But lets just ignore the fact that he was a ghost against Arizona outside of the one time they dropped him back into coverage and he got torched deep by a slow TE.

 

He's playing out of position. The only reason the Texans haven't switched to a 4-3 is because Crennell is historically stubborn, so much that he's nearly ruined every defense he has gone to since he left New England.

 

I'm not sure where you're getting this "fact remains" thing though, because the opinion on Clowney as a 3-4 OLB is not exclusive to this board, and you can ask anyone here how I felt about Clowney before the draft, thinking Houston would do the logical thing by forcing Crennell to go to a 4-3. I was terrified of that.

 

Not so much in the 3-4, thankfully.

 

I'm sorry, stopped reading after  you posted "the fact that he looked completely lost the previous week", because that never happened (the guy played great in that game too)..

 

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"Playing outside linebacker for the first time in his career, it was evident that Clowney was very comfortable rushing the passer. During his brief playing time in the first quarter ,he was consistently in the backfield. On one play when the Cardinals foollishly tried to block him with a tight end, Clowney drilled Cardinals running back Stepfan Taylor for a 5-yard loss.

"The Cardinals' combo of Carson Palmer and backup quarterback Drew Stanton torched the Texans' first-team defense. However, the Clowney-J.J. Watt combo was Houston's one bright spot. The first time Watt lined up next to Clowney on the right side, Watt ended up with a sack. Clowney wans't far behind on the play. Teams trying to man-block the duo are going to find that plan faulty. 

"The rookie also performed well against the run, diagnosing plays and driving ferociously to the ball. 

Read more at http://www.i4u.com/2014/08/80855/jadeveo...xRxL9dB.99

  Just more wishful thinking on your part and you trying to skew and distort what actually did take place in order to fit your narrative that Clowney will suck as a 3-4 backer and will be ineffective in this defense..

 

The 1st preseason game... guess who drew more double teams.  Hint, the players' name was not Watt.

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