Quote:LOL, So just for sake of this argument, your argument is Clowney will fail in this system strictly because of coverage responsibilities..  Is that correct?

 

How many times in that game did he actually drop back into coverage?  I'll answer for you.. hardly ever.  Which is why I brought up DeMarcus Ware in the first place. Ware like Clowney was hardly ever asked to drop back into coverage...  and also Mario Williams.  Another player who played at the 3-4 OLBer position yet hardly ever was asked to drop back into coverage. So your "he can't reach his full potential unless he plays within a 4-3 front" is ludicrous.. sorry, but it is.  If a DE can move to OLBer and get injured thus missing half the season, yet still become the highest paid defensive player in NFL history (BTW, that was when Mario Williams was at his best) then I'm pretty sure Clowney is going to be able to figure things out. lol.

 

Clowney is mainly going to be asked to do one thing.. attack the passer.  He did that in the first preseason game (which you said he failed at) and he did it last night also.  If the guy stays healthy he's going to be DROY playing at that position and in this system,

 

Literally, your entire counter argument is comparisons to other players. I'm talking about Clowney.

 

I feel like we're getting nowhere with this because, even if an argument isn't there, you'll find one.

 

Bottom line: As a huge, huge Clowney fan before the draft (And this entire board can tell you how much I was pimping him here), I was not impressed by his first performance at all, and his second one, although not "dominant", was a breath of fresh air, and Houston needs to let go of the 3-4.

 

...Besides, "Dominance" is what Sen'Derrick Marks did against the Bucs, being PFF's highest graded player of the week  :whistling:

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