Quote:Oh, ok.  Yeah, that's true and I agree there.  However, I don't think the disparity in rush opportunities was that great.  And if you look at the defenses, Clemson was the #1 defense and Florida was the #15.  Both are very good, elite defenses.  When you look at 3rd down, however, Clemson is a run away #1 in 3rd down stops while Florida plummets to 52nd.  This tells me that Clemson had significantly better pass rush on pass rush downs.  Now, its not conclusive that the credit all goes to Beasley and the blame all goes to Fowler, but this stat is very telling as far as ability to rush the passer. 

I think you're dead on here.  Beasley has the potential to be the NFL sack leader while playing.  He's that good and explosive.

 

Fowler, on the other hand, may do a number of things better, but in the actual art of rushing the passer - I don't see how he can be anything more than "slightly above average" - if that.

 

If Fowler is the pick, I think it's Gus Bradley pounding the table for him... personality wise he seems like the perfect Gus Bradley player.  

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