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4 hours ago, Rags said:

Fun fact: you can make this thread about almost every other pick taken after Clausen in the second round outside of Golden Tate, Carlos Dunlap, or Sean Lee.

 

Jason Worilds was pretty good.  He's the kid that was due for a big contract and surprisingly retired.

I remember going to a game of Saints vs Bengals and I couldn't believe how big Carlos Dunlap is.  He's one of those guys that you can look at his size stats on the web and watch him on TV, but its hard to appreciate it until you see him in person.

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3 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Sooooo......Herbert or Love to deliver a second #1 pick?

Why? We had Clausen in Grier. With what we saw last year, Grier would have guaranteed us the #1 pick. With a D giving up 30 a game and a QB who only gets us 6 points every other game, I think mathematically our odds at 0-16 would be 99.98%. Also, let’s not forget Weinke who Clausened us into Peppers. Both of them did their jobs amazingly well and I dare say that Grier would have made them proud.

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35 minutes ago, Wes21 said:

Jason Worilds was pretty good.  He's the kid that was due for a big contract and surprisingly retired.

I remember going to a game of Saints vs Bengals and I couldn't believe how big Carlos Dunlap is.  He's one of those guys that you can look at his size stats on the web and watch him on TV, but its hard to appreciate it until you see him in person.

Javier Arenas was a decent player too.

Looking at the rest of the draft makes me ill....taking Donald LaFell 5 picks before Emanuel Sanders. Trading up to take Armanti Edwards 2 picks ahead of Navarro Bowman and 6 picks ahead of Jimmy Graham. Drafting Eric Norwood 9 spots ahead of Kam Chancellor.

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Hindsight GM's out in force today I see.

Look, Clausen was terrible.  No argument.  However, at the time he was picked, things like this were being said:

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It wasn't his personality or leadership skills that failed, dude just couldn't play.  All this shows is that QB is the ultimate wildcard position.

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12 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Hindsight GM's out in force today I see.

Look, Clausen was terrible.  No argument.  However, at the time he was picked, things like this were being said:

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It wasn't his personality or leadership skills that failed, dude just couldn't play.  All this shows is that QB is the ultimate wildcard position.

I was never a Jimmy fan, even when they were hyping him up as a "kid."  They talked about how advanced he was relative to his peers.  Well no poo he's "advanced," he's older than them.  He was pushing 20 when he left high school. LOL  

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Mel Kiper loved him some Clausen...

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While most people viewed Clausen as a second round pick, Kiper had him as the fourth best player in the entire draft.

People were quick to point out that Kiper’s rankings might be biased because of his friendship with Clausen’s agent, Gary Wichard — something Kiper scoffed at.

Kiper was so confident in his analysis of Clausen that he had this infamous exchange with ESPN foil Todd McShay:

Kiper: “If Jimmy Clausen is not a successful quarterback in the NFL, I’m done. That’s it. I’m out.”

McShay: “What is your time frame, Mel? When do we make that assessment?”

Kiper: “I want eight years.”

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/mel-kipers-top-10-nfl-draft-blunders.html

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