Clausen, Tate leaving Notre Dame for NFL draft

[Sultan33g]

nah, quinn was always overblown by the national media because of where he played and the fact he looks like me.

...mmhmm

[Carolina Husker]

excelled in a pro style offense, has all the tools in the world, might be a bit of a cade mccown

also get this mallet poo out of here right now. not only is he getting the petrino treatment (he was poo with a stacked cast in michigan) but he's dumb as a brick and sounds like an extra from 8 mile.

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[shinner]

nah, quinn was always overblown by the national media because of where he played and the fact he looks like me. every could see he was a poor man's pennington.

he hasn't exactly been given too much of an opportunity though...not only with the merry-go-round qb situation with the Browns, but as has been said, how many quarterbacks would be successful on that team's offense? Put him on a decent offense and give him steady playing time and I think he'd be much better.

[Carolina Husker]

I think Clausen will be a great NFL QB. Pike will too. Mallett, not so much.

Cincy plugged in their backup and didn't skip a beat when Pike was injured. Hell, there was worry he might not win his job back. That's not something I like to see if I'm a GM looking at a QB.

[panthers55]

Because when Charlie Weiss comes here in January as our OC, he will press hard for Clausen or Brady Quinn.

[Fiz]

He's still got pretty great size and a huge arm, and Michigan was a ******* mess of epic proportions when he was there.

it was the same team that beat florida in the rose bowl

[Fiz]

he hasn't exactly been given too much of an opportunity though...not only with the merry-go-round qb situation with the Browns, but as has been said, how many quarterbacks would be successful on that team's offense? Put him on a decent offense and give him steady playing time and I think he'd be much better.

cleveland's crappiness aside, he still has a 35 yard arm.

it's not like the browns' offensive line is bad, and mohommad massoquai is a fine Wide Reciever

[Kevin Greene]

Matt Cassel is currently demonstrating the difference between playing in a good system vs a poor one.

One good year in NE got him 6 years/63 million from the Chiefs. And the Patriots a high 2nd round draft pick.

[Mr. Scot]

Because when Charlie Weiss comes here in January as our OC, he will press hard for Clausen or Brady Quinn.

Not sure if you're serious, but it is a real possibility.

[panthers55]

Not sure if you're serious, but it is a real possibility.

I would actually like to see it. One of the only negatives I see is that Weiss recommended Davidson for the job and they are likely close. He might now be so keen on being the reason that Davidson gets fired.

[Carolina Husker]

it was the same team that beat florida in the rose bowl

The Michigan team that also lost to App State at home? Yeah, that was Chad Henne's team that beat Florida.

[davos]

I would actually like to see it. One of the only negatives I see is that Weiss recommended Davidson for the job and they are likely close. He might now be so keen on being the reason that Davidson gets fired.

The one thing to note though is that I don't think we've seen the real Jeff Davidson. We currently witness John Fox's version of Jeff Davidson on Sundays.

[shinner]

cleveland's crappiness aside, he still has a 35 yard arm.

And Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl with his longest pass going for 44 yrds...big deal. No one's saying he's Manning or Brady, but you can win with a QB like him. Everyone was sucking Anderson's dick but what did he do with the Browns' supposedly decent OL and Massoquai catching passes?

[jramsey4]

Why?

A lot of reason #1 he reminds me so much of Steve Smith. He has 93 receptions (about 8 catches per game), 1,496 yards (124 per game) and 15 receiving TD's (1.25 per game). He shows the ability to get good separation against even the best defenses, his stats against the Trojans: 8 catches, 117 yards, 2 TD's. Like Smith he can make those circus catches that we all love. He has very good hands and is very good at YAC. He is a converted RB and is very tough to bring down especially by CB's.

He was actually a RB in high school, and had never played WR until he got to ND. As a freshman he had 6 catches all year because the only route he knew how to run was a Go Route. Now he has progressed to the point that he can get open on almost any thing he runs. He also brings the added dimension of in the Wildcat. As an ex-RB, he understands how to run the ball through an offensive line and use blockers, and he has the fearlessness and power of a RB.

In other words extremely great value in the 2nd if he was to somehow fall. I don't want Clausen unless Weis is our OC even then I would rather have Quinn, as I think he has better tools and would come far cheaper.