At least Clausen had a decent arm....

[Jmac]

Mighty Mouse has nothing to offer. Yes Clausen sucked, but he could heave it when needed. This chump can't throw it twenty yards. They somehow found a guy worse than Clausen with no arm....good job Tepper. He is your boy and your guy.

[Waldo]

No he didn't and he never did. Bryce is who Clausen thought he was. Clausen just threw the balls Bryce won't because he was also dumber with nothing to lose without that first overall paycheck. 

Clausen had the worst arm I have ever seen and tiny hands to boot. Bryce is just your typical NFL bust level talent without the hunger or need to earn a roster spot...yet

[Jmac]

Your right.....looking on youtube at Clausen and he had a shat arm also. They both suck 

[LinvilleGorge]

Clausen was basically a slower Bryce Young with decent size. His NFL tool set was trash too.

[Khyber53]

I will say this, Bryce was a helluva lot braver than Clausen. 

[OneBadCat]

Im no Bryce stan but I do him like that. Clausen is the worst QB I've ever seen.  Bryce at least had random chance flashes.

[Khaki Lackey]

I've said it before and I stand behind it. If Clausen was given three years he might could have put together a couple of 150 yard games lol

[Mr. Scot]

Clausen threw "flatline" passes along a low trajectory that made them easier to disrupt and / or harder to catch.

[XClown1986]

Clausen was the worst passer this team has ever started and it is not even close. I thought Steve Smith was going to kill him on the field because Clausen kept throwing balls at his feet 

[NAS]

Come on bro don’t make me defend Bryce again. The field looked a thousand miles long with Clausen at QB 

[ProcessBlue2]

10 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Clausen threw "flatline" passes along a low trajectory that made them easier to disrupt and / or harder to catch.

Randy Fasani was the worst. 
 

I think Matt Moore may have had one of the best arms, but he just never developed right. 

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, XClown1986 said:

Clausen was the worst passer this team has ever started and it is not even close. I thought Steve Smith was going to kill him on the field because Clausen kept throwing balls at his feet 

I remember saying at the time that I thought at least one of those was deliberate, done as an attempt to "send a message" to Smith.

Yeah, good idea

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

Randy Fasani was the worst.

I think Matt Moore may have had one of the best arms, but he just never developed right. 

There's a line in Remember the Titans where Coach Herman Boone says to QB Ronnie Bass "you can throw the ball a mile but you can't pitch it six feet".

There are definitely guys who do great throwing bombs but struggle with short and mid-level "touch passes". Lotta guys with strong arms have that issue because they don't know how to take some of the mustard off their throws.

Hell, Brett Favre broke guys' fingers.

Edited November 10, 2025 by Mr. Scot

[ok2h8pep]

I'm not sure.  I remember Clausen being worse than Young but when I look at Clausens highlight reel on Youtube he's clearly making throws downfield off of his back foot that Young simply can't - unless he's running forward to launch it.

But yeah Clausen didn't belong on the field whereas Young will occasionally climb the pocket and deliver a strike.