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Floyd Could Now Be Drafted Over Blackmon


philw5289

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That is just so wrong. Sure Floyd could make him look good when they are the only two on the field. Put a D on the field and Jimmy boy is instantly confused. Smitty couldn't help that.

It was mainly sarcasm.

But... there was some fault on Smith, I was the first Cam supporter on this site (go back to October of 2010 and I was talking about him, yes that was week six in the NCAA right after Auburn beat Kentucky) but I'm not a Clausen hater. Clausen was a rookie and a struggling rookie at that, so when you have a guy in Steve Smith who doesn't want to play for Clausen or even try to help him grow as a player, how do you expect Clausen to perform much less succeed.

Now don't twist my words, Clausen is not a good quarterback, he needs a lot offensive help (Michael Floyd, Golden Tate, Kyle Rudolph, John Carlson, to succeed where Cam showed at Auburn (Darvin Adams, Onterio McCalebb, Michael Dyer, Mario Fannin, Philip Lutzenkirchen) that he has the ability to put a team on his back.

By the way, Floyd was able to make Clausen look good in 2008 and 2009. You know when they were both on the same Notre Dame team; not just on the practice field.

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It was mainly sarcasm.

:) Mine was not a serious post either.

I know Flyod and JC were teammates. And JC was just a rookie when he started for us. Not everyone comes out and lights the league up their rookie year like Cam. Not a JC hater either but sure glad he is on the bench when we have Cam.

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Any story that improves the impression people have of Jimmy Clausen is OK by me...As terrible as he was on the field in 2010, for a rookie QB that wasn't drafted to start he played as expected...I'm thinking he ends up still on the roster, unless a trade is worked. He won't be cut.

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