Cut Jimmy Clausen - Sign Troy Smith

[carolina-chuck]

No he doesnt. Clausen has no trade value....just like Smith didn't.

If Colt McCoy has trade value, Clausen do too.

All he has to do is showed he improved in the preseason.

Teams like Arizona, Seattle, Raiders, Jaguars, Rams, and Colts may need a QB for competition or just a better no.2 QB.

Theres a lot of teams without a sure QB or a no.2, so they will be looking for a guy who has the track record and thats someone like Clausen, not Smith.

[mintal]

not sure its as easy as just releasing clausen with out owing him money

Way I see it Clausen should pay us...

lol

[CRA]

If Colt McCoy has trade value, Clausen do too.

All he has to do is showed he improved in the preseason.

Teams like Arizona, Seattle, Raiders, Jaguars, Rams, and Colts may need a QB for competition or just a better no.2 QB.

Theres a lot of teams without a sure QB or a no.2, so they will be looking for a guy who has the track record and thats someone like Clausen, not Smith.

lol...since when is Clausen comparable to the boob known as Colt? Clausen hasn't shown half of what Colt has....and Colt hasn't shown much.

Clausen's track record only shows a guy that has no business playing at this level. Nothing more. You can teach mechanics or a playbook....can't teach someone to not be a girl when it comes to heat in a pocket. Clausen also lacks just about everything you physically look for in a QB.

[CRA]

Here is a stat.

Colt "I suck" McCoy avgs a TD pass every 34 pass attempts.

Clausen averages a TD every 100 pass attempts and never has thrown one to a WR.

They aren't comparable

[redbuddha]

Personally I don't care about backup qb's, but I want someone who can try to keep a win streak alive. In that measure I think Smith was more valuable in college. As much as I hate Touchdown Jesus, I'd take him over Clausen and Smith. (FOR BACKUP PURPOSES ONLY)

[rayzor]

clausen would have been even worse in cleveland.

wrap your heads around that.

[CRA]

Personally I don't care about backup qb's, but I want someone who can try to keep a win streak alive. In that measure I think Smith was more valuable in college. As much as I hate Touchdown Jesus, I'd take him over Clausen and Smith. (FOR BACKUP PURPOSES ONLY)

If the media wasnt on The Golden Calf of Bristol's junk and he could be what he is....a lot is teams would want him.

[Jesse]

How about we just worry about QB3 when Anderson goes out/down.

[panthers34]

show off clausen in the preseason and then trade him

[SOJA]

Reality: a lot of people are better than Jimmy

[CRA]

Reality: a lot of people are better than Jimmy

a lot of really bad QBs are better than Jimmy

[csx]

I don't think Troy Smith is one of them. They both suck.

[PantherPhann89]

A lot of very good debates on which QB is better: Clausen or Troy Smith, and a lot of very good points made. Personally, I don't have a lot of confidence in Clausen... at all, and I'm a believer in: "If you don't change anything, you'll get what you've always got." Clausen doesn't add value to our offensive scheme but I do understand the money situation. If Clausen's cap hit is so low that it's not an impact, I can feel the thought to keep him until it changes but I would put more value on continuing to build for the future at all positions, including a backup QB. Yes, we're talking about a 3rd QB, but if he can excel in Chuds offense, he may move to #2 when Anderson leaves. When that happens, I would rather have a 3rd QB that can add value than a Clausen. I'm not sure how much Smith would want but I definetly think that he'd be a better fit than Clausen.

[chef17]

If Colt McCoy has trade value, Clausen do too.

All he has to do is showed he improved in the preseason.

Teams like Arizona, Seattle, Raiders, Jaguars, Rams, and Colts may need a QB for competition or just a better no.2 QB.

Theres a lot of teams without a sure QB or a no.2, so they will be looking for a guy who has the track record and thats someone like Clausen, not Smith.

The fact that you think Clausen is even comparable to Colt proves there is no point in trying to reason with you.