Well I will defer to the gamecock fans who watched him more than me.I haTE when people tell me what I don't know about Gator players.
He's not a loafer. Look at the season before this one.What he has doing is trying not to get hurt and lose his meal ticket. Take that for what's it worth . You may not like that attitude but that's what he was doing.
You know this excuse is stupid. Every draftable senior and junior should be dogging it then. People started this silly talk like he is the first guy who went back, willingly or not, and was playing under the shadow of a high draft grade. If he is willing to dog it so he can get paid, what motivation does he have once he gets paid?
I mean I kinda see things from Clowney's perspective here.You're one of the highest rated prospects to come out of college and know you're going to get paid. Imagine one major injury, everything he worked his whole life to do is gone. And for what? He could risk it for college ball, or hold off to play in the pros where much more is on the line.I'd like to see his motor run harder than it did this season, but I see his reasoning if it is to avoid injury.
So, Sammy Watkins is a potential bust because the author can't figure out who will pick him?
Here is the thing about Watkins. He was a tremendous talent at Clemson and has speed to burn. But I do not see teams falling head over heels to draft him. He could be a pick of the Rams at No. 2 or he could slide as far as nine to Buffalo. There is a good player without a true team to call his own.
Watson : Is he really taking the play off or is your friend just assuming , " this is jadaveon Clowney , why isn he in the QBS face every play! No one can possibly block him ! He must be loafing !" ??
I honestly think thats what a lot of people are assuming. I've seen this guy play hard against doubles and triples all year, and the only time he slacks is when hes been hustling every play and they run a sweep to the opposite side of him. Most of the times when he does "take a play off" I thought to may self that I dont blame him. People are really evaluating him incorrectly this year.This is one game where I heard some people say he was taking plays off. Some one please point out to me where he is showing any lack of effort in rushing the passer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYd29xlmc04
Did we hear the same stuff about Simeon Rice (who would be exactly the type of player I'd be looking for)?
Did we hear the same stuff about Simeon Rice (who would be exactly the type of player I'd be looking for)?
No, I think you are mis-remembering. The guy dominated as a freshman (9 sacks), junior (16 sacks), and senior (12.5 sacks), and then had 12 sacks as a rookie. His workouts in college were legendary.Issue with him (in the pros) was ability to handle the run.
Did we hear the same stuff about Simeon Rice (who would be exactly the type of player I'd be looking for)?
Nope, lazy is not the a term you want to hear on a lineman. Lazy, takes plays off guys turn into the players who look like King Kong and play like Fay Wray. You can be good every 3rd play.
Did we hear the same stuff about Simeon Rice (who would be exactly the type of player I'd be looking for)?
Nope, lazy is not the a term you want to hear on a lineman. Lazy, takes plays off guys turn into the players who look like King Kong and play like Fay Wray. You can be good every 3rd play.
http://espn.go.com/magazine/vol5no26rice.html
On Tampa Bay: "I'll say it: I wanted to be a Giant. New York is my city. I'm from Chicago. But Tampa? Please. It's not me. I like bright lights."The lights have been on Rice, and early on they exposed holes in his game that would cost him money years later. He led the Cardinals in sacks after being picked No.3 overall out of Illinois in 1996, but fell asleep in film sessions and turned off his teammates and coaches by playing off-season basketball in the USBL instead of working out at the complex. He was tagged as uncoachable, lazy and, most deflating, soft. After Rice failed to crack Arizona's top 10 in tackles his last two years there, Mark Hatley, then Bears VP of player personnel, told him not to bother visiting Chicago as a free agent, saying, "Your game is all flash."Still, Rice averaged more than nine sacks a season his first three years in the league, though he didn't make his first Pro Bowl until 1999, when his 16.5 sacks couldn't be ignored. Bucs defensive line coach Rod Marinelli was on the NFC team's coaching staff, and when he watched Rice during a pass-rushing drill in Hawaii, the wheels began spinning. Marinelli knew that the game was shifting toward mobile passers, and he saw Rice -- faster with his hands and feet than any defensive end he'd ever coached -- as the perfect defensive counter. After a practice, Lynch asked Marinelli if anyone had caught his eye. Said the coach, "John, Simeon Rice is doing things I've never seen anyone do before."...Marinelli prodded Rice by noting how many times he loafed during games in the first half of the 2001 season and tacked the results on a wall for the team to see.
LMAO at Jdud's Donald being on this bust list.
Dude hadn't even entered the thread yet. Do you keep a notebook on him?
LMAO at Jdud's Donald being on this bust list.
Dude hadn't even entered the thread yet. Do you keep a notebook on him?
No you are thinking of Buggsy the Scarecrow . CuteQB'sonly actually found his photobucket where he chronicles comments of people he doesn't like, LOL. Hillarious .Jdud on the other hand has been pretty obsessive with his Donald campaign lately. Pretty hard to miss. Just funny that this article gets posted right after. I'm sure it pisses him off to no end.
He's not a loafer. Look at the season before this one.What he has doing is trying not to get hurt and lose his meal ticket. Take that for what's it worth . You may not like that attitude but that's what he was doing.
DJ,I live near Columbia and have watched him since he arrived. He has been a "one great play" ....."multiple plays off" player. My neighbor is an alum and he goes to all the games and he is always talking about it. Again, not saying he doesn't have loads of talent and can be dominating....I just don't trust his committment.
I also live in Columbia and went to USC. My brother is a manager at a local restaurant that some of the players like to go to. Clowney is not a mature guy and I have serious, serious reservations about him at the NFL level.
Every true Bucs fan should have a special place in their heart for Mike Mamula. He was the lynchpin of our great defense and our Superbowl victory.
Half of the guys on the list won't be early picks. Wilder Jr? An early round bust? Who exactly is going to draft a Larry Czonka clone in the year 2014 in the early rounds?
Clowney will dominate at the next level. He was a born warrior with unlimited potential. I would never bet against him.
I wouldn't take Clowney. I think he is going to get the money and check out just like Aaron Curry.
