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    If we draft Clausen....

    How many people on this site are going to say that it's simply due to Bradford's agents demanding too much money?

    While Sam Bradford is almost certainly still our number one target, Kevin Demoff stated on Sunday that preliminary talks have been held with all of the four top prospects, as well as Okung and Berry. Given that we really need a quarterback, will any decision to select Clausen at number one (assuming that no trades are made) be attributed by the pro-Bradford majority to his over-rapacious representatives? Will Clausen be regarded as the "cheap" alternative?
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    Re: If we draft Clausen....

    Sounds more like they are preparing in the event of a trade down. I'm not sure if this is saying the top four prospects plus Berry and Okung or the top four are Bradford, Claussen, Berry and Okung? I'd lean towards the former (top 6), though I'd expect them to speak with the top 7 because the Browns are a likely trade target.

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      Re: If we draft Clausen....

      I'm still not sure that the Browns want to trade up to get Bradford, Holmgren said no qb in the 1st, they probly just want someone that they think will be gone by 7.

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        Re: If we draft Clausen....

        Originally posted by DistantRam View Post
        How many people on this site are going to say that it's simply due to Bradford's agents demanding too much money?

        While Sam Bradford is almost certainly still our number one target, Kevin Demoff stated on Sunday that preliminary talks have been held with all of the four top prospects, as well as Okung and Berry. Given that we really need a quarterback, will any decision to select Clausen at number one (assuming that no trades are made) be attributed by the pro-Bradford majority to his over-rapacious representatives? Will Clausen be regarded as the "cheap" alternative?

        If we draft him number 1 overall, I don't think he will be seen as a cheap alternative. He'd still be commanding number 1 pick, quarterback money. If we trade down, he's still going to be a top 10 quarterback, and might flex a little muscle like Matt Ryan did a couple of years ago.

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        • tomahawk247
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          There seem to be very conflicting views as to where Clausen should be taken in the draft. Some people speculate he could fall to the second round, while earlier in the year he was projected as a top 5 pick.

          My main reason for asking the question is in case the Rams do trade down out of the top 5. Im wondering if Clausen's projected value would allow the Rams to take him should they trade down.

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        • Varg6
          Real Speculation Begins on Clausen...
          by Varg6
          Per ESPN.com *Rumor Central*

          For over a week, we've been speculating on which NFL team would draft Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen if he went pro. Take the "if" out of that equation now, because ESPN.com's Joe Schad is reporting that Clausen will declare for the draft. So was he pushed in that direction by some unruly fans? We got word from ESPN.com's Joe Schad on Tuesday that Clausen was decked in the face by a surly Notre Dame fan on Sunday morning. It certainly didn't help keep him in school.

          Clausen is one of the more intriguing names on Mel Kiper Jr.'s Big Board, and some analysts think he could be the first QB drafted this April.

          Here was Kiper last week on the teams that might be interested in the gunslinger:

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          "Leaving all the coaching chatter aside, which could obviously affect his decision, Clausen could certainly be the top quarterback taken. I think he's certainly capable of going in the top 10 or 12, and remember, St. Louis might want a quarterback, Washington might want a quarterback, we're not sure if Oakland will draft one, but they're another team with a problem at the position. The struggles at Notre Dame you can't put on Clausen. He's been battered, particularly early on. But he can play the position and personnel people know it. Comparing him and [UW's Jake] Locker, for instance, Clausen is far more refined at this stage."

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          The reason I posted this was because of that one sentence in Mel's quote about personnel people. It'll certainly be interesting to see what we do in the upcoming draft.
          -11-26-2009, 09:44 AM
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          Junior Quarterbacks - Jimmy Clausen

          I bet you never thought in the past month that Notre Dame junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen is one of the most underappreciated quarterback prospects in the history of the NFL Draft. But after reading this blog entry, you just might change your mind.

          First, I am going to tell you why you might not like Clausen, and let's be real here, there is a lot of bias against him. Some criticism is warranted, but a lot isn't.

          Notre Dame is the most hated football program in America, period. They are the Duke of the gridiron. Automatically, you hate Clausen because he went to Notre Dame, just like you hated J.J. Reddick because he went to Duke. If you want to make an analysis as objective and professional as possible, then you need to cut the crap and get over the Notre Dame hate if you have it - and a lot of that is out there. Think about it: if you put Sanchez on Notre Dame and Jimmy Clausen at USC, then Sanchez is the hated prospect and Clausen is the beloved underclassman.

          Maybe you don't like Clausen because of the blond, spiky hair, or the limo appearance he had when he was a senior in high school to declare for Notre Dame. These aren't "low profile" characteristics and automatically, you might have disliked him.

          For whatever reasons you're down on Clausen, please put them in the back seat and have an open mind when reading this blog entry.

          Clausen just amassed one of the most impressive junior seasons among pro-style quarterbacks in the past 10-20 years.

          Let's remember that Clausen had a very bad offensive line this year for Notre Dame. Sure, he had good weapons, but the running game was poor and receivers Michael Floyd and Kyle Rudolph missed significant action (eight games missed total between them).

          When Floyd went out, Clausen stepped up. With a bum turf toe, he didn't play at all in the second half and led the team to a game-winning drive to beat Purdue. The following week, he posted 422 passing yards against Washington. Over the next three games (USC, Boston College, Washinton State), Clausen threw for 774 yards, six touchdowns and zero interceptions....
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        • laram0
          Kiper has Clausen rated ahead of Bradford
          by laram0
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        • Bar-bq
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          -03-31-2010, 03:09 PM
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