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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 04:53 PM Oct 2013

Apparently the NFL is having second thoughts about drafting a clown

Only a few weeks ago, Jadeveon Clowney was known as the most feared pass rusher in college football. He made highlights with his hits and headlines with his comments about how he saw worry in quarterbacks' eyes.

Now he's stirring up a more subtle concern: Is he no longer a surefire top pick in a 2014 NFL draft that looks to be heavy on QBs?
The South Carolina defensive end has had a sporadic season, with illnesses, a foot ailment, and a rib injury that sidelined him last week against Kentucky. His conditioning and his commitment have been questioned in a way that's new for a pro prospect who was assumed to be destined for the top of the draft board next year.

Jadeveon Clowney missed last week's game against Kentucky with a rib injury. (AP)

"I'd be scared to death to take him if I had a top-10 pick," one NFL personnel executive told Yahoo Sports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--jadeveon-clowney-still-top-draft-pick--nfl-exec---i-d-be-scared-to-death-to-take-him--with-top-10-pick-221240941.html

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hughee99

(16,113 posts)
1. If this is the case, he'll stay in college another year. I'm sure someone has already told him
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 05:44 PM
Oct 2013

how he's killing his draft value this season. Perhaps he'll "renew his commitment" in the offseason.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
2. He seems to me like someone who doesn't take any advice...
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 05:53 PM
Oct 2013

He might be so enthralled with himself that the possibility that he won't go in the first round, no matter what, never crossed his mind.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
4. It seems like that, but perhaps reality will set in later this season,
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 06:04 PM
Oct 2013

when he starts hearing his name and "4th round" in the same sentence when the "experts" start talking about the next draft.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
6. Yeah...we shall see...
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 06:05 PM
Oct 2013

I can't think of the QB from LSU who went first round and was the biggest bust of all time...he may end up like that.

TBF

(32,067 posts)
7. Especially when he decided to become a politician -
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 06:07 PM
Oct 2013

I thought that was a great field for him. Of course Safin was just a head case, not a lazy head case like the clown in your OP!

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
8. Yikes! Forgot about that...I wonder if he's responsible for the anti-gay
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 06:12 PM
Oct 2013

legislation...probably because they all seem to be for it, the assholes.

TBF

(32,067 posts)
9. Yes I've only just started to hear about that -
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 10:20 PM
Oct 2013

but it does seem prevalent over there. Bigotry is so disgusting.

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