Beerball Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 or hurting his draft stock by choosing not to play with sore ribs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 or hurting his draft stock by choosing not to play with sore ribs? With all of the highly touted QBs eligible for the draft this year, Clowney was never going to be the first player picked anyway. Now he might not even go in the top 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleThemWagons Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 J. the Clown J. the Clown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 The kid is sliding every week. It's very hard to continue to shine as a D-Lineman once teams start game-planning for you. If he can't overcome that in college, the chances of him doing so in the NFL decline even more. Could still be good, of course, but Bruce Smith he ain't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalothruMyVeins Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Bruce Smith wasn't Bruce Smith in college, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 The kid is sliding every week. It's very hard to continue to shine as a D-Lineman once teams start game-planning for you. If he can't overcome that in college, the chances of him doing so in the NFL decline even more. Could still be good, of course, but Bruce Smith he ain't. Keep in mind, he'll be surrounded by better talent, but...he's also going up against better talent. Curious to see where he ends up getting picked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Me too Beerball. And yes, Buffalothrumyveins, Bruce was dominant in college... hence his high draft pick. Though even he learned that he had to get stronger and leaner, and develop better technique, in order to reach the heights of the pro game. Of course, he did not have the same national spotlight on him that Clowney has after one good season. That kind of PR blitz can be a curse as well as a blessing, and Clowney has to show how he handles it. It's a lot of pressure for a kid, no matter how big and strong he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Number 76 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Bruce Smith wasn't Bruce Smith in college, either. Oh yes he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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