Dude...I just got ragged on for something "similiar" of what you said... Clausen needs to be consistent in order to prove that he's a top 15 QB...Gosh...I can't wait for the "cali fan club" to get here....
Oh my goodness, you again? Are you really back on this argument so you can look foolish again? You said nothing 'similar' to what NDOM said. NDOM said he wouldn't be in his top 15, while you said Jimmy Clausen
sucks for a 5 star QB. Instead of being agreed with, you heard.....crickets. Nobody agreed with you there, while most of the people on this thread agree with NDOM. HUGE difference in what you guys said. If you want to continue to look stupid, I can once again throw you the sophomore stats of the top 2 through 4 QB's on this chart and you can compare than to Jimmy's, and you can say that they all 'suck' too.
Anyways, back to the real point of the thread. 1st of all, as many pointed out, the list is a joke. Sanchez, Stafford, Freeman, Davis...I mean, please. Can we update it just a bit? Anyways, I can absolutely see why many of you say he's not a top 15 QB on this list. Right now, you can say that.
However, at the end of the year, IMHO you will all definitely be looking at a top 10, QB, and I personally believe he'll be a top 5 QB. Why?
1. If you look at the career arcs of the top QB's on this list, JC's arc favors greatly. Look at the #'s. Same or better than Sanchez, McCoy and Stafford.
2. He has perhaps the top receiving corps in the nation.
3. His TE could be one of the all-time greats when all is said and done.
4. His entire offensive line returns (hopefully a good thing LOL), but with a coach that from all indications is a huge upgrade.
5. That will favor the running game, which has been non-existent. His entire stable of RB's return, plus a new RB coach who will go Chris Brown on your ass if you fumble the ball.
6. He'll be a jr. in his 3rd straight year in the same offense, and anybody who knows football knows just how incredibly difficult it is to be a QB in a pro style offense if you don't master the playbook.
7. Look at "The Leap" Brady Quinn made from his soph year to his jr. year under CW.
8. When given time to throw, he has a better arm and throws a better ball than almost every single QB on that list. Add in all the factors from above, and you'll see a lights-out QB next year.
So yes, I can see why you guys don't put him on that list, yet. He has to earn it for the entire year. Personally I think it's crazy to say that guys like Juice Williams and Josh Freeman (take out his 3 games vs non D1 teams and he had 12 TD's to 9 Picks) are better QB's than JC, but like NDummy1988 said, I'm part of the 'Cali JC fan club'. (BTW Einstein, Crist and Montana are from CA too, so do you hate them too?)
