At what point would you Trade Up to get Jimmy Clausen?

[Redskin Jim]

Originally Posted by luke4twenty

...sigh...I know what I am about to say may not be popular...and I am having a hard time saying it...but. Lets draft an OT at 4, and at 37, and keep JC upright. His stats have gotten better every year, and now with Shanny there, who knows. Lets not forget, San Diego drafted Rivers while they had Brees, because Brees took a few years to develop. Maybe, a year with Shanny. I know its a reach, but what do you think?

Brilliant! (in the Guinness dude's voice) Oh, and welcome to the Warpath.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by luke4twenty

...sigh...I know what I am about to say may not be popular...and I am having a hard time saying it...but. Lets draft an OT at 4, and at 37, and keep JC upright. His stats have gotten better every year, and now with Shanny there, who knows. Lets not forget, San Diego drafted Rivers while they had Brees, because Brees took a few years to develop. Maybe, a year with Shanny. I know its a reach, but what do you think?

Sounds good to me.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by luke4twenty

...sigh...I know what I am about to say may not be popular...and I am having a hard time saying it...but. Lets draft an OT at 4, and at 37, and keep JC upright. His stats have gotten better every year, and now with Shanny there, who knows. Lets not forget, San Diego drafted Rivers while they had Brees, because Brees took a few years to develop. Maybe, a year with Shanny. I know its a reach, but what do you think?

I love that idea. It goes against the offseason plans executed over the last 10 years but it seems that we are in a new age.

[warpaint]

Originally Posted by luke4twenty

...sigh...I know what I am about to say may not be popular...and I am having a hard time saying it...but. Lets draft an OT at 4, and at 37, and keep JC upright. His stats have gotten better every year, and now with Shanny there, who knows. Lets not forget, San Diego drafted Rivers while they had Brees, because Brees took a few years to develop. Maybe, a year with Shanny. I know its a reach, but what do you think?

Sounds good we have our starter from last year JC and PJ5, Sexy Rexy. Who can all very well be our Starters. If JC's not our starter I'd really love to see if PJ5 really has something.

[johno]

Originally Posted by luke4twenty

...sigh...I know what I am about to say may not be popular...and I am having a hard time saying it...but. Lets draft an OT at 4, and at 37, and keep JC upright. His stats have gotten better every year, and now with Shanny there, who knows. Lets not forget, San Diego drafted Rivers while they had Brees, because Brees took a few years to develop. Maybe, a year with Shanny. I know its a reach, but what do you think?

i wouldnt be mad with this at all. its a more popular opinion than you might think. we need two starting tackles after all.

welcome aboard.

[luke4twenty]

Besides, if we really go in the tank, we can always get Locker next year. Muaahhhhaaahhaaa...lol

[CultBrennan59]

Tuesday, March 23, 3:16 p.m.

The top prospects for Notre Dame stood on their combine numbers as offensive tackle Sam Young, center Eric Olsen and wide receiver Golden Tate participated only in position drills.
Paul Duncan, the team's third prospect on the offensive line, worked out for scouts and was impressive. Duncan measured 6-foot-6.5 and weighed 308 pounds. His 40 times ranged in the area of 5.17 seconds and Duncan pushed up 30 reps on the bench. He looked solid in position drills, displaying fluid hips and nice feet.
As mentioned earlier quarterback, Jimmy Clausen was on hand to view the workout. Clausen was seen hanging around with a contingent of people from the Washington Redskins during most of the pro-day event.


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[SmootSmack]

Interesting little tidbit there Cult. Thanks

[SmootSmack]

Incidentally, Clausen also spent a lot of time with reps from the 49ers and Bills (who he will work out for next week)

[hail_2_da_skins]

Never. If Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma St is not available at #4 then I would go with the next best left tackle. Other excellent candidates are Bruce Campbell, OT, Maryland, Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma, Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa, Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers, and Vladimir Ducasse, OT, Massachesetts. The Redskins offensive line is in shambles. The offense will never get off the ground floor, if the Redskins do not address the line.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

Never. If Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma St is not available at #4 then I would go with the next best left tackle. Other excellent candidates are Bruce Campbell, OT, Maryland, Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma, Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa, Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers, and Vladimir Ducasse, OT, Massachesetts. The Redskins offensive line is in shambles. The offense will never get off the ground floor, if the Redskins do not address the line.

You would really take someone like Ducasse at #4 overall just to say you took an OT?

[hail_2_da_skins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You would really take someone like Ducasse at #4 overall just to say you took an OT?

The point I was trying to make, the Skins should be able to select either the top rated left tackle on their board or the second rated. I do not have access to their draft board but these two guys should be on that list.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

Never. If Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma St is not available at #4 then I would go with the next best left tackle. Other excellent candidates are Bruce Campbell, OT, Maryland, Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma, Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa, Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers, and Vladimir Ducasse, OT, Massachesetts. The Redskins offensive line is in shambles. The offense will never get off the ground floor, if the Redskins do not address the line.

There's maybe 1 other OT I'd think about at 4

at that point you could try to trade back.. you could get Clausen AND one of those guys

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

Never. If Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma St is not available at #4 then I would go with the next best left tackle. Other excellent candidates are Bruce Campbell, OT, Maryland, Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma, Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa, Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers, and Vladimir Ducasse, OT, Massachesetts. The Redskins offensive line is in shambles. The offense will never get off the ground floor, if the Redskins do not address the line.

Trent Williams is a right tackle, not a left like many assume. And I think that makes him a bit of a wild card. On one hand, many feel HE is the better tackle between him and Okung. But since Okung plays left tackle, he's expected to go first in the draft. For all the obvious reasons.

I've stated previously that I'm okay drafting any of the above.

[GTripp0012]

I did have Denver taking Clausen at No. 11, and they still might take him. But the premise of this thread looked at the Quinn trade and thought, man, after Denver there is a shortage of demand for a Quarterback.

The Evan Sliva/PFT Mock Draft had Clausen dropping to the Vikings at No. 30. Without a Mock that allows trades, it's impossible to gauge how much a player will fall. I actually am quite confident that Arizona plans on drafting Clausen if he is available when they pick. But then again, Minnesota could go up to get him thinking that Arizona will take him, and Arizona might get antsy in anticipation of someone trading up and go up to stop his fall. And I think Dallas is a darkhorse candidate to get involved in a first round quarterback.

So it's impossible for me to gauge Clausen's true value without offering some sort of trade hypothetical. I do think the team that drafts him will trade for the pick to draft him. Houston, New England, and Cincinnati, right in that 20/22 range, could get lucky if Clausen gets out of the top ten and slides.

I don't think he's getting out of the first round or anything, but this is a year where a projectable QB could fall because of the market/perceived gap between Bradford.