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Too bad his toe is healed up. Now I doubt he gets to the Bills at 9. He looks good and strong. Perfect for Buffalo weather. Cocky enough too, like ol Jimbo. Probably see the Raiders, Browns, or Hawks pick him up, or someone trades up to get him. Man it would be nice to have a franchise QB again. Well, maybe next year.

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Just in time for it to end... sorry.... computer crashed... they are doing interviews next looks liek they will have them online too.

whew, this link worked as effectively as Jauron's no huddle. :wallbash::wallbash::thumbsup:

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Just in time for it to end... sorry.... computer crashed... they are doing interviews next looks liek they will have them online too.

 

OK. What will it take to jump in front of Cleveland. There is no way that they don't like him. Holmgren will pick him and say something like "the kid started to grow on me, kind of like some Farve kid did before", as he chuckles and desperate Bills fans will be sitting at home wondering if Tebow can be any good 5 years from now.

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Scouts Inc. review of Clausen's Pro Day:

 

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/blog?name=n...&id=5071334

 

Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen's scripted, 56-pass workout met or slightly exceeded the expectations we had going in. Clausen said he is about 80 percent recovered from surgery on his right big toe and the workout did not include a lot of bootlegs, waggles and movement outside the pocket in order to protect that toe, but he did move in the pocket a couple of times and overall did a good job.

 

An audience that included St. Louis Rams GM Billy Devaney and coach Steve Spagnuolo, Buffalo Bills GM Buddy Nix, Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates, and representatives from the Washington Redskins and Jacksonville Jaguars saw Clausen's impressive accuracy outside the hashes put on display. He delivers the ball naturally before receivers make their breaks on short-to-intermediate routes such as outs and comebacks, and for comparison purposes his arm strength looked a bit better than what we saw from Colt McCoy last week and on a similar level with Sam Bradford.

 

Jimmy Clausen still faces questions about his deep balls :thumbsup:. Another positive was that after Clausen's game tape showed him protecting his toe by not following through or driving off his back foot as much as expected, he snapped the ball off better today and there seem to be no mechanical flaws in his delivery due to the injury. We also noticed that he has bulked up and looks stronger up top after committing himself full-time to training.

 

However, as we expected, Clausen did struggle a bit down the middle of the field and on some other vertical throws. He threw approximately six seam routes and every one came up a bit off-target. Rather than catching the ball in stride, receivers geared down a bit to make the catches around their waist or back shoulder rather than on their front shoulder. He also missed two passes that hit the turf, one on a post route and one on a post-corner.

 

Clausen simply does not get the same torque and drive down the middle as he does to the outside. His body is naturally rotating and opening up on outside throws, and the dip in his delivery as he gears up to throw deep down the middle is something that will show up in the NFL. More instinctive, athletic defenders will be able to use that extra split second to their advantage and it could very well be the difference between a completion and a ball that is batted down or intercepted.

 

There was not much chance for Clausen to move the needle one way or the other with this workout, but he did prove that his rehab is going well and that he is on target to be at 100 percent in a month or so. Teams know they are not getting damaged goods and are now free to make decisions based on their evaluations of his physical and mental tools.

 

It was a good showing overall but does not change the fact that Scouts Inc. does not feel Clausen is a first-round quarterback. However, we do recognize that enough teams are comfortable with the overall package that Clausen will come off the board somewhere in the first round.

 

He has a follow-up medical exam with the NFL combine staff in Indianapolis scheduled in the near future, and from there Clausen heads to private visits with the Bills and Rams before heading back to South Bend for a workout with the Redskins. And while it might seem odd for the Rams to be in the mix, they are simply covering all their bases in case they decide Bradford is not their guy or a team makes an offer they cannot refuse for the No. 1 overall pick. Clausen is part of that backup plan, though we are still under the impression the Rams are going to make Bradford the top pick.

 

The quarterback class as a whole is full of debate and intrigue, from pro days to injuries to Tim Tebow's new delivery to an overall lack of depth, and there are a lot of questions out there about how the top group falls into place. Clausen seems safely entrenched as the No. 2 guy on the list this year, but expect these kinds of debates to continue for years to come as spread offenses in college make it harder and harder to evaluate how quarterbacks will translate to the NFL.

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