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Originally Posted by Dante84
I saw that as well, the week leading up to the draft. Those statements [a 'slap in the face' to not go first, etc..] seemed kinda manufactured/disingenuous to me. It was counter to everything else he has said/done throughout this process, and even college.
To me, and I'm totally speculating, I felt it was someone pushing him to be more brazen or cocky. Perhaps what I viewed as kind and genuine came off as weak to coaches and GM's? Perhaps they prefer a guy with some swagger?
Either way, thrilled with the pick, and think we are in a better situation than Houston.
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You may be correct that it was manufactured.
But that statement just came across really bad to me, as someone who has seen a program struggle to get enough talent on all sides of the ball to be competitive. Clemson is loaded with talent across the board, year in and year out. Watson was a great player but he also had a ton of help. Mahomes had almost zero help and I guarantee you Deshaun Watson would not have fixed Tech's problem on defense or the offensive line problems. We still would have lost a bunch of games if he was our QB.