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Originally Posted by htismaqe
That's because he's doing his job.
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C'mon.
If this is 'his job' then it's Brett Veach that sucks at his and not Frank Clark.
No, this is nothing close to the job you give someone $20 million/season to perform.
It's truly okay to look at how he's performed with a critical eye, gents. I mean FFS, people on Twitter saying "Look at him fight through a double team..." when we sent 3 rushers. No, that's not a double team, the G literally didn't have anything to do so he peeled back. EVERYONE does that. We rushed three, Jackson had 8 seconds in the pocket. Clark didn't just take a knee at any point - SUPERSTAR!!!
For the 3rd straight week he was no better than the 4th best DL on this team. No, he's not 'doing his job' right now. Jones and Okafor are doing it every week. Ogbah has been doing it quite a bit as well. But it is not 'the job' of a $20 million defensive end to be a complementary player who sometimes looks almost as good as everyone else on the line with him.
Clark's just been 'meh' and had so many people not desperately wanted this trade to be amazing already, they wouldn't be setting the bar so damn low for the guy. It really is amazing to me how people can watch how he's played and say "yeah, that's fine..."
Sure it is - if you traded Eric Murray for him. Or if you gave him the deal you gave Okafor.
None of those things happened to get Frank Clark and no, his play to this point has not been remotely acceptable for someone who the Chiefs paid so dearly to put on the field. Call that an indictment on Clark or Veach (or even say it's incomplete to this point) if you want, but it has NOT been an acceptable level of performance.
And to continue trying to polish that turd is just bizarre to me. Why the hell is this guy getting so much latitude from a board that has NEVER been this forgiving for draft picks or FA acquisitions. Suddenly we use draft picks AND pay what amounts to a huge FA contract and everyone wants to treat this dude with kid gloves.