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Originally Posted by tk13

Yeah, but that doesn't mean Clausen is going to be a bust either. If a lot of teams had to do it over again, they wouldn't have let Drew Brees fall to where he did. The criticisms were different, but still. Clausen fell into a very good situation... although I do think he is the best QB of this bunch, that helps. I liked Stafford over Sanchez but he didn't get to play behind the best running attack and a top notch defense, so now Sanchez is the golden boy.

But who knows... I wonder if the bar fight hurt him. Especially in light of the Roethlisberger stuff.

Yeah, I said he could still pan out. I never claimed he wouldn't ever be good. I just didn't see where he was a sure fire franchise quarterback.

Also, I don't necessarily believe that it was the character questions that caused him to be picked at 48. If he were truly deemed a franchise quarterback by any team it wouldn't have prevented them from taking him higher. I like his toughness and his competitiveness. Both of which I think far outweighed the minor compaints about his character. If Clausen had the same skill set that Bradford does he would not have been picked at 48.