[congaman]

Clausen is taking too many chances, he is making bad decisions.He seemingly has lost his nerve. He is throwing the ball up in the air instead of throwing the ball away. He'll never make it in the NFL. I'm a long time UT fan, but I can't wait until he is gone! When you have no defense, you have to have an offence. We have neither this year.

[ross]

My wife & I used to debate over Clausen. She's never liked him. Doesn't she know he's never lost an SEC football game on the road!!!

Oh, wait. That was before last weekend's UT Auburn game.

Hmm, looks like she's right again.

While I don't think I'll miss Casey Clausen, I'm just scared to death about next year. CJ Leak is our #1 QB going into the 2004 season schedule? Hopefully Phil can pull one of his usual recruiting miracles.

[congaman]

At least Leak scored as many touchdowns as Clausen did tonight! In a lot less time too.

[golferttu]

I think that leak is a good quarterback. I think he just needs a good chance to prove his skills. Clausen didn't play good tonight but its not his fault. The whole team just did not play period.

[rmjvol]

Keep in mind that Clausen has no control over balls being batted down at the line of scrimmage because his O-line can't block, or no control over Michael Munoz holding on a beautiful TD pass to CJ Fayton.

[congaman]

Originally Posted by admin

Keep in mind that Clausen has no control over balls being batted down at the line of scrimmage because his O-line can't block, or no control over Michael Munoz holding on a beautiful TD pass to CJ Fayton.

I agree with your observation, howerver Clausen does have control as to whether he picks up the blitz,and avoids it. He also has control over whether he throws up "Popups", or throws the ball way under pressure.

all's I know about Clausen is he could beat the Dawgs with one hand behind his back

ok, I will admit that Casey has made a few mistakes this year, but Joe Montana could not play behind this offensive line. Casey has no time to throw and the backs can`t run. The line can`t even get outside on a screen pass. Sean Young gets beat on almost every play. The only way he can keep anyone off his QB is to hold. He was guilty again on the TD called back sat. night. Casey is not the problem.

[rmjvol]

I agree...Sean Young does get beat very often.

[gmpetrone21]

Clausen will be a first round draft pick, not because of his talent but because of his arm strength. NFL teams think as long as you have a strong arm, they can make you into a Favre, Marino, Kelly, Elway, Young, Montana. Do you really think they can do that with Clausen? Not without the strongest supporting cast in the business.

[rmjvol]

Well, as a general rule, NFL players usually perform at a higher standard than college players, seeing as how only the best college players make it to the field in NFL.

The team that takes Clausen will most likely have a better O-Line (better than the one UT has, which is an average college line at best) and better receivers (the leading receiver is a backup QB, and the second-leading receiver is a converted DB). Last year we had Washington, but he liked to run his mouth and never really backed it up that much; he stayed hurt too often.

I kinda think Clausen could do fairly well in the NFL. He's exactly what NFL coaches want; a pocket-passer. Very few teams have gone with mobile QBs in the NFL, and out of the few that have, an even smaller number of those are actually winning, and when they are, it's usually on the arms of the QBs.

McNair was once considered a mobile QB, and while he still is to some extense, he's certainly matured into a pocket threat as well, and that's made the Titans' offense that much more potent.