Jets sign Clowney from Packers' practice squad

[The Leaper]

Goes to show just how bad the Jets are if they feel Clowney is the best option out there.

Clowney is fast...and that's about it. He couldn't run routes well. His hands were subpar. He has no size or strength to speak of.

He was a good option for the practice squad...and if someone else feels he belongs on an active roster, so be it. It really isn't any skin off our nose.

[Carolina_Packer]

Goes to show just how bad the Jets are if they feel Clowney is the best option out there.

Clowney is fast...and that's about it. He couldn't run routes well. His hands were subpar. He has no size or strength to speak of.

He was a good option for the practice squad...and if someone else feels he belongs on an active roster, so be it. It really isn't any skin off our nose.

Too bad there was not more foresight on this kid's ball skills. A fifth rounder, like a mind, is a terrible thing to waste!

[Patler]

He was a good option for the practice squad...and if someone else feels he belongs on an active roster, so be it. It really isn't any skin off our nose.

Very true. I never get too concerned about losing someone from the practice squad. There seem to be two types on practice squads:

1. Flawed players who have some intriguing feature like size, speed, athleticism, etc. who you want to work with, just to see; or
2. A reliable next available option at a position you are thin at because of injuries or the like. It's a way to get players that you might have to activate a little practice and familiarization without counting against the 53.

Clowney was in the 1st category, not the second.

Only rarely is a decent player put there to be hidden. Scott Wells was for just a couple weeks, and that concerned me at the time because they seemed real high on him right up to the final cutdown. They just did not have room for him right away.

[Tarlam!]

Still, he was a 5th rounder.

[Patler]

Still, he was a 5th rounder.

Yes, and very few 5th rounders make any impact at all. They hang around a year or two and are gone.

[Patler]

Still, he was a 5th rounder.

For every Kampman, Gbaja-Biamila, Hillenmeyer and Coston there is one or more Mike Hawkins, James Lee, Ingle Martin, Joey Jamison, Craig Heimberger, Anthony Hicks or De'Mond Parker!

[SkinBasket]

I'm not upset other this either. If he was any good, they would have signed him to the 53 man roster when Holliday went down instead of signing Francis and then Bodiford.

My thoughts exactly. If he couldn't beat out Francis for a spot, there probably wasn't much to be excited about.

[Patler]

I'm not upset other this either. If he was any good, they would have signed him to the 53 man roster when Holliday went down instead of signing Francis and then Bodiford.

My thoughts exactly. If he couldn't beat out Francis for a spot, there probably wasn't much to be excited about.

I guess that made him the #8 receiver for the Packers!

Driver
Jennings
Jones
Martin
Holiday
Frances
Bodiford

[Zool]

When is Sir Drinks-a-lot elligible for reinstatement request?

[packiowa]

Still, he was a 5th rounder.

You can't hit on all the second day guys. But he did well with Crosby (great pick)/Bishop/Barbre/Wynn/Hall (great 6th rounder who along with Bush has made Hunter,White and Davis look like "just guys" on ST. He missed on Clowney and Harris.

[Patler]

We all must need more meaning in our lives.

A practice squad signing is on the second page of discussion after just 2+ hours!

[The Leaper]

Too bad there was not more foresight on this kid's ball skills. A fifth rounder, like a mind, is a terrible thing to waste!

It wasn't a waste. I like Thompson's approach...going after guys that have at least one ELITE skill to call their own with late picks (5th-7th). With Clowney, it was speed. Most of the guys still won't pan out...but the ones that do, such as Driver, have a chance to be something special.

[mraynrand]

Still, he was a 5th rounder.

Yes, and very few 5th rounders make any impact at all. They hang around a year or two and are gone.

Oh, but it was a FIFTH ROUND PICK. These are incredibly valuable! You never know when you'll pick a Dorsey Levens or a Kampman. How could TT WASTE A PICK!!!!!!!!! (note I added extra exclamation points to show how outraged I am).




P.S. The point is that it's just one draft pick. You win some and you lose some. Good thing TT accumulates picks, because typically only 30% or so of draft picks stay with their team long term.

[KYPack]

He might turn into something if he can bounce around until he is 25 or 26.

He can't run an NFL route to save his ass.

He also had very little idea how to pace a return. I saw a hilarious play in pre-seaon where he finally got a seam (punt maybe?). He got so excited, he fell on his nose when he excellerated.

He needs to get some NFL strength to boot. He' s a real slender kid.

[LL2]

Re: Jets sign Clowney from Packers' practice squad

Another wasted 'valuable' fifth round pick by Mike Sher...er... Ted Thompson.

The difference, of course, between TT and Sherman is that TT can take a chance on a raw player with speed because he has 9 or 10 other draft picks each year. Sherman invested two draft picks in most of the players he drafted, including the long-shots!

Like a punter?