Hoge: Clowney is Athletic But Lacks Football Skill Set

[RamBill]

Merril Hoge joins the desk with ESPN First Take’s Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless to compare the defensive football skill set of Khalil Mack to Jadeveon Clowney. Hoge says Mack is the best defensive player he’s evaluated in 15 years. He says Clowney is undisciplined, plays high, doesn’t use his hands well, and is stiff. His work ethic, commitment and passion for the game is poor. (6:58)

 

[DR RAM]

NOT a talent evaluator, MORE of a joke.

 

[Angry Ram]

I don't think there's anything wrong with what Merril Hoge said. I thought he was gonna be very loud about it, but he brought up good points. This is why he's the guy I least want to see drafted by the Rams.

I don't trust JC, and it seems a lot of people don't either.

 

[ramsince62]

Haven't we seen enough examples the past 5 years of players coming out of college that have the physical abilities, but not the heart? Once this roster is filled top to bottom with viable players like the Niners or the seachickens, THEN the Rams can take fliers on project-potential. Until then, this team needs to draft for need, not "potential".

This is the third season of the rebuild, it's time to shyte of get off the pot. If this team can't get competitive in its own division, what's the point?

 

[DR RAM]

Not saying I want the Rams to take him, but Hoge is just trying to be the new Skip Bayless...

 

[NJRamsFan]

I was going to give this a full read until he said michael sam is better. Now its not worth my time.

 

[BigRamFan]

I couldn't even tolerate watching the video due to Bayless and S.A. Smith's presence. Every time I hear one of them speak I feel like my ears need a good douching!

 

[JoeBo21]

Merrill Hoge is a tool. Made some good points but went a little overboard. lol at the end.. "actually I think it was only about 15 reps" um.. no Hoge. It was 21. Good try though. Bench press isn't that important unless it's really low. The real DPOY Quinn put up 22

 

[Memphis Ram]

The Same Merrill Hoge that said the Colts should draft RGIII over Andrew Luck??

 

[Faceplant]

Not saying I want the Rams to take him, but Hoge is just trying to be the new Skip Bayless...

Agreed. And I thought Hoge could get any more annoying........

 

[Rambitious1]

Haven't we seen enough examples the past 5 years of players coming out of college that have the physical abilities, but not the heart? Once this roster is filled top to bottom with viable players like the Niners or the seachickens, THEN the Rams can take fliers on project-potential. Until then, this team needs to draft for need, not "potential".

This is the third season of the rebuild, it's time to shyte of get off the pot. If this team can't get competitive in its own division, what's the point?

Yep.
Doesn't Jason Smith kind of fit that description?

 

[A55VA6]

Hoge is one of the biggest dumbs pricks around. Listen to nothing he says. Nothing at all.

 

[NJRamsFan]

The look on stephen a's face before you click play pretty much sums up my reaction to this

 

[Ramsey]

This Hoge guy is a pseudo football expert. I've watched all the film on Cloweny and Manziel.
And Hoge is so far off base with his ridiculous evaluations, it isn't even funny. My guess? Hoge just says the opposite of what is true, so that he can get attention.
That's why he took the two biggest names in the draft to hammer. I guess it worked, cause here we are talking about the blowhard.

 

[Rams and Gators]

There's a euphemism I hear quite often on another forum: Hoge

As in "I just took a massive Hoge"

or "You are so full of Hoge"

I get it now.

 

[LesBaker]

How do we get these guys to talk about THE FUCKING QUARTERBACKS in the draft.

I think we should start flooding talk shows with calls about that to generate some of this type of hype and buzz and chatter.