Taylor Lewan Visiting Rams Tomorrow
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"Handled" Clowney? Clowney had multiple tackles for loss and at the LOS, a forced fumble, and beat Lewan for a sack but Lewan blatantly held him and was flagged for it.
On top of that, I counted another 5 plays where Clowney beat Lewan but because Lewan held him or Michigan QB's got rid of the ball quickly/scrambled or for another reason, Clowney didn't get the sack.
I didn't count running plays either in that tally, Clowney worked Lewan over in the run game. Lewan could not stay in front of him.
Not to mention the amount of help Lewan got. They gave him the LG or TE to double Clowney on a number of occasions in that game. And something else worth pointing out, Lewan has a real tendency to grab the defender's facemask.
"Handled" him? Nope. Not even close. And I'll be happy to post picture evidence if you doubt me on any of this. Just ask.
BTW, for those wondering, on the play where Clowney forced the fumble...he wasn't Lewan's man. They were down blocking. He was the TE's man but SC ran a slant stunt with Clowney on the play so instead of attacking the C gap as he usually does, he attacked the B gap which made it impossible for the TE to reach him on the play.
mr.stlouis
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Handled him as in he didn't impact the game as his so called billing of " game changer" or as a " unique talent". He barely did anything and never lives up to the hype that is associated with him. If he was that good he would of single handedly won the game for the GameCocks. Did he? No. Pass.
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There are a few bases that I'd like to cover:
1) In order for Clowney to live up to his expectations, he has to SINGLE-HANDEDLY win a football game? One DE has to win the game all by himself? If that's true, I guess that's a pretty amazing player.
2) Clowney did change and impact the game. Michigan was up 22-21 in the 4th quarter. Clowney forced AND recovered a fumble. South Carolina's offense scored on the next play to give them a 27-22 lead. And that's only highlighting one of the plays he made in that game.
3) He barely did anything? Again, not even close to true. I'd be happy to post picture evidence if you believe I'm wrong. Would you like me to do that?
I mean, I guess Clowney is overrated because he's not capable of winning games all by himself. But the fact that you have that expectation of him should tell you how good he is.
The Rammer
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so your telling me Clowney dominated that game and nothing happened without him having a say about it? Did you even watch the game or just highlights? He was a non factor
You're putting unfair expectations on him. Kindly name a player, any position/era that single handedly won a football game and ill admit Clowney is overrated
Also you should refer to Jrry's post above yours...pretty clearly illustrates Clowney's impact
I'm still confused how a guy that was a "non-factor" had arguably the most celebrated play of the college football season in the very game that he was a "non-factor". A play which allowed his team to take the lead after trailing in the 4th.
fearsomefour
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Me too and I don't love it.
I have nothing against but it is a bit of a settle to me for upgrading the O line.