ATL96Steeler
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To me it is more what you see in the effort side of things. Clowney by far probably the most athletic player I have ever seen for his size/weight combination. Bosa does not quite match up athletically (although still very athletic in his own right). With Bosa I just don't have the red flags of a guy who has quit on his team. Again when Clowney has been healthy and played he has actually done decent in the NFL. His problem is he hasn't been on the field a whole lot. I guess I just don't worry about that with Bosa. I see him being willing to play hurt like many of the top players in the league do.
As for this year Bosa definitely has taken on a lot more double teams as teams have worked to eliminate him from the game. What I like though is he seems to have figured it out a bit more as the season has progressed. He has found ways to impact the game even while being double teamed most plays.
I agree this guy was the Karl Malone of DEs...great size, great athletic ability...never really had to develop much technique because he was just that much better than the guy playing across from him...the whole thing about him quitting on the team was disappointing, but he had just watched his teammate, a sure fire top 10 draft pick blow out his knee right before he was going to go in the draft in his Jr yr....not an excuse, but they had to weigh on the kid when he knows his HC makes $4 or $5 mil a yr and his opportunity to get his is right around the corner...tough not to be selfish.
We've talked about ill fitted draft picks or in our case a FA pickup...Clowney was a protypical 4-3 DE his entire CFB career, but HOU was 3-4 team...he's athletic enough to cover, he's come on better this year as you said as an OLB, but imo, that's a big mental adjustment covering space at the highest level of the game if you've never done it before. I could be wrong, but I'm not sure if he ever lives up to a #1 overall...very doubtful as a OLB.
I'm not sure Bosa could make the transition. If I were going to take him I would play him on the DL.