BBV Community Mock Draft: With 6th pick, Seahawks select ...

by Ed Valentine on Mar 17, 2010 4:00 PM EDT in 2010 NFL Draft Comment 41 comments

Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame.

Making the selection in his role as Seattle GM was 'CCE718.' He writes:

Pete Carroll leaves his cozy position at USC to take over the floundering Seahawks. He knows he is under the microscope here. Having another top 15 pick in this draft, the Seahawks could have gone either way here, offense or defense. I think that had Okung or Berry still been on the board (and had the Skins taken Clausen at 4), they do not make this pick and go a different direction. Carroll got a nice contract from the 'Hawks and could be in Seattle for time to come. That is why when Clausen dropped to No. 6, the war room cheered. They saw the future of the franchise.

Jimmy Clausen spent three years at Notre Dame under the tutelage of Charlie Weis. Say what you will, Weis has how many Super Bowl rings? Clausen learned throughout college in a pro style offense. He comes into the draft with some pedigree and at 6-foot-3, 222 pounds, he has some size. Clausen put up some big numbers at ND, with the lack of a decent offensive line and questionable running game. He has a strong arm and I believe he is hungry to make a name for himself. Hasselbeck is not getting younger and Carroll needs to plan for the future. The only drawback to Clausen is his attitude and off-field antics, but Carroll has experience with prima donna QBs.

My take: A good pick for the Seahawks here. Clausen can understudy for Hasselbeck for a year or so, then be ready to take over. To me, Clausen is a safer bet than Sam Bradford to have a long, productive NFL career. Plus, the Seahawks also select at No. 14, putting them in position to still get a player who can contribute right away while investing in their future franchise quarterback.

Remember, to read explanations for prior selections please click on the highlighted player name.

'GreatGatsby' is up next with Cleveland's pick.

POS	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL	DRAFTER
1	St. Louis	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma	Soldier_
2	Detroit	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska	soulpower
3	Tampa Bay	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma	i_formation27
4	Washington	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma State	G Fan in England
5	Kansas City	Eric Berry	S	Tennessee	ronjohnson
6	Seattle	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame	CCE718
7	Cleveland				GreatGatsby
8	Oakland				Hoyadestroya85
9	Buffalo				The Greek
10	Jacksonville				jp2y
11	Denver				NYG_Slater
12	Miami				sunlion333
13	San Francisco				RIPShea
14	Seattle				CCE718
15	N.Y. Giants				Ed Valentine
16	Tennessee				Jason??
17	San Francisco				RIPShea
18	Pittsburgh				ross_stephen
19	Atlanta				daddyzander
20	Houston				BitterEli
21	Cincinnati				Woogie526
22	New England				Ryan Valentine
23	Green Bay				Dan Luibil
24	Philadelphia				Bye Dawk
25	Baltimore				Larry Soprano
26	Arizona				Snipah
27	Dallas				pataroons
28	San Diego				hakeemthedream
29	N.Y. Jets				Brooklyn58
30	Minnesota				hurikaine
31	Indianapolis				Charles L.
32	New Orleans				GiantsReignSupreme

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This would be a good pick if the Seahawks weren't signing Charlie Whitehurst.

Whitehurst might be the best clipboard carrier amongst the bunch and has a tremendous upside. If it weren’t for Rivers, this kid might be SD’s starter.

To be fair, this would have been my pick at #6 with an OT following at #14 had the Whitehurst thing not materialized, today.

Clausen should do well in the West Coast Offense. Pete Carroll would be a great mentor.

Bleeding Blue since 1962

by sunlion333 on Mar 17, 2010 4:11 PM EDT reply actions

Sorry...

made pick before that information became available.

by CCE718 on Mar 17, 2010 4:14 PM EDT reply actions

No need to be sorry. That's the way it works this long before the draft.

I was hoping you had a chance to see the news before you picked. I even posted it on the previouc pick thread.

You made the right pick for the spot, considering your current info.

Bleeding Blue since 1962

by sunlion333 on Mar 17, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd still take Clausen.

Who the hell knows how Whitehurst does given the full gig? Maybe he’s Matt Schaub. Maybe he’s Billy Volek? Maybe he’s Matt Cassel (one year wonder?)

Dude’s like Whithurst are what they are for a reason.

I’d still take Clausen if he’s there. That’s all I think this is, a plan B in case Clausen doesn’t drop to them.

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 17, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

right

I think clausen has shown enough in a pro system that he will AT WORST be a decent NFL QB.

Jim Boeheim for Coach of The Year

by ryanwk628 on Mar 17, 2010 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Remember, Brady Quinn played in that same "pro system"

and he looked like a star.

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by sunlion333 on Mar 17, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

and he went to Cleveland….

Jim Boeheim for Coach of The Year

by ryanwk628 on Mar 17, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Well......he was at his worst in Clevelend, so....

is he a decent NFL QB?

I would say not.

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by sunlion333 on Mar 17, 2010 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions

but I would argue that Clausen is a better pro prospect (top 10 as opposed to top 20), is younger than Quinn was, and that Peyton Manning couldnt win with the Browns roster.

Jim Boeheim for Coach of The Year

by ryanwk628 on Mar 17, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Its one thing to suck if youre on a good team with weapons (cough::matt linart::cough), its another to suck if youre on a bad team (steve young). I think Quinn could be decent (if hes not mentally shot), Clausen is as safe a QB pick as they come.

Jim Boeheim for Coach of The Year

by ryanwk628 on Mar 17, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I hope your right..

for thesake of the fool who thinks he’s got something better than he does in Clausen. It could cost someone a job.

This is a weak QB class, otherwise we wouldn’t be talking about Jimmy Clausen at all.

Just my opinion. He’s a good college QB who may or may not become a good NFL QB, but great is a hard projection to swallow.

Only time will tell and I’ll gladly eat my words if I’m wrong.

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by sunlion333 on Mar 17, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

So true

And one player could have made it a whole lot better. Unfortunately Jake Locker stayed in school.

by wangstu13 on Mar 17, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm with you on the Jake Locker thing.

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by sunlion333 on Mar 17, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Cleveland is terrible .. .they never gave him a chance to be the starter. They gave Braylon Edwards away to the Jets. Dante Stallworth was gone , Josh Cribbs isn’t a WR and their running game was putrid. Tom Brady couldn’t have done anything in Cleveland with that supporting cast

by TheBXRepresenta on Mar 18, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Exactly...

How do we even know whitehurst is any good? From preseason and training camps? In that case, Danny Ware would be awesome, lol.

Matt Schaub actually had starting experience on the Falcons, where he tore it up. Cassel showed he could get it done in the regular season. Billy Volek… I’m not old enough to know anything about him except that he’s pretty good in Madden ’06.

by Charles L on Mar 17, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Forget DJ Ware....

Moss would be an All-Pro receiver based only on preseaon and traning camp, and a multi-year All-Pro at that.

by Cranky50 on Mar 17, 2010 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions

On a side note

Why did we tender Moss? This guy will be 30 before he’s ever been active for multiple games in a row…

by DukBudr on Mar 17, 2010 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep good pick

But dont tell em i told you that !!!!!

by Blue Gates on Mar 17, 2010 4:31 PM EDT reply actions

Glad i didn’t have to make that pick. The Seahawks have alot of freedom in the first round—freedom which makes your job tougher determining a pick.

They could go with clausen or possibly lock up a OT with the # 6. Who knows.

by NYG_Slater on Mar 17, 2010 4:32 PM EDT reply actions

I've always wondered about the "off-field antics"

From what I’ve read, there’s only 2 incidents that could be considered questionable, at all…

1. Underaged transport of alcohol
—He drove someone of legal age to buy alcohol. Did anyone else know that was illegal? I sure as hell didn’t.
2. The blackeye thing
—An asshole fan punched him because he lost a game. Clausen had been eating dinner with the coaching staff and his family. How is that his fault?

by Charles L on Mar 17, 2010 4:42 PM EDT reply actions

Even if he bought the alcohol himself

How many underage college students DON’T have a drink or 20. Eli was arrested for public intoxication when he was underage at Ole Miss.

by mypisceannature on Mar 17, 2010 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions

not getting drunk in college is questionable behavior

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Mar 18, 2010 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions

1 of the things about clausen

is that he drove a limo to his signing day party in high school

it’s BS IMO, he looks like a smart kid and is the best QB in the draft

by mclaren_is_the_best on Mar 18, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

lol

I would of got a limo too! I’d be so nervous i would have crashed.

by NYG_Slater on Mar 18, 2010 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I feel this is where the Seahawks should go

But living in Washington state I am surrounded by Seahawk fans. None of them seem keen on selecting a QB which I don’t understand, but remember ND plays USC every year and Carroll has had 3 chances in person to see what Clausen can do.

by wangstu13 on Mar 17, 2010 4:48 PM EDT reply actions

Seahawks would be smart to wait on Jake Locker next year

Let Hasselback play out the next two years with Whitehurst as his clipboard caddy and draft Locker next year as the heir apparent. Matt has still got the skills, but thyey need someone in there by next year.

Bleeding Blue since 1962

by sunlion333 on Mar 17, 2010 5:50 PM EDT reply actions

Getting the best quarterback prospect in the draft...

with the #6 pick and having another first rounder to work with doesn’t seem to be horrible to me.

by Cranky50 on Mar 17, 2010 6:44 PM EDT reply actions

Whitehurst to the Seahawks a done deal

Seahawks move down twenty spots in the 2nd and give up their 3rd in 2011 to sit Whitehurst behind Hasselbeck.

It’s also being reported that Pete Carroll and the staff does not see enough from the QB class of ’10 to want to draft from the pool.

Bleeding Blue since 1962

by sunlion333 on Mar 17, 2010 6:45 PM EDT reply actions

Good for Seattle, bad for Clausen

I think Clausen will be the best QB in this draft and I would hate to see him waste his time in Seattle! Although I am very biased as I have been a ND fan for over 20 years…happy St. Patrick’s day!

by BigBlueBallin on Mar 17, 2010 7:42 PM EDT reply actions

I too am a huge Irish fan

I never thought he brought any discredit to Notre Dame

by wangstu13 on Mar 17, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Clause will be like Roethlisberger off the field

and Quinn on the field. When Clausen got clocked, it was at 2 a.m., I’m pretty sure that his family and coaches weren’t still hanging around. He’s been photographed participating in underaged drinking. Is he any different than 90% of college students? No, but an NFL qb has to behave better than 99.99999% of the general population. Plus frankly, what exactly did he ever win at ND?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://mikeresponts.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/claussenbeer.jpg&imgrefurl=http://mikeresponts.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/todays-chicago-tribune-links-to-jimmy-clausen-photos-from-the-big-lead/&usg=__u1IWzoUKCrxGEsBjF05rUM2HMy4=&h=453&w=604&sz=53&hl=en&start=1&itbs=1&tbnid=x-Jt3AlSXrP83M:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dclausen%2Bdrinking%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1

Homer: Aw, twenty dollars! I wanted a peanut!
Homer's Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!
Homer: Explain how!
Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
Homer: Woo-hoo!

by bigbluethruandthru on Mar 17, 2010 8:08 PM EDT reply actions

underage drinking?

C’mon man…..99.99999% of the population participates in underage drinking.

And the 0.00001% are if shit

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 17, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions

But the problem is QB's that can't control it

and it spills out into the public life. You never had anything like this pop up with Eli or Peyton.

Homer: Aw, twenty dollars! I wanted a peanut!
Homer's Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!
Homer: Explain how!
Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
Homer: Woo-hoo!

by bigbluethruandthru on Mar 18, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

read a few posts above.

Eli Manning was arrested for underage drinking.

That’s actually a bigger offense then Clausen…….

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 18, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I stand corrected

but Clausen is still a dbag.

Homer: Aw, twenty dollars! I wanted a peanut!
Homer's Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!
Homer: Explain how!
Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
Homer: Woo-hoo!

by bigbluethruandthru on Mar 20, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions

A really good pick for a team with an awful QB IMO

by mclaren_is_the_best on Mar 18, 2010 11:53 AM EDT reply actions

ya... but the shorts man!

by Troy O on Mar 18, 2010 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions

And a massive win over Hawaii

beat those suckers in their own bowl game, he did.

Homer: Aw, twenty dollars! I wanted a peanut!
Homer's Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!
Homer: Explain how!
Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
Homer: Woo-hoo!

by bigbluethruandthru on Mar 20, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions