I'm not a Clausen fan at all. First of all off the field the kid was a complete idiot from his pulling up in a limo to announce his college choice, to his bizarre hairdos, to his alcohol problems at Notre Dame. Let's remember a 19 year old Clausen and a buddy getting caught trying to have a 23 year old buy them 2 bottles of vodka 1 bottle of whiskey and 30 cans of beer and because he was the QB he wasn't expelled from school. Then a few months later he was caught when pics of him participating in the "Beer olympics" appeared on a ND area website with 2 teammates all 3 of them still underage and drinking. now I know he's not the first underage kid in history to drink while in college, but given all the complaints over the years about Leinart's lack of maturity do people really want to draft Jimmy Clausen to replace him?
While I'm at it, this is the same kid who had elbow surgery prior to his arrival at Notre Dame, on his throwing arm, and didn't tell anybody at ND until his dad accidentally let the cat out of the bag disclosing his son had a chronic elbow problem and had to have surgery.
All that aside, he's not a very good QB imho, he's very inaccurate, he's a jump ball QB, it works in college when you have good big WR's, it works with Fitz, but in general he's just not very good IMHO.
I have alot of issues with immaturity. Drinking alcohol when you are 19 is nothing strange, I would encourage that for everyone, I don't consider that as immature at all. It is something you have to try at this period of your life. It's a period when you transform into a man and that must involve some alcohol. If you think that's a different story for some of the greatest QB's in pro football, I think you are wrong. Not all of them got caught though in same way. There is nothing in this story that suggest he will be an alcoholic from now on.
Here, you mention him getting drunk twice. Wow, what a big deal for a college student. He certainly will be a bust because he was out drinking twice.
I don't think getting drunk is the problem. Getting drunk an doing this type of behaviour is the problem, that probably shows more that you have a very soft immature side in you:
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9396/mattleinart.jpg. I would wish Matt was involved in a fight, rather than doing this, maybe it could make him tougher.
I don't think your story describes any soft and immature side in Jimmy Clausen. Cocky yes, but I do want a self confident QB, one that can stand up to a fight. Phillip Rivers is like that sometimes, Peyton Manning is like that as well at times on the field. Being confident in yourself is part of the QB job. Not being afraid to take mistakes and lead on the field. Protecting the ball and being scared of playing is soft. Reflecting your personality indeed.
ML always seemed soft to me and that was my problem with the kid. I don't see any softness in Clausen, I see the complete opposite. Now, his self confidence can get him in trouble later on, off the field. And that is a concern, I don't deny that. But self confidence can only be a positive trait on the field. He can stand up and fight.
Clausen, a jump ball QB? The deep balls he threw to Tate are jump balls? Tate is 5-11.... I wish you could look at them again, because he was consistently showing an extreme touch down the field where only Tate could catch it. And even some that look like "jumpballs" are much more easier to catch for WR than they are for the CB. KW has that ability as well, to place the "jumpball" so that the WR has a huge advantage. It's a throw that is wanted in Cardinals offense as well by the way. The accurate jumpball.
You said that he is inaccurate. Can you make any examples because It's difficult for me to find some? I defenitely think Bradford has superior accuracy, but Clausen is accurate enough.
The following is a good read on Clausen:
http://walterfootball.com/jimmyclausenhate.php
http://walterfootball.com/draftinterview_jimmyclausen.php
