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Originally Posted by staylor26
Is that a serious question? Aaron Donald and Calais Campbell do not play the same position as Clark and though Campbell moved to 4-3 DE in Jax he still does most of his pass rusher work on the interior. These are totally different players with different size and skill set.
My initial point was that among DE/OLB’s (edge rushers) Clark was in OT just outside the top 5. When you take away those 2 I listed that do most of their pass rush work in the interior, he’s top 7. So how the **** am I “definitely wrong”?
And stop ignoring that you said he was at best top 20 over that span. 7, or even 9, is a lot closer to ****ing 5 than it is 20. In what way does that make me wrong and you right? Are you ****ing delusional?
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I don't care where a guy lines up, a pass rusher is a pass rusher. Campbell spends a good bulk of his time at end. Dareus, Bryan, and Jones have been their primary interior guys. Clark has continued to fall down the ladder the past couple of seasons and the trend continues. He's a top 20 rusher, that point remains. He was just inside the top 10 because of injuries to better players in that span. It doesn't make a difference where in the top-20 range he is, does it? I'd concede he was on the edge of the top 10 but he's not even close now. He's been falling closer to 20 as time goes rather than moving up to his 5th ranked overall salary amongst these players. This year, you'd have a hard time arguing he's in the top 30, which is pathetic given his pay rate. I don't expect him to be top 5 just because of his salary, but he should never have been top 5 to begin with. He doesn't suck, but he's nowhere near the player people here made him to be and continue to make him to be versus the run. He's not anywhere near on par with guys like Jordan, Campbell, Mack, Miller, Bosa, Hunter, Houston, and the Watts. He's more like guys like Ford, Kerrigan, Addison, and Griffen.