What is “offensive efficiency”? He was #2 in the NCAA QB Rating category.
Best throwing arm I have ever seen wear a Notre Dame uniform, and left after 3 seasons, while playing in a dumpster fire of a program..
Haha...you kidding me? Fuller was one of the greatest wide receivers at Nd, the previous poster is accurate. He probably is all-pro type in NFL, but has been set back by various injuries. Definitely in the top ten of all time as a receiver at ND. I love Tobias, but please don't compare him to a first-round NFL selection yet, you are being silly.
I still remember the game against USC where Fuller burned their all world safety in a foot race to the end zone
That was the passer rating, which only takes into account after the qb throws the ball. Efficiency compares points to yards. That takes into account drives that were wasted because Jimmy refused to throw the ball.
Could you show where this stat is? How does it definitively show that Clausen refused to throw the ball and wasted drives? Points to yards…it sounds like a team stat to me.
Yeah, I’ll get back to you. I commented on Jimmy’s stats and overall performance being under appreciated. He had a fantastic arm, and and I have no idea what “wasted drives” and “offensive inefficiency” even signifies. What games? All meaningless and unsubstantiated claims. He was not on great teams, especially defensively. No doubt he had difficulties extending drives with his feet.
For the 10th time, efficiency is how many points someone scores with all of those gaudy yards.. Focusing on Clausen's TD:Int ratio ignores all of the dead drives where he wouldn't throw the ball. We hashed this out in great detail during and after the season and it was clear the offense lost most of those games and got us in nailbiters for many of the wins.
yea just like Fuller! free agent.. didn't play in 2022 and not signed by anyone .. 29 years old and done...he was "fun" to watch because of his speed that is all! By no means was he a complete WR!
well if he was an all pro type he wouldn't be injured! You are being silly! TO SMALL! Tobias is better by a mile!!!
Where he wouldn’t throw the ball? You have zero stats or quantitative substantiation to back up this crackpot premise. Zero.
Fuller was healthy at ND and one of NDs best WRs ever. yes he struggled to stay healthy in the NFL due to hamstring issues, but when healthy he was insanely dynamic in the NFL.
Pitt for one. I don't need to post stats because I did not posit that Clausen was the goat. But if you want a hot check, scroll through the box scores of the 2009 season and count in how many times the offense slept through half of the game.
Tim Brown, Rocket, Golden Tate, Michael Floyd, Lake Dawson … I’d put him in this group for sure though for me TB is in a class of his own.
That was their 5star corner, Adoree Jackson. He shook his hand right before the snap and then torched him for 75 yards over the top. One of the more savage plays we’ve had at ND!
We'll start to learn about the quality of this team week 1. Any type of offense that has playoff potential should be able to run this Navy team off the field.
You're not wrong at all. That is why college football teams all across the country have no problem dolling out NIL cash to the game's best prospects.
Very hard position to judge unless you have stack of NFL scouting tapes. If you just glance at stats you are going to think Jimmy Clausen was better than Joe Montana.
I’m going by what I watched with my own eyes, totally subjective. I can’t compare to a receiver in the 60s like Snow who was apparently a beast but the game was much different.
Better arm, I do know that. I have never seen a better passer of the football in a Notre Dame uniform than Jimmy Clausen. Magnificent throwing arm, and only played 3 seasons.
His arm wasn't great. Very accurate, yes. But average in terms of arm strength. So that was a weakness of his
This is why he was a 2nd round pick and out of the league quickly … zip and accuracy not at NFL level, still the best QB in his family.
