Originally Posted by
RuthlessBurgher
Originally Posted by
hawaiiansteel
Originally Posted by
NW Steeler
Not to be a broken record, but I'd take Weatherspoon over McClain.
armed with this new information, I would agree with you.
I disagree. If we didn't already have Timmons, then maybe. But I still see Spoon as being too similar to Timmons. McClain seems more like a Levon Kirkland type (taller and not as heavy as Levon, but still). Harrison, McClain, Timmons, and Woodley would be on par with Lloyd, Kirkland, Brown, and Greene.
all things being equal i would agree with you. however, this revelation that McClain has Crohn's disease tips the scales in favor of Weatherspoon in my opinion.
McClain reveals he has Crohn's Disease
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 10, 2010
Alabama linebacker Rolando McClain's Pro Day got off to a fine start with an expected time in the forty.
He didn't finish his drills, however, after getting ill. After the workout, he disclosed he has fought Crohn's Disease since his freshman year in high school. It's treated through medication.
We're amazed this information wasn't out already, but it clearly hasn't prevented McClain from producing. David Garrard was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease during his career and it hasn't slowed him down.
Still, we wonder if this will cause teams to look at McClain any differently - positively or negatively. Perhaps the biggest knock on McClain is his inconsistent motor and effort.
Maybe his Crohn's plays into that, maybe it doesn't. It's just one more piece to the puzzle for teams to figure out by April's draft.
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