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Selection 6.211 Reshard Cliett, OLB, South Florida

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Selection 6.211 Reshard Cliett, OLB, South Florida
Linebacker Reshard Cliett (6-foot-2 1/8, 222 pounds) ran the 40 in 4.4 seconds with the wind and 4.5 against the wind. He had a 38 1/2-inch vertical jump and 10-foot-4 broad jump. He did the 20-yard short shuttle in 4.53 seconds and the three-cone drill in 7.2 seconds. Cliett -- who has 33 3/4-inch arms -- performed 21 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. Cliett is a weakside -- WILL -- linebacker who had a very nice pro day workout.
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mussop said:
Yeh I bet this guy's been on your radar for weeks buh?
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WHAT'S WITH THE SARCASM ? This guy is obviously a solid value for the end of the 6th round: basically a 2-year starter, was first on the team in sacks and second in TFLs, a workout warrior at the combine, oh and he's a tEam captain. So he's very athletic with the measurables, very productive on the field, a team leader with a high motor & solid character.
How's that not a really good value for a 6th round comp pick ?
 
Our first 3 picks have basically free of significant injury history. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for Clett. During the 2013 season, he repeatedly dislocated his shoulder playing through it. December 2014, he underwent shoulder surgery. On October 2014, despite the surgical repair, he suffered a redislocation of his shoulder. Again, he continued to play through it and continued rehab thereafter in order to avoid further surgery.

My concern is that surgical failure (redislocation) for such shoulder surgery is 1-5 %, which he has already experienced may not be the end of the story. As with any shoulder dislocations, redislocations become more likely. Non operative treatment (conservative rehab alone) of a dislocated shoulder carries a high redislocation rate (especially in a young LB which would repeatedly exposed to shoulder trauma), some studies as high as 50% within 2 years. His next redislocation will likely meet the criteria for shoulder revision surgery.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Our first 3 picks have basically free of significant injury history. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for Clett. During the 2013 season, he repeatedly dislocated his shoulder playing through it. December 2014, he underwent shoulder surgery. On October 2014, despite the surgical repair, he suffered a redislocation of his shoulder. Again, he continued to play through it and continued rehab thereafter in order to avoid further surgery.

My concern is that surgical failure (redislocation) for such shoulder surgery is 1-5 %, which he has already experienced may not be the end of the story. As with any shoulder dislocations, redislocations become more likely. Non operative treatment (conservative rehab alone) of a dislocated shoulder carries a high redislocation rate (especially in a young LB which would repeatedly exposed to shoulder trauma), some studies as high as 50% within 2 years. His next redislocation will likely meet the criteria for shoulder revision surgery.
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Is this dislocation issue due to his small size (222 lbs) and the position he plays? To me he's going to have to be a Special Teams player more than anything and maybe a SS like Playoff's mentioned. I can't see him playing OLB full time.
 
Insideop said:
Is this dislocation issue due to his small size (222 lbs) and the position he plays? To me he's going to have to be a Special Teams player more than anything and maybe a SS like Playoff's mentioned. I can't see him playing OLB full time.
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I agree if he is play OLB in a significant amount of time, something must have gone horribly wrong with another one of our OLBs or we lucked out and he is the new Brooks Reed at a smaller salary.
 
Insideop said:
Is this dislocation issue due to his small size (222 lbs) and the position he plays? To me he's going to have to be a Special Teams player more than anything and maybe a SS like Playoff's mentioned. I can't see him playing OLB full time.
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Probably more the position he plays than his size, although when he comes into contact with 250 to 300 pounders contact on that shoulder is bound to be more severe than if he were hit with a 200 pounder.

BTW, playing on the "suicide squad" does not seem to me to be any safe haven for a shoulder.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Probably more the position he plays than his size, although when he comes into contact with 250 to 300 pounders contact on that shoulder is bound to be more severe than if he were hit with a 200 pounder.

BTW, playing on the "suicide squad" does not seem to me to be any safe haven for a shoulder.
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Yep! :ouch:
 
I think the future of LB fits more of this mold, oversized safety type of backer, 3 down cover anyone type. Maybe let him bulk up for a year, but he has all the hip fluidity and change of direction I love for a tweener or nickel backer.
 
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Nice that he was the captain of the defense, but he seems a bit on the smallish side.

Maybe they view him as a Bruce Irvin type. Purely a pass rusher to get after the QB.

I cant hate the pick as I dont see anyone drafted that late that I would have preferred.
 
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