STRENGTHS
Clyde is a game-changing, momentum-changing, multi-position football player. He can cut and spin on a dime and his speed and lateral burst and quickness are unique to few players who play the game at any level. He runs with surprising power and trying to tackle Clyde is like trying to catch the Tasmanian Devil although unlike (Taz), Clyde is very smart and his high football IQ is what allows him to play more that one position in any style of offense. Clyde has wide receiver skills and will catch anything you throw to him down the field or out of the backfield. He has phenomenal eye/hand coordination along with the ability to adjust to the ball in the air. Clyde will block with the best RB’s in this draft but don’t waste him in the backfield on third and long, it’s a waste of his impact and game-changing momentum talent. I look at Clyde on the field and all I see is a player with the same talents, football intelligence, size, strength, the ability to catch the ball down the field as former Buffalo Bills great and hall of fame running back, Thurman Thomas. I call him Clyde (Taz) Edwards -Helaire because tackling him is like trying to tackle, catch or stop the Tasmanian Devil.
CONCERNS
Most “experts” will crap about his size and think Clyde is not an every-down back. Those are the same “experts” who thought that about Panthers Christian McCaffery when he came out. I told everyone that Christian was an offensive weapon and that’s my same conclusion about Clyde.
BOTTOM LINE 1.37
Do you not, take the gun that is your favorite and the one you are most accurate with to the gunfight because you think it’s too small? Not me, size does not matter when you play the game of football. It only matters (it seems) when it comes to the NFL Draft. Game-changing players come in all sizes. They play on the defensive side of the ball, and the offensive side of the ball. They, impact in just about any game they play in and they require double teaming to slow them down but it doesn’t stop them totally. Recently I saw the Championship game against Georgia and in that game, Clyde had 57 yards rushing, 61 yards receiving. Some might say he was not that impacting but I disagree. Clyde’s QB had 41 yards rushing and although he is athletic, he is not considered a running QB. So how and why did the QB run so much? It was because Clyde was being double-teamed on most downs and the QB was smart enough to recognize that and used it to his advantage. With that information, you can now understand how Clyde impacted that game, by just being on the field. That is a game-changing football player and a player who makes his teammates around him better and that is the definition of a franchise player. So, go ahead, don’t select him because of his size. Trust me, Clyde (Taz) Edwards-Helaire, will see you in the future and you won’t be able to stop him as he whirls and twills through your defense, making game-changing plays and his teammates, even better, just by being on the field.
