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Emancipated Clarett won right... to be a slob?
He fought for this?
That was the talk swirling around the NFL's scouting combine when the name Maurice Clarett was mentioned Thursday.
The precedent-setting running back from Ohio State, the man who kicked down the NFL's eligibility rules regarding underclassmen by winning a big game in the courts, showed up here in poor shape, seemed a bit standoffish when meeting with the media and took an almost cavalier-like approach to his new status as draft eligible.
It did not go unnoticed by the teams, either.
"How can he show up out of shape?" asked one NFC personnel director. "Isn't this what he wanted? What's he been doing for the past year?"
Not working out too hard. Clarett was a doughy 237 pounds, and weighed 242 as late as Monday night. Remember, this is not a power back but a speed back.
"It doesn't send a good message" said Buffalo Bills president Tom Donahoe. "I can't speak to the rest of the league, but it doesn't send a good message to the Buffalo Bills."
That was the talk swirling around the NFL's scouting combine when the name Maurice Clarett was mentioned Thursday.
The precedent-setting running back from Ohio State, the man who kicked down the NFL's eligibility rules regarding underclassmen by winning a big game in the courts, showed up here in poor shape, seemed a bit standoffish when meeting with the media and took an almost cavalier-like approach to his new status as draft eligible.
It did not go unnoticed by the teams, either.
"How can he show up out of shape?" asked one NFC personnel director. "Isn't this what he wanted? What's he been doing for the past year?"
Not working out too hard. Clarett was a doughy 237 pounds, and weighed 242 as late as Monday night. Remember, this is not a power back but a speed back.
"It doesn't send a good message" said Buffalo Bills president Tom Donahoe. "I can't speak to the rest of the league, but it doesn't send a good message to the Buffalo Bills."
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