Seven Days of Clady--Day #3

by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 5, 2008 6:00 AM MST in 2008 Season News Comment 11 comments

The final countdown to the end of the ProBowl voting has begun, and that means you only have 5 days left to make your vote count! Dec 9th at Noon EST is the deadline, and time is flying.

To help rally the votes I will be using this series of posts to give you reasons every day to get out and throw some votes up for one of the most impressive rookie campaigns we have had the pleasure of seeing. I know a lot of you have been trying to vote everyday, and to you I can only say Awesome! and Keep it up! I have been voting 10 times per day for a little while now, but I recently timed how long it took to vote twenty times on a DSL connection. It only took me five minutes, so I have decided to up the ante a bit. If you are up to the challenge, try the following: set a timer for ten minutes and vote as many times as you can in that ten minute time span. Try it again tomorrow, to see if you can beat your previous best, and know that it is all for a great cause!

On the Third day of Clady...

Ryan Clady #78

via flickr.com/photos/ 28446886@N04/2680175260

Check out the following list of credentials:

Rookie left tackle selected in the first round.
Starts every game in his rookie year.
Acted like a seasoned pro in and out of the lockerroom.
Helped his oline post the third best sacks allowed total in the NFL.
Allowed only a single sack all season.
Was one of the least penalized linemen in the NFL.

So are we talking about Ryan Clady? Nope. That list of achievements belongs to 2007 Pro Bowl alternate Joe Thomas.

Clady's list looks even BETTER.

Like Thomas, Clady has been nothing but the consumate professional since his arrival in Denver. Within minutes of drafting him, Shanahan announced that Clady would be the starting LT. Clady hasn't let him down, starting in every game of his rookie campaign. And while the Browns would finish the year tied for third in sacks allowed with a total of 19, Denver is currently tied for 1st with only 8 sacks allowed.

Clady's half sack allowed so far edges him around Thomas, but Clady's game has also been nearly devoid of mental errors as well. Clady's 3 penalties (illegal formation, holding, false start) are among the fewest for an offensive tackle in the league, and more than twice as good as Thomas' 7 penalties posted in 2007, including a set of back-to-back false starts which ended a Browns drive and cost them a game late during their failed hunt for the 2007 playoffs.

Joe Thomas found his way into the ProBowl in 2007. Clady deserves as much, if not more, consideration.

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Fewest sacks of all-time (Team)

What is the record for that? I remember reading on Lepsis’ Wikipage that he was part of a team best sack total and unless i misread it (which i wont deny is a possibility) 3rd all-time season sack total:

Lepsis was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 1997. He did not miss an offensive snap on a 2004 line that set a franchise record by allowing only 15 sacks, shattering the previous best of 22 sacks set in 1971, to rank third in the NFL.

I was just hoping if someone could help me on this preferably with a link, but just stats would be fine as im not sure where to look and i dont think the NFL.com Records thing has it.

Either way, i think we have a very good shot at that 15 sacks number and whatever the NFL record is we could have a shot if i did read that right.

Go Broncos!

by dbroncos78087 on Dec 5, 2008 9:44 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

I'm not positive

but I read that as in 2004, the line set the franchise record at 15 sacks (previous franchise record was 22) and the 15 sacks allowed in 2004 was the third best in the NFL in 2004.

That’s how I interpret it, but I could be wrong.

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

"I love your analysis of our team. Its kinda like watching a spider monkey trying to figure out a jar of peanuts.. you know whats going on.. you know whats in there, but to actually figure it out, is just a bit beyond your mental skills..."
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by DesertBroncoFan on Dec 5, 2008 9:55 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

That is the correct interpretation

As to all time great lines, if you guys don’t mind being patient, one of the seven days of Clady revolves around an all-time comparison…

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 5, 2008 1:06 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Sure

No problem, i didnt know you planned on that. Sounds great.

Go Broncos!

by dbroncos78087 on Dec 6, 2008 9:31 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Sacks

Joe Thomas actually gave up 4 sacks last year, he gave up 3 in the first 20 minutes of the season while blocking for Charlie Frye, after Frye went out he only gave up 1.25 in the last 15 games of the season.

by gyldenlove on Dec 5, 2008 10:05 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Interesting...

are you a browns fan or a broncos fan? If you don’t mind me asking…

I would be interested in corroborating what you are saying here. I don’t remember those events, but what I don’t know about the Browns would almost fit into the grand canyon… Anyone else remember this?

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 5, 2008 1:05 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

He's a Denver-fan

Actually he’s danish too!!

Glad to see you here, my man!

I believe he allowed 1 sack with Frye under center (Who is terrible at avoiding pressure, and has a slow release).

Random quotes about the raiders:
They really houldn’t play — Chris Collinsworth (12/5/08)
This is an utter disaster — Chris Collinsworth (12/5/08)
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!

by Claus Vestergaard on Dec 5, 2008 1:45 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake

Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong.

Pro Bowl left tackle.

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

by Daniel52 on Dec 5, 2008 1:30 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

*Goes off to vote 1000 more times

If Mike Shanahan were a hotdog, would you eat him? I know I would. Hell, I'd eat him twice.

by papigrande on Dec 5, 2008 6:06 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I have to say this....

I ran into Clady and Warren Sapp hanging out at the bar in Cleveland after the game. When the bar closed and everyone got booted out, Clady bumbed a smoke off my buddy and smoked it right in front of me…..LOL

I was like “dude, Im telling Shannahan”…..jokingly obviolously. Then I asked him if I could get a picture with him and he said no because he was “too wasted” and didnt want that to end up on the internet somewhere.

Then of course Warren Sapp was all about getting a picture…..then a couple of ladies that were in the club rolled up in a lexus and they jumped in the back seat and rolled…..Clady punked my buddies lighter!

Anyway, I thought it was wierd that he was smoking.

by rock34 on Dec 5, 2008 2:21 PM MST reply actions 0 recs