You can question his motivation, and despite him "phoning it in" this year the dude was still a game-changer and possibly the SEC's best player besides Manziel. If that's a BAD year for Clowney then that just shows you how much of a baller he is.
If the first pick is QB, I can absolutely see the Rams staying put for Clowney, unfortunately.
For what it's worth, I remember Jamal Lewis here at UT who was amazing his junior year but didn't do much in his senior year, and he was possibly the most underrated RB of the last decade before Baltimore had to run him into the ground. Dammit. But guess there's a precedent for this panning out.
I still think QB will be the pick unless they REALLY trust O'Brien to coach up a 2nd/3rd round guy just because the position is too important. Don't think they'll sign Michael Vick (where do you guys think he goes?) But you saw just how much help O'Brien was for a guy like McGloin at Penn State so maybe you're right.
Or we can all be wrong.
http://fansided.com/2014/01/24/nfl-draft-rumors-texans-hc-bill-obrien-favors-blake-bortles/#!tjRaD