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Charlie Weis Wants Jimmy Clausen to Beef Up

Posted Nov 22, 2007 8:00AM By Tom Fornelli (RSS feed)

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Charlie Weis thinks that the time Jimmy Clausen spent on the sidelines after being benched for Evan Sharpley has had a very positive effect on his young quarterback. I'm more of the opinion that Clausen's improvement is just 20 minutes of garbage time against Air Force and a full game against Duke, but whatever, improvement is improvement right?

Still there is something Weis would like to see Clausen do this offseason, and that's hit the weight room so his frail frame can take the punishment that comes with playing behind the Irish offensive line.
"That's critical," Weis said. "Not just to take the hit, it's to be able to shrug off guys. The really good quarterbacks, you'll see they are getting touched a lot but they don't go down a lot."

Weis said he has talked to Clausen at length about the need for him to get stronger.
Clausen is listed at 207 pounds as currently constructed, but Weis admits he's really in the 195 pound range, which for a 6'3 quarterback is extremely light. Jimmy doesn't have to get to Brady Quinn status or anything, but adding about 10-15 pounds of muscle sure couldn't hurt in the long run.

Today is Thanksgiving, so now is just as good a time to start as any.

Tags: Brady+Quinn, BradyQuinn, Charlie+Weis, CharlieWeis, Evan+Sharpley, EvanSharpley, Jimmy+Clausen, JimmyClausen

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