You won’t have heard the information just lately, however the Carolina Panthers moved on from veteran defensive finish Jadeveon Clowney. He signed to a two-year, $20 million contract with the Panthers after having a robust season with the Baltimore Ravens and he received’t be seeing the second season.
Clowney is well one of the vital notable defensive free brokers within the NFL proper now. The Seattle Seahawks memorably traded for Clowney in 2019, and whereas he recorded three sacks, 13 quarterback hits, and two fumble returns for touchdowns, the Seahawks opted to not retain his companies.
Since leaving the Houston Texans, Clowney has turn into a journeyman. He’s been on 5 groups relationship again to 2019 and his time with the Cleveland Browns ended very poorly. When he joined the Ravens in 2023, Clowney had a career-best 9.5 sacks in Mike Macdonald’s protection and was a part of Baltimore’s No. 1 ranked unit.
In Carolina, Clowney had 5.5 sacks by way of 14 video games, in addition to 4 passes defensed and 11 QB hits. The Panthers protection was horrible however it doesn’t seem like he was a significant cause for it. Carolina is trying to get youthful and open up some cap house, so Clowney was evidently a cap casualty.
Would you like the Seahawks to beef up their defensive position some extra and convey again Clowney? He has previous ties to Mike Macdonald and presumably that’s the strongest argument in favor of signing him. With Derick Corridor, Boye Mafe, DeMarcus Lawrence, and Uchenna Nwosu all on the depth chart, Clowney wouldn’t must be relied upon as a main pass-rusher/run-stopper like Seattle anticipated in 2019.
The flip aspect, which the place the place I stand, is that he’s 32 years outdated with a really deep historical past of accidents which have prompted him to overlook time. I’d reasonably see that enjoying time allotted to the gamers on the roster proper now. It additionally appears peculiar that for as a lot as Clowney is lauded for his disruptive go speeding (regardless of the dearth of a excessive quantity of sacks) and skill to cease the run, he has been repeatedly bouncing from workforce to workforce over the previous a number of seasons no matter his wage.
I don’t need Clowney again and don’t actually see a “take a flyer” justification for him, both. However possibly you assume in any other case and see his success with Macdonald as cause to try to bolster Seattle’s defensive depth much more. Chat away within the feedback!
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