Clowney Wants to Play for a Contender: Could It Be the Birds?
A recent report from ESPN’s John Clayton claims that Free Agent Pass Rusher Jadeveon Clowney remains unsigned because he prefers to play for a “contender“.
This goes in opposition to breaking the bank, which was what teams thought Clowney was trying to do at the start of Free Agency.
“He’s going to be interested in Philadelphia because one of the things and one of the reasons he turned down Cleveland is because he wants to go to a winning team,” Clayton said of Clowney. “He turned down Miami twice because he didn’t expect them to be a winning team.”
The interview also confirmed that the asking price has gone down exponentially compared to the original numbers Clowney and his camp were asking for.
According to Clayton, Clowney and his representatives are now seeking a $9-10 million one-year year deal.
The quote below was published by the Seattle Times, just to provide some perspective on how the market has shifted for Clowney:
“Signs pointed in that direction Wednesday with a report that he is dropping his asking price, which could make a return to Seattle more viable. Specifically, Dianna Russini of ESPN tweeted that Clowney has “moved off” his “asking price” of $20 million a year or more to a range of $17 million to $18 million.” Russini further tweeted that doing so “could spark more interest” and that the Titans and Seahawks are “still interested.”
It certainly would not be outside of Howie Roseman’s DNA to sign Clowney to a “one-year prove-it deal” as we have seen him do time and time again.
Being able to sign Clowney for just under 10 million dollars would be a BIG bargain…but would the organization want to bring that type of player into the locker room?
We all know that Philly fans still hold a lot of bad-blood against Clowney after he illegally hit Carson Wentz, which left him concussed and unable to return in the biggest game of the season (2020 NFC Wild Card Playoffs).
Roseman reacted to the hit after the fact during an offseason interview back in February. Roseman went on to say:
“We thought that was a foul. We’re sick to our stomach about the way our season ended for our team and Carson in particular, but we’re not in a position to lose draft picks, dude. I can’t do that. I can’t do that. So you’re going to get me in a situation where I’m going to say something and I’m going to lose draft picks, we’re going to lose money, we’re going to get fined, I can’t do that. That doesn’t make sense either. Because it doesn’t put us back in time. I don’t have that Back to the Future time machine where I can go back in time and change it”
“I’m sick about it,” Roseman said. “Doug’s sick. Jeffery’s sick about it. Our whole organization is sick about it. We’re there, we have a home playoff game, eight plays in? Come on. You know that. There’s no disconnect. We’re sick about it. Should have been a foul. … I have a knot in my stomach talking about it. You’re killing my morning.”
Roseman and the organization still seemed to be triggered by the situation, so Clowney to Philly might not be the most logical landing spot.
Featured Image: AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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