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The Seahawks are nonetheless within the working for Jadeveon Clowney.
As Jadeveon Clowney waits out the free-agent market, the Seattle Seahawks stay in competition for the move rusher. ESPN’s Dianna Russini reported that the Seahawks and Titans are the 2 finalists to signal Clowney.
“I’m informed the Seattle Seahawks and the Tennessee Titans are nonetheless focused on Jadeveon Clowney. Each groups have made a number of gives, however nothing that matches Clowney’s desired price ticket. Sources consider ‘he's simply not in a rush to signal,'” Russini famous on Twitter.
ESPN 710 Seattle’s John Clayton reported that the Seahawks’ supply nonetheless tops the Titans which is believed to be within the one-year, $10 million vary. As indicated by the 2 months which have handed, Clowney is in no hurry to signal a brand new contract. It seems the move rusher is making an attempt to attend out the NFL’s assembly restrictions, however it's laborious to examine these being lifted any time quickly with most cities nonetheless in a significant battle with COVID-19.
The Seahawks and Titans would be the prime contenders to signal Clowney, however this can be a very fluid state of affairs. Nothing is about in stone till Clowney indicators a contract and there's no indication that that is near taking place.
The Seahawks Indicated They “Moved On” From Clowney However This Is Not Solely True
Seahawks basic supervisor John Schneider indicated on a number of events that the crew needed to transfer on from Clowney and conduct enterprise as normal. But, the Seahawks launched Justin Britt and D.J. Fluker clearing more room that Seattle has not completely used. Whereas Schneider indicated the crew had moved on, he additionally famous that the Seahawks had refused to shut the door on bringing again Clowney.
“We don’t shut the door on something, actually,” Schneider famous within the Seahawks’ draft press convention. “Mainly, with Clowney, let’s put it on the market. He did an ideal job for us. He was wonderful this previous yr. We have been in negotiations along with his agent for a very long time and in some unspecified time in the future, you could transfer on and maintain conducting enterprise. It’s not Jadeveon’s fault, it’s no one’s fault. It's a must to maintain transferring, man or you'll get beat.”
Seattle Stays Assured in Their Present Cross Rusher Choices
All through the draft, the Seahawks expressed confidence of their present choices on the line of defense with the signings of Benson Mayowa and Bruce Irvin. Seattle additionally added two move rushers, Darrell Taylor and Alton Robinson, within the draft. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll emphasised that the crew needed to deal with the place group this offseason and really feel assured in what they've achieved to date.
“We actually did take a look at the difficulty of, we weren’t proud of the manufacturing of our stress that we placed on final yr, so we went after it,” Carroll defined, per Seahawks.com. “Each transfer that we’ve made has addressed that and I believe that we've the depth that may actually assist us maintain guys quick and contemporary and get a very good rotation going. …Everyone was actually enthusiastic about it [the draft]. It began with getting Jordyn [Brooks], however then coming again and getting Darrell [Taylor], a man that we might have simply taken with our first decide if we had the chance, that labored out nice. I’m actually fired up that we have been in a position to get Alton [Robinson] the place we acquired him. He’s acquired the flexibility and the manufacturing to do stuff like guys that have been picked fairly a bit increased. We have been lucky to get that achieved.”
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