The NFL draft is in the books and so are the first couple of waves of free agency. With that in mind, NFL.com’s Marc Sessler took a look at one burning question each team faces heading into the 2020 regular season.
Sessler asks whether or not the table is set for the Seattle Seahawks to re-sign defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, who remains one of the league’s top unrestricted free agents.
“I had the Seahawks pegged as a potential draft-weekend landing spot for disgruntled Jaguars defensive lineman Yannick Ngakoue,” Sessler writes. “The move never happened, leaving Seattle out there as a logical return destination for Clowney.”
“The ‘Hawks aren’t willing to overpay for the run-stuffing, athletic freak, but also failed to draft a clear replacement,” Sessler continues. “Talking after the draft, coach Pete Carroll said Clowney ‘knows that the Seahawks are a place that he had some success, and that he had a really good time and he contributed to our club and all of that. . . . ‘If there’s an opportunity that makes sense, we’ll dive back in and pursue it.’
“While the Browns have been linked to Clowney, too, Seattle felt like home a year ago. Carroll and Co. could use him, too, if the greenbacks make sense.”
However, recent reports have suggested that Clowney is willing to be patient this offseason and see whether or not he’s eventually able to command a contract with the numbers he’s been waiting for.
