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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jadeveon Clowney apparently overplayed his hand.</p><p>After <strong>lowering his asking price last week to $17 million</strong>, the Seahawks have reportedly flipped on the 27-year-old edge rusher and are no longer interested in bringing him back for a second season.</p><p>On Tuesday, <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsRadioKJR/status/1247608241850212352?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NFL Network&#8217;s Mike Garafolo characterized the chances</a> of Clowney returning to Seattle as &#8220;slim to none.&#8221; He added that the Seahawks are &#8220;moving on to Plan B, C and D&#8221; and &#8220;aren&#8217;t actively chasing Clowney right now.&#8221;</p><p>Last week, Seattle inked pass rusher Benson Mayowa to a one-year, $3 million deal and &#8220;plan B, C and D&#8221; could involve former Minnesota defensive end Everson Griffen, who remains unsigned.</p><p>Clowney was <strong>traded to Seattle last year from Houston</strong> and recorded three sacks, 21 tackles and four forced fumbles in 13 games played.</p><p>Despite the uneven showing in 2019, the former No. 1 draft pick was considered one of the most prominent free agents entering this offseason and sought a deal worth $20 million, which would have put him in line with the salaries of the top defensive ends like the Cowboys’ DeMarcus Lawrence and Bears’ Khalil Mack. Earlier, he <strong>turned down a $17 million-per-year offer from the Dolphins</strong> and a $18.5 million-per-year offer from the Seahawks in hopes of striking gold elsewhere.</p><p>“No one has met Clowney’s price or even, from what I understand, really come close to it,” <strong>NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said back in March</strong>. “So at this point it seems he is willing to wait for the right deal.”</p><p>The Dolphins went forward in signing lower-priced defensive ends Emmanuel Ogbah and Shaq Lawson after Clowney rejected their bid.</p><p>At the time, the Seahawks still wanted to bring him back, but had &#8220;not yet met his price either,” Rapoport said.</p><figure id="attachment_15450387"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jadeveon-clowney-nfl-free-agency-20202.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jadeveon-clowney-nfl-free-agency-20202.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jadeveon-clowney-nfl-free-agency-20202.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Seahawks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney.</span><span class="credit">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p>Clowney&#8217;s disappointing free agency could be an unforeseeable byproduct of the coronavirus pandemic. With <strong>NFL physicals suspended indefinitely</strong>, teams are unable to assess the oft-injured player who has only played all&nbsp;16 games once (2017).</p><p>The versatile South Carolina product has been hampered by injuries since his time in college, but was still <strong>selected No. 1 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft</strong>&nbsp;by the Texans after excelling at the combine, where he recorded the <strong>top 40-yard dash time among defensive linemen</strong> of 4.53 seconds.</p><p>Injuries began to pile up almost immediately once he entered the league. A torn meniscus and microfractures in his knee sidelined Clowney for 12 games in his rookie year, and he has undergone knee surgery, as well as core surgery this past year.</p><p>Both the <strong>Giants</strong> and <strong>Jets</strong> have been discussed as potential landing spots, albeit unlikely ones, for Clowney.</p><p>“I would say we’re going to do our due diligence on everybody who’s out there, especially at the edge-rusher position,” Jets general manager Joe Douglas said on a conference call with reporters last week. “I’m not going to get into the specifics or the details of the conversations we’ve had.”</p><p>The Browns, who have the most remaining cap space in the NFL, have <strong>recently emerged as potential suitors</strong>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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