FRISCO, Texas — Jadeveon Clowney didn’t undergo an offseason program, a coaching camp or play within the preseason, however when the Dallas Cowboys tackle the Chicago Bears on Sunday, the veteran defensive finish will likely be prepared.
“I do anticipate to play, however I do not know a snap depend,” Clowney mentioned after formally signing with the Cowboys on Monday. “That is as much as the coaches. I keep in mind I walked into Tennessee Week 1 [in 2020] and performed like 40 snaps within the first sport, and we performed in Mile Excessive Denver. So, it is nothing new to me. It is soccer. Simply go on the market, be bodily, play your sport. When you get drained, that is why there’s different guys in your workforce.”
Clowney really performed 47 snaps six days after signing with the Tennessee Titans. He may have his first apply with the Cowboys on Wednesday.
Coach Brian Schottenheimer mentioned he would not wager towards Clowney probably enjoying, “however we need not make that call at this time.”
The Cowboys signed him to bolster a cross rush that has recorded 4 sacks in two video games after the commerce of Micah Parsons to the Inexperienced Bay Packers. Simply do not inform Clowney he’s right here to switch Parsons.
“Micah Parsons is Micah Parsons. I am Jadeveon Clowney,” he mentioned. “I am coming in to do me and simply do my factor and attempt to assist in any manner I can and play soccer.”
Clowney, 32, recorded 5.5 sacks final yr with the Carolina Panthers, who launched him in Might. Becoming a member of the Cowboys was the precedence, based on his agent, Kennard McGuire, and he mentioned he hoped he may have performed with Parsons.
“I am right here now and I am simply glad for the chance to be right here to maintain enjoying soccer 12 years in,” Clowney mentioned. “Everyone asks me, ‘What makes you need to preserve doing this, 12 years within the league? You bought the cash and all.’ But it surely’s the competitors. It is the competitor in me. So long as I’ve acquired that aggressive edge and that honest, I really feel like I can go on the market and do it.”
Clowney visited the Cowboys final week. With the signing, he rejoins Schottenheimer, who was the offensive coordinator when Clowney performed for the Seattle Seahawks in 2019.
The Cowboys have mentioned they like what they’ve in cross rushers Dante Fowler Jr., Sam Williams, Donovan Ezeiruaku, Marshawn Kneeland and James Houston, and the addition of Clowney simply provides to the group.
“This man is an efficient soccer participant,” Schottenheimer mentioned. “He is not right here simply to be a cross rusher. He is right here to play protection and to have an effect on the sport and to cease the run and to have an effect on the quarterback by shifting him off the spot. He is aware of learn how to play soccer. So it’s going to be thrilling to see him on the market on the apply area on Wednesday.”