Strangest day in the Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans cold war over Jadeveon Clowney
By Will Lomas
April 1st update: A new price tag and potential complications
The Tennessee Titans already had a pretty deep group of EDGEs, so no one was expecting a non-Clowney move to happen at this point in free agency, but here we are.
Yes, the Titans decided to bring back Kamalei Correa to round out the EDGE position. Correa finished the season with 4 sacks in his last 7 games including the postseason and he has seemed like a Mike Vrabel guy for a while now.
Now, the Vic Beasley signing had no bearing on Jadeveon Clowney because the two play very different roles despite both being EDGEs. Clowney is better vs the run on the outside and is a fun nickel DT.
On the other hand, Beasley is a designated pass rusher who has the speed and burst to cause problems on the outside. That is the best ability an EDGE can have and hopefully he gets to show that off a lot this year, but the reason why Clowney is still a target is because Beasley isn’t going to give you much at all anchoring vs the run.
It is just a one-year deal for Correa so it isn’t like this makes the future cloudy for the Titans either. If anything it looks like a backup plan so that they aren’t going to be backed into any decisions they don’t want to make financially.
Speaking of money, we got a new report today on Jadeveon Clowney dropping his price tag:
As we continue to watch the market for Jadeveon Clowney, I am told by several sources the asking price has been moved off that $20mil+ number and it’s closer to $17-18mil. This could spark more interest. Also told Titans and Seahawks are still “interested”
— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) April 1, 2020
The price dropping means that the aforementioned cold war is working and that both the Titans and Seahawks have hunkered down and instead of making pitches to Clowney, both sides are preparing for life without him and letting him look their offers without budging.
Again, another report that says this is just down to two teams and if Clowney’s price is dropping now, there is a good chance that he isn’t waiting until training camp to decide. Otherwise why not just wait until someone panics and if they don’t, then you can drop your price?