{"id":143783,"date":"2023-08-14T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=143783"},"modified":"2023-08-14T10:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:13:41","slug":"jadeveon-clowney-ravens-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/14\/jadeveon-clowney-ravens-jaguars\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple AFC Contenders Pursuing Three-Time Pro Bowler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The start of the 2023 regular season is less than one month away, and there are still a few big-name free agents left on the market. Former first-round pick and three-time Pro Bowl selection Jadeveon Clowney is one of these players, but the South Carolina product might find a new home in the coming days. According to reports across the league, Clowney recently visited with the Jacksonville Jaguars and has also received an offer from the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jaguars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jaguars<\/a> today, and his visit just ended, source said. No contract is imminent for Clowney, who also visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ravens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Ravens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1690825659029884928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Two AFC Contenders Fighting For Jadeveon Clowney<\/h2>\n<h3>Does Jadeveon Clowney Have Anything Left?<\/h3>\n<p>While NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport reported that no contract is imminent, it&#8217;s safe to assume that Clowney will find a new team before long. It&#8217;s not uncommon for veteran players like Clowney to wait until August to sign with a new team, as this allows experienced pros to skip out on training camp without incurring any financial punishments. Just because he&#8217;s still available doesn&#8217;t mean that he no longer has anything left in his tank, and both traditional metrics and advanced data suggest he can still help the right team.<\/p>\n<p>Jadeveon Clowney spent the 2022 season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/browns\/\" target=\"_self\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>, appearing in 12 games while making 10 starts. While on the field, the edge defender finished the year with two sacks, 28 tackles, four quarterback hits, four tackles-for-loss, and one forced fumble. While his traditional stats didn&#8217;t jump off the page, he did finish the year with a 75.8 PFF grade, making him the 27th-best edge defender among 119 eligible players.<\/p>\n<p>So, a player like this can still help in the right role, but he probably isn&#8217;t the type of guy that can lead a pass rush anymore. With that in mind, do the Jacksonville Jaguars or Baltimore Ravens make sense for Jadeveon Clowney?<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Fits<\/h3>\n<p>The Baltimore Ravens hosted Jadeveon Clowney a while back and reportedly made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiY7t3-qdyAAxVUnokEHVLxBlkQFnoECBoQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoreravens.com%2Fnews%2Fjadeveon-clowney-reportedly-thinking-offer-ravens-defensive-end&amp;usg=AOvVaw0hji76LkuMtM4ex3mB44ar&amp;opi=89978449\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contract offer<\/a>. While Clowney has obviously not accepted that deal as of this posting, the fact this offer exists in the first place makes them the favorite to land the three-time Pro Bowler. While the Ravens play in a tough division, it&#8217;s easy to see why Baltimore believes they can compete with an additional pass rusher.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore&#8217;s edge defenders currently have a lot of promise but are completely unproven. 2022 second-round pick David Ojabo hardly played as a rookie due to his Achilles injury and nobody knows what he can do at the professional level. He&#8217;s one of the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/12\/x-factors-2023-nfl-season\/\" target=\"_self\">X-factors in the NFL<\/a> due to his ceiling, but he might never reach his ceiling. Odafe Oweh, meanwhile, has played well in small doses but has yet to justify his first-round draft status. 2017 second-round pick Tyus Bowser will also be in the mix, but he&#8217;s nothing more than a league-average starter. Put simply, adding Jadeveon Clowney to this group would add a much-needed veteran presence to help guide the younger players.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacksonville Jaguars, meanwhile, are in a similar boat. Former first-round pick Josh Allen is one of the better pass rushers in the league, but he desperately needs another partner. 2022 first-overall pick Travon Walker didn&#8217;t do much of anything as a rookie, compiling just 3.5 sacks in 15 games. While it&#8217;s obviously too early to completely give up on him, Jacksonville needs a backkup plan if Walker never turns into anything more than an ok player. Jadeveon Clowney provides this security and should be a welcome addition to this team.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Geoff Burke &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former first-overall pick Jadeveon Clowney is reportedly being pursued by two of the best teams in the AFC: the Ravens and Jaguars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":143804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[7335,1473,7638],"class_list":["post-143783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ravens","category-jaguars","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-news","tag-jadeveon-clowney","tag-ravens-featured"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}