{"id":167612,"date":"2024-03-28T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=167612"},"modified":"2024-03-28T06:54:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T10:54:34","slug":"jadeveon-clowney-panthers-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/28\/jadeveon-clowney-panthers-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Jadeveon Clowney On Signing With Panthers: &#8220;It Just Feels Like A Full Circle Moment&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Panthers made headlines yesterday, outbidding the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/27\/jadeveon-clowney-signs-contract-panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">sign Jadeveon Clowney to a two-year deal<\/a>. From a purely on-field standpoint, Clowney will go a long way in replacing the departed Brian Burns. While he is older, the former first-overall pick was more productive than Burns last year and one of the most efficient edge rushers on a per-snap basis.<\/p>\n<p>While there are plenty of on-field reasons to love the Jadeveon Clowney signing, the Panthers also give Clowney himself a chance to stay close to home.\u00a0 A South Carolina native who also spent his college years in the state, most of Clowney&#8217;s family live in the area. During a recent conversation with Josina Anderson of CBS Sports, the pass rusher spoke about how excited he is to play for his hometown team.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;We&#8217;re going to be just 30 minutes from home. It&#8217;s where we do all our community and foundation work going into season 11. Plus, my Grandaddy is getting older; and last year we had a lot of losses in our family. So honestly, it just feels like a a full circle moment being closer.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just got off the phone with Jadeveon Clowney and his wife seconds after they hung up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Panthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Panthers<\/a> on his decision to join Carolina. Clowney&#39;s mother had not even yet heard the news at the time: <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#39;re going to be just 30 minutes from home. It&#39;s where we do all our\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bTr1A40fi9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/bTr1A40fi9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosinaAnderson\/status\/1773077245399044222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Jadeveon Clowney Excited To Play For Hometown Panthers<\/h2>\n<p>Jadeveon Clowney isn&#8217;t the only member of his family to be excited about the Panthers signing. Anderson also spoke with his wife, Nijah, who shared similar feelings.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;He spoke with Ravens. He also liked his visit with Jets. Both places were fits, but the Panthers pursued the hardest. This is a special day for us.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jadeveon Clowney is just one of many veterans the Carolina Panthers brought in over the offseason. While this team isn&#8217;t quite ready to compete for a Super Bowl, they&#8217;ve done a remarkable job of improving the roster. On the offensive side of the ball, the team secured the offensive line with Robert Hunt and Damien Lewis while giving Bryce Young an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/12\/diontae-johnson-trade-donte-jackson\/\" target=\"_self\">improved receiving room with Diontae Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Defensively, the Panthers replaced Brian Burns with Jadeveon Clowney and D.J. Wonnum while securing the defensive tackle position with A&#8217;Shawn Robinson. While no individual player matches Burns&#8217; raw potential, this group can collectively replace the expensive star. Additionally, while the team lost Frankie Luvu, they managed to sign Josey Jewell to fill that role.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Panthers might not be done yet. The team could still use some help in the secondary, and Carolina has reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/27\/65-million-free-agent-could-reunite-with-former-team\/\" target=\"_self\">Stephon Gilmore about a potential reunion<\/a>. While the former Defensive Player of the Year should have multiple suitors, Jadeveon Clowney could help bring Gilmore to the Panthers.<\/p>\n<h3>Could Stephon Gilmore Sign In Carolina?<\/h3>\n<p>While Jadeveon Clowney and Stephon Gilmore are good on-field fits for the Panthers, there is one big off-field reason that could bring the two together. These two NFL stars attended the same high school and even played on the same football team.<\/p>\n<p>Jadeveon Clowney spoke about how playing for the Panthers feels like coming home, and Gilmore will share the same feelings. Armed with approximately $<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/cap\/2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">9.5 million in cap space<\/a>, Carolina should be able to make a competitive offer and secure the defense with two homegrown stars. Even if this team doesn&#8217;t make a playoff run in 2024, they should dramatically improve on their 2-15 finish last year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Kiyoshi Mio &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jadeveon Clowney is the newest member of the Carolina Panthers, and the edge rusher couldn&#8217;t be happier about signing with his hometown team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":167720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[30],"tags":[1473,7661,1063],"class_list":["post-167612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-panthers","tag-jadeveon-clowney","tag-panthers-featured","tag-stephon-gilmore"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167612","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=167612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}