{"id":841733,"date":"2026-08-03T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841733\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:37:09","slug":"jadeveon-clowney-chose-to-return-to-houston-over-chasing-money-it-was-a-really-easy-decision-latest-nfl-news-analysis-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841733\/","title":{"rendered":"Jadeveon Clowney chose to return to Houston over chasing money: &#8216;It was a really easy decision&#8217; | Latest NFL News, Analysis &#038; Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jadeveon Clowney chose <a node=\"[object Object]\" class=\"inline-block relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-network-jadeveon-clowney-returning-to-texans-who-drafted-him-no-1-overall-in-2014\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-headlessui-state=\"\" target=\"_blank\">to return to Houston<\/a>, where his NFL career started, eschewing more money for a chance to chase a ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like they got a good team and I can help contribute. It was a really easy decision,\u201d Clowney told <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" node=\"[object Object]\" class=\"inline-block relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/texans\/article\/jadeveon-clowney-texans-return-22370843.php\" target=\"_blank\" data-headlessui-state=\"\">Jonathan M. Alexander of the Houston Chronicle<\/a>. \u201cIt wasn&#8217;t about the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 draft, Clowney spent his first five seasons with the Texans, earning the only three Pro Bowl nods of his career. In 2019, he was traded during final cuts to the Seattle Seahawks. From there, he\u2019s become a gun for hire, playing for six clubs in seven seasons, including stops in Tennessee, Cleveland, Baltimore, Carolina and Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Clowney said it was a family decision to return to Houston. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve grown up and learned the game a lot more since leaving,\u201d Clowney said. \u201cI feel like I can help the younger guys. I&#8217;ve learned how to lead and what it takes to get to a Super Bowl. I feel like I can help this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 12 seasons, Clowney has generated 66.5 sacks. He authored 8.5 QB takedowns last season in Dallas in 13 games, including six starts. In his 12 campaigns, the 33-year-old has played on four playoff teams, making one Conference Championship Game (2023 with Baltimore).<\/p>\n<p>Clowney joins a stacked Houston defense, led by edge rushers Will Anderson Jr.. and Danielle Hunter. There were some depth questions on the edge, so Clowney\u2019s addition fills any gap. Providing pass rush oomph when Anderson and Hunter need a breather is an excellent addition by the Texans.<\/p>\n<p>And Clowney can chase that ring where it all began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just know this team is good enough to go, and I can help,\u201d Clowney said. \u201cWe&#8217;ve got to get to work and stay locked in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jadeveon Clowney chose to return to Houston, where his NFL career started, eschewing more money for a chance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[37242,64,63,1255,92779,44,593,19976,248766,85],"class_list":["post-841733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-houston-texans","tag-jadeveon-clowney","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}