NFL free agency: Jadeveon Clowney linked to 2 serious Super Bowl contenders

Training camp is underway for all 32 NFL teams. Meanwhile, there are still some talented performers available who could help a team out if the need should arise.

Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report took a look at seven players that remain on the open market. He explained that any of these veterans “could help replace early injured players or provide insurance for camp holdouts.”

The second name on the list is 11-year veteran who has played for six different franchises. “Pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney had a pretty respectable 2024 campaign,” explained Knox, “albeit with a bad Carolina Panthers defense. While Carolina finished dead-last in both yards and points allowed, Clowney managed to record 5.5 sacks, 22 quarterback pressures and nine tackles for loss.”

Despite those aforementioned numbers, Clowney was released by the Panthers earlier this year after one season with the club. General manager Dan Morgan has added a lot of new faces to aid the league’s worst defense from this past season, and stressed youth when it came to a pass rush (rookies Nic Scourton and Princely Umanmielen and four-year pro Patrick Jones II) that managed only 32 sacks in ’24. So which club could the three-time Pro Bowler wind up with in 2025?