Jadeveon Clowney Injury Update: ‘Good Shot’ Clowney Plays Sunday For Houston Texans
Jadeveon Clowney has a “good shot” at making his highly-anticipated return to the Houston Texans lineup after being out since injuring his meniscus in the team’s Week 1 win
The Houston Texans are likely to welcome back No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft as Jadeveon Clowney has worked his way back to top health after surgery to repair his meniscus he damaged in the regular season opener and head coach Bill O’Brien thinks he has a “good shot” at starting.
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Clowney was a game-time decision for last week’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers and there was hope he could potentially play about 20 snaps as a situational pass rusher depending on the outcome of his pregame workout, but the team didn’t think he was ready to return to game action so they went the conservative (smart) route with the league’s top pick with the hope he would be ready for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans.
"He did what he had to do this week. I think he has a good shot to play on Sunday."-O'Brien on Jadeveon Clowney.
— Drew Dougherty (@DoughertyDrew) October 24, 2014
The former South Carolina Gamecock defensive end is even listed as a starter at outside linebacker in advance of Sunday’s game against their AFC South foe, so when O’Brien says Clowney has a “good shot” at playing, the translation is he will be starting and wrecking havoc along with Whitney Mercilus who filled in admirably for him while he was out and MVP candidate J.J. Watt on the Texans front.
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