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Browns: 5 players who need big seasons in 2021

By Chad Porto

BEREA, OH - JUNE 16: Defensive back Sheldrick Redwine #29 of the Cleveland Browns pursues a loose ball during a mini camp at the Cleveland Browns training facility on June 16, 2021 in Berea, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)
BEREA, OH - JUNE 16: Defensive back Sheldrick Redwine #29 of the Cleveland Browns pursues a loose ball during a mini camp at the Cleveland Browns training facility on June 16, 2021 in Berea, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 14: Jadeveon Clowney #99 of the Tennessee Titans walks on the field before a game against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High on September 14, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 14: Jadeveon Clowney #99 of the Tennessee Titans walks on the field before a game against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High on September 14, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /

Jadeveon Clowney

It’s not being said by the national media but we’re saying it; this is it for Jadeveon Clowney. He was the overall pick in his draft class and he never once posted a double-digit sack season. He’s been a fine player, sure, but never to the level that the first guy taken overall should be at. He’s failed to live up to the hype playing next to J.J. Watt and now that he’s older, slower, and more dinged up than ever before, fans are expecting Myles Garret to cause so much disruption that Clowney benefits from it.

Seems unlikely. Yet, he’s on his fourth team in four years, he hasn’t played a full season since 2017, and if he doesn’t explode this year, he’ll not get another big contract. No matter how good he is against the run.

Clowney has to prove that he’s still got it, and he’ll need Garrett to be healthy to do so. Clowney has shown everywhere he’s gone that he’s not the number one guy on defense. No one is doubling Clowney. He needs that extra force and Garrett is that guy. So if Clowney can’t succeed with Garrett and Watt? Then it’s time for everyone to accept that Clowney is an average player.

He’s got a lot to prove this year, or he’ll be on his fifth team in five years.

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