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A slight sigh of relief." 2019 Houston Texans Offseason2019 NFL Free AgencyAn Update On Jadeveon Clowney’s Contract SituationNew Womens Ka'imi Fairbairn Jersey ,34commentsA slight sigh of relief. CDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:An Update On Jadeveon Clowney’s Contract SituationTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Daniel Dunn/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesNot extending Jadeveon Clowney in March or April or May or June or now in July has been extremely stupid. He’s a top run defender on the best run defense in football. He’s only 26 years old and is about to enter the prime of his career. As a pass rusher, he just needs to clean up his moves a bit and have a plan once his first move is stopped. The Texans still have $40+ million in cap space and will have $70+ million next offseason. Clowney warrants a monster contract. The Texans didn’t give it to him when they should have. The only real reason not to extend Clowney is if his knee is littered with holes like the surface of Mercury, but Clowney has been healthy the last three seasons and has turned into a dominant player. If this is the case, the Texans see something that can’t be seen from the basement. A deal not coming into place as the deadline came and went wasn’t surprising. It was expected. The Texans are going to force Clowney to play under the franchise tag in 2019. This concerned me at first. After missing training camp last year as he recovered from offseason knee surgery, Clowney was invisible until he was relentless against the Indianapolis Colts in Week Four when Houston saved their 2018 season. It took him a while to get going. With a torrential onslaught of great passing offenses and only one other viable pass rusher on the roster in 2019, Houston needs Clowney to be great right away, right now, and missing the entirety of training camp seems like a recipe for a slow start.The other concern is the team/player relationship itself. Why strain a relationship that doesn’t need to be strained? If Clowney wants to be here, and the cap space is here, go for it.Finish it.Make it happen. A team doesn’t destroy its cap space by paying great players a lot of money; it does it by paying bad or mediocre players a lot of money. Clowney isn’t bad or mediocre. I had concerns Clowney would ‘sit out’ this season to make sure he stays healthy to receive his big contract next offseason.Teams are always desperate for pass rushers http://www.thetexanslockerroom.com/authentic-ka_imi-fairbairn-jersey , so if you’re Clowney, why not sit out this year entirely or force a trade next season if Houston still doesn’t want to give him the type of deal he deserves?These concerns and worries that grew gray hairs have been dyed. I feel a little bit better now after Aaron Wilson broke down the Clowney contract situation as well as anyone can. Who says newspapers are dead?First, Wilson discusses the contract situation itself:When Houston can re-sign Clowney and the team’s plans for him. Wilson also mixed in words Clowney muttered at the end of last season. He’s working hard, he’s going to be ready for this season, he wants to come back to Houston, and he’s spent the summer becoming a better player. Hopefully the offseason didn’t sour him on that plan and he still feels this way. Additionally, Clowney has spent the summer working with various pass rush professionals and even LeBron James’s own personal trainer. I bet he’s in the best shape of his life. I feel slightly better now. Hopefully it all works out. Most of all, I’m excited to see the 2019 version of Jadeveon Clowney. September will be here soon. Tennessee played without its starting quarterback and top three offensive tackles against J.J. Watt, Whitney Mercilus and the rest of Houston's challenging defense.Mike Vrabel and his assistants responded with a few timely tricks for the Titans.Ryan Succop kicked a 31-yard field goal with 1:00 left, and the battered Titans held off the Texans 20-17 on Sunday for Vrabel's first victory as an NFL head coach against the team he worked for the past four seasons.Succop also kicked a tying 42-yarder in the fourth quarter as Tennessee (1-1) delivered with quarterback Marcus Mariota watching from the sideline."It's a huge win Benardrick McKinney Jersey White ," Titans quarterback Blaine Gabbert said. "Getting Vrabes his first win as a head coach was awesome. And this team had a lot of adversity throughout the week. The guys fought their way to this win. I'm just extremely proud of those guys."Deshaun Watson and Houston had the ball last. With 17 seconds left, Watson ran around the field looking for a receiver. He found DeAndre Hopkins for a 31-yard completion to the Tennessee 21, but time expired before the Texans could run another play."We tried to take a shot," Watson said. "We didn't have any timeouts, and they guarded the sideline very well. My instincts took over and tried to get the ball and time ran out."Houston coach Bill O'Brien said they were trying to get in field goal range to force overtime."We've got to do a better job of coaching that play up," O'Brien said.Gabbert, starting for his fourth different NFL team, threw for 117 yards and a touchdown.With Mariota sidelined by an elbow injury that created numbness in his throwing hand, Vrabel and the Titans (1-1) got creative. They dipped into the playbook and used some wildcat with Derrick Henry on offense, and All-Pro safety Kevin Byard set an NFL record when he tossed a 66-yard touchdown pass on a fake punt.Tennessee allowed only one sack to Houston (0-2) Stephen Anderson Jersey White , which was missing a couple defensive starters in linebacker Jadeveon Clowney and end Christian Covington. The Titans came up with four sacks and an interception.Watson threw for 310 yards and two TDs as Houston outgained Tennessee 437-283 in total offense.On Tennessee's opening drive, Byard hit a wide-open Dane Cruikshank down the right sideline. Byard's TD pass was the longest by a defensive player in the Super Bowl era , easily topping the mark set by Rams defensive back Ed Meador on Nov. 19, 1967.On the next drive, the Titans went with the wildcat with Henry before Gabbert finished the drive with a screen pass to Taywan Taylor, who went 18 yards for the TD and a 14-0 lead before the end of the first quarter.Titans cornerback Adoree Jackson got his first interception in the NFL, beating Hopkins for the ball in the end zone.MISSING PASS RUSHThe Titans threw only 20 passes. Texans star J.J. Watt went against right tackle Tyler Marz, signed from the Titans' practice squad Saturday and making his NFL debut. Watt had two tackles for loss but no quarterback hits. The Texans finished with one sack on defense with two quarterback hits.FAKE PUNTByard credited Vrabel with telling him before the game not to second-guess himself and just run the fake if he saw the Titans' gunner uncovered on the outside."He put the trust in me man, and I really appreciate that," Byard said.INJURIESThe Titans played without two-time Pro Bowl left tackle Taylor Lewan D'Onta Foreman Jersey White , who is recovering from a concussion. Right tackle Jack Conklin has yet to return after tearing a ligament in his left knee in January. Dennis Kelly, who had replaced Conklin, was out with an illness.The Titans started Kevin Pamphile, a free-agent signee in March, at left tackle.Titans running back David Fluellen hurt a groin muscle in the first quarter and did not return.UP NEXTTexans: Home opener against the New York Giants.Titans: A second straight AFC South opponent with a trip to Jacksonville.Follow Teresa M. Walker at teresamwalker