Houston Texans: Trade return for Jadeveon Clowney is laughable
It isn’t like the Houston Texans had a ton of leverage, but their trade return for Jadeveon Clowney is absolutely laughable.
The Houston Texans didn’t have much leverage in a possible Jadeveon Clowney trade, so it doesn’t come as a huge surprise for me to relay this message to you, but the return they got for him was laughable.
Clowney is one of the best edge players in the NFL. He may not be universally considered up there with guys like Khalil Mack and Von Miller off the edge, but he’s a phenomenal playmaker, run defender, and athlete off the edge who can consistently wreck games for the opposing offense.
It was reported on Saturday by Jay Glazer that the Seahawks and Texans had come together on the parameters of a trade, and those parameters were later revealed, though some Texans fans may wish they weren’t.
Here’s Ian Rapoport’s report on the details, and we’ll break it down.
Terms for the #Seahawks trade for Jadeveon Clowney: Seattle gets Clowney, the #Texans get a third-round pick, LB Jacob Martin, and pass-rusher Barkevious Mingo, source said.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 31, 2019
From Houston’s perspective, this trade is very odd, but it’s better than nothing.
That third-round pick should be near the bottom of the round, so it’s not a great pick for Houston to get back, but it’s also not a terrible one.
Barkevious Mingo is still just 28 and played well in the preseason, but he has just 10 career sacks as the former sixth-overall pick in the NFL Draft.
Jacob Martin was a sixth-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and has shown some impressive competitive fire when he’s played, but he had just nine tackles a season ago as a rookie. The Texans will obviously be counting on him to play a much bigger role.
Unfortunately, it’s hard in the moment to focus on what the Texans got because one guy is a journeyman defensive player who may not even be with the team at season’s end, another piece is a future draft choice and it’s not a very high one, and the third piece is a linebacker who was picked in the sixth-round last year.
At least the Texans got something for Clowney, but they couldn’t get a running back from Seattle? No offensive line pieces with potential?
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This is a tough trade and another bad move in a long line of bad moves this offseason for Houston.