Clowney expects to make Cowboys debut Sunday

FRISCO, Texas -- Jadeveon Clowney did not spell done an offseason program, a grooming campy oregon play successful the preseason, but erstwhile the Dallas Cowboys instrumentality connected the Chicago Bears connected Sunday, the seasoned antiaircraft extremity volition beryllium ready.

"I bash expect to play, but I don't cognize a drawback count," Clowney said aft officially signing with the Cowboys connected Monday. "That's up to the coaches. I retrieve I walked into Tennessee Week 1 [in 2020] and played similar 40 snaps successful the archetypal game, and we played successful Mile High Denver. So, it's thing caller to me. It's football. Just spell retired there, beryllium physical, play your game. If you get tired, that's wherefore there's different guys connected your team."

Clowney really played 47 snaps six days aft signing with the Tennessee Titans. He volition person his archetypal signifier with the Cowboys connected Wednesday.

Coach Brian Schottenheimer said helium wouldn't stake against Clowney perchance playing, "but we don't request to marque that determination today."

The Cowboys signed him to bolster a walk unreserved that has recorded 4 sacks successful 2 games aft the commercialized of Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. Just don't archer Clowney helium is present to regenerate Parsons.

"Micah Parsons is Micah Parsons. I'm Jadeveon Clowney," helium said. "I'm coming successful to bash maine and conscionable bash my happening and effort to assistance successful immoderate mode I tin and play football."

Clowney, 32, recorded 5.5 sacks past twelvemonth with the Carolina Panthers, who released him successful May. Joining the Cowboys was the priority, according to his agent, Kennard McGuire, and helium said helium hoped helium could person played with Parsons.

"I'm present present and I'm conscionable gladsome for the accidental to beryllium present to support playing shot 12 years in," Clowney said. "Everybody asks me, 'What makes you privation to support doing this, 12 years successful the league? You got the wealth and all.' But it's the competition. It's the rival successful me. As agelong arsenic I've got that competitory borderline and that fair, I consciousness similar I tin spell retired determination and bash it."

Clowney visited the Cowboys past week. With the signing, helium rejoins Schottenheimer, who was the violative coordinator erstwhile Clowney played for the Seattle Seahawks successful 2019.

The Cowboys person said they similar what they person successful walk rushers Dante Fowler Jr., Sam Williams, Donovan Ezeiruaku, Marshawn Kneeland and James Houston, and the summation of Clowney conscionable adds to the group.

"This feline is simply a bully shot player," Schottenheimer said. "He's not present conscionable to beryllium a walk rusher. He's present to play defence and to impact the crippled and to halt the tally and to impact the backmost by moving him disconnected the spot. He knows however to play football. So it'll beryllium breathtaking to spot him retired determination connected the signifier tract connected Wednesday."