Jadeveon Clowney fires his agent and what it means for Seahawks

Jadeveon Clowney has now fired the same agent two years in a row.

Jadeveon Clowney at some point in the last few days has fired his agent Bus Cook. Clowney did the same thing last year just before Labor Day weekend but then re-hired Cook just before the Seahawks made a deal with the Texans to bring Clowney to Seattle. Clowney reportedly is going to hire agent Kennard McGuire.

For what it is worth, and it probably isn’t much, McGuire is also the agent of Seahawks offensive lineman Duane Brown (Brown also once played for the Texans) and Seattle defensive line coach Clint Hurtt. Brown is one thing but if there is a connection between the Seahawks defensive line coach and Clowney, that could be important. McGuire, though, has several clients on several different teams so the connection between Hurtt and Clowney might be nothing.

The NFL does have a rule, however, that a player who fires his agent must wait five days before hiring a new one. This is one reason to believe that Jadeveon Clowney actually fired Cook in the last few days and not on Saturday. It seems unlikely that Clowney would fire his agent the same day as roster cuts because then he would need to wait five days before officially hiring another agent which means five days before signing a new deal with a team.

Jadeveon Clowney’s next step

That is if Cook hasn’t waived the five days so Clowney could hire a new agent immediately. Or Clowney could even try to work out a new deal himself, which seems unlikely.

But for the Seahawks and any other team hoping for the services of Jadeveon Clowney this could mean that a new game is afoot. Maybe McGuire will be able to talk Clowney into a one-year deal for less money or a longer-term deal with more guarantees. If this is the case then at least McGuire knows how the Seahawks work and could get general manager John Schneider to work something out.