The Seattle Seahawks might be a good team, but 12s simply don't know for sure. Week 1 is a lie every season, but watching the San Francisco 49ers leave Lumen Field with a victory is tough. Seattle was competitive, but not quite good enough.
The defense wasn't a real issue, except for Riq Woolen, who played the 49ers' final drive as if he had money on San Francisco for the game, but all aspects of the Seahawks could have been more efficient. Seattle got a lot of pressure on quarterback Brock Purdy, but it could have been better.
One player who could improve Seattle is edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney. He might be 32 years old, and possibly he has always had a talent level that his sack numbers never matched, but he proved to be a great fit in Mike Macdonald's system when both were with the Baltimore Ravens in 2023.
The Dallas Cowboys are visiting with former Seattle Seahawks edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney
Clowney, however, might be on the verge of signing with the Dallas Cowboys, a franchise that gets talked about but hasn't been a true contender in three decades. That probably won't be as long as owner Jerry Jones keeps trying to make football decisions as the general manager.
After all, Jones was the owner/GM who couldn't quite remember the name of his best player, edge rusher Micah Parsons, and then traded Parsons to the Green Bay Packers ahead of the season. Will that move prove to backfire? Of course, because Jones will then be in charge of making the draft picks the team received from the Parsons trade.
Dallas needs to add someone now to help partly replace Parsons' production, as much for stopping the run as pressuring opposing passers, and Clowney can do that. As inconsistent as he has been at QB pressures, he has always been fantastic against the run.
The free agent edge rusher is reportedly visiting the Cowboys on Wednesday, according to Josina Anderson, and if the Cowboys are smart, they will sign Jadeveon Clowney. He will make the Cowboys' defense better, and they were fairly close to stealing their Week 1 game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Seattle Seahawks had all offseason to make a move for Clowney, but didn't. This is the case even though he played for Seattle in 2017, so he has a previous working relationship with general manager John Schneider. He knows he can produce in Mike Macdonald's system. Now, though. Seattle might not have any chance to sign Clowney, even if they still had any hopes to.