The Kansas City Chiefs have their star pass-rusher. Before they acquired for Frank Clark earlier this week, though, the Chiefs were apparently engaged in trade discussions with an AFC foe regarding their impact edge defender.
According to Terez Paylor of Yahoo Sports, the Houston Texans reached out to Kansas City to gauge the team's interest in acquiring outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney, but were rebuffed because the Chiefs and general manager Brett Veach had already homed in on Clark as their top trade target.
Per a source, I’m told Houston reached out to KC about Clowney prior to the Frank Clark trade, but the Chiefs were locked in on Clark – their No. 1 guy. https://t.co/Mpr2QNxLLd
— RIP Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) April 25, 2019
The Texans placed the franchise tag on Clowney in early March, but issued a statement indicating they hoped to come to an agreement with him on a long-term contract before next season. If Clowney ends up playing 2019 on the franchise tag, he'll earn either $15.4 or $17.1 million depending on his positional designation.
Though most have assumed Clowney could be available via trade for the right price, reports began surfacing this week that Houston was putting out “feelers” to interested teams. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 draft, Clowney has begun living up to his pre-draft hype over the last three seasons, making the Pro Bowl three times and appearing on the NFL Top 100, a ranking of the league's best players voted on by the players, in 2017 and 2018.
Kansas City, meanwhile, had been looking for reinforcements on the outside after trading Dee Ford and releasing Justin Houston last month. On Tuesday, word broke that the Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks had an agreement in place for Clark, who signed a five-year, $105.5 million contract with Kansas City once the deal was made official.
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