Seattle Seahawks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney gets a free pass that every Philadelphia Eagles fans will hate to see: the NFL decided not to give him a fine for the excessive hit that prematurely ended the season Carson Wentz was having.

NFL.com's Tom Pelissero reported that the league has decided not to add any fines to the 26-year-old after reviewing the play in question. It should allow Clowney to clear his head and focus on playing against the Green Bay Packers in top condition.

Fans who watched the game would say that the hard hit the Seahawks defensive star gave Wentz was the thing that doomed the Eagles. He had to be replaced by Josh McCown after he went down. While the 40-year-old played decently in the pocket, he clearly wasn't the man who was supposed to be in at gunslinger, as the Eagles lost, 17-9.

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Clowney had a good outing against the Eagles. He finished the night with one sack and five tackles. He and the rest of the Seahawks defense did well in not allowing McCown and the rest of the Eagles to get into a rhythm as they ended their season in the Wild Card.

He insisted after the game that the helmet-to-helmet hit is not intentional. He also believed that the team's fans will be sending him death threats along the way.

“I was just playing fast, and he turned like he was running the ball, so I was trying to get him down,” said Clowney, via USA Today. “It was a bang-bang play. I don't intend to hurt anybody in this league, let me just put that out there. I've been down the injury road; it's not fun.

“There might be death threats,” Clowney said in the victorious locker room afterward, while also opining that the locals who fill up Lincoln Financial Field are the “worst fans in the world.”

Clowney is suffering from a core muscle injury, but he's expected to be in the lineup against the Packers.