We’re 11 games into the 2014 season and Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney still hasn’t made the kind of impact that many were expecting based on his collegiate exploits.
Clowney had three tackles in Sunday’s loss, one for a loss, to the Bengals and he also was guilty of a neutral zone infraction that helped the Bengals get into position for a field goal. It was just his fourth game of the season as Clowney missed a big chunk of time after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus suffered in Week One and Clowney said after the game that he was still being affected by the injury.
“Somewhat,” Clowney said, via the Houston Chronicle. “Some things are holding me back still but I’m just out here trying to do what I can do and have fun. You never know if you’re going to have an injury or not coming into the league. So when that happened to me, it was a setback. I’m just trying to do everything I need to do to get back to where I need to be to help the team out.”
With a 5-6 record at this point in the year, the Texans are pretty much left to hope that Clowney can stay healthy and start making progress that will help him make more of the impact they imagined in his second NFL season.