The death blow to that conversation, in our eyes, came in last season’s NFC Championship game. We’ve been over it 100 times. He quit and then told us he did so because his main objective is himself.
The signs were apparent before that, however. The reluctance to move to inside linebacker, the maddening focus on sacks, the failure to be elected captain and the talk of being a leader without any actual action.
It’s as if Clay thought becoming the highest-paid defender on the team automatically made him a team leader.