PHOENIX -- When the Houston Texans begin their spring workouts on April 15, coach Bill O’Brien is hopeful that franchise-tagged linebacker Jadeveon Clowney will be at NRG Stadium, ready to participate.
“Hopefully we see him on April 15. If not, it’s a voluntary program and we’ll just handle it from there,” O’Brien said at the NFL owners meetings on Wednesday.
Clowney played the 2018 season on his fifth-year option, as he and the Texans could not agree to a long-term extension. Houston typically has operated by giving veteran players an extension entering the final year of their contracts, as they did in 2017 with wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.