Over the past few days, a combination of trolls impersonating real reporters, smaller upstart Twitter accounts, and the public’s curiosity have been stoking the fires of a potential Jadeveon Clowney trade. That noise made its way to Buffalo’s corner of the world on Tuesday, when former Bills receiver Stevie Johnson (writing under the handle of his podcast, Why So Serious) tweeted that the Bills were “closing in on Jadeveon Clowney.”
That news was shot down within short order by numerous NFL reporters. Tim Graham of The Athletic reported that a team source told him “Nothing there.