Matt Weston:
The Texans traded Jadeveon Clowney for a third round pick, Barkevious Mingo, and Jacob Martin, and sent along $7 million for him to play with Seattle. Whitney Mercilus had to match Jadeveon Clowney’s pass rush production from last season to prevent this season from being disastrous. Week in and week out he and J.J. Watt had to dismantle pass protections together to aid a secondary facing the majority of the best passing offenses in the league.
So far, this has happened. He had the only sack on Drew Brees last week, aided by a D.