BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The difference between last year and this year's offseason for Jadeveon Clowney is that he's not recovering from a major surgery this year.
That should help his progress into next season -- and if it does, he'll get closer to reaching the potential his head coach sees in him.
"Clowney's got a great future," Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien said Tuesday morning. "The big thing, and I've said this all along, is he has to stay healthy. We have to help him with that, and then he has to do his part.