RENTON — All Duane Brown was trying to do initially was be a good friend.
Brown, the Seahawks’ left tackle, has gotten a fair share of credit for helping sell Jadeveon Clowney on agreeing to be traded to Seattle — Clowney essentially had veto power after not signing his franchise tag tender with Houston.
The two were teammates in Houston from 2014 until Brown was traded from the Texans to Seattle in 2017, and Clowney considered Brown a trusted source on what it might be like to become a Seahawk once that idea started to become a reality.