RENTON, Wash. -- The addition of Jadeveon Clowney had Pete Carroll drawing comparisons to the defensive-end duos from the Seattle Seahawks' recent Super Bowl teams.
It had Clowney's new position coach, Clint Hurtt, giving a public thank-you to Carroll and general manager John Schneider for arming his D-line with another premier edge rusher to pair with Ezekiel Ansah.
And it had left tackle Duane Brown and linebacker K.J. Wright talking about how "scary" Seattle's defense can be in 2019.
No one was talking like that during training camp and the preseason, while Ansah was still not practicing and Clowney was still a member of the Houston Texans as a franchise player who had yet to sign his tender.