With the 2026 NFL trade deadline only days away, the Seattle Seahawks have already made one major move, landing guard Quenton Nelson from the Indianapolis Colts. But if another deal is coming, the attention may shift to the other side of the ball.
There has been talk that Seattle could circle back to Indianapolis for running back Jonathan Taylor, but PFF’s Gordon McGuinness pointed to the defense as the bigger issue. In his list of dream trade targets for all 32 teams, McGuinness said the Seahawks should be looking for edge help and named a familiar face: Jadeveon Clowney.
McGuinness suggested Seattle should send a fifth-round pick to the Houston Texans for the veteran pass rusher.
"The Seahawks haven’t been as strong off the edge this season as they were a year ago, with Derick Hall earning a 60.5 PFF grade after coming in at 70.5 last season. They probably aren’t going to spend big, but a move for Jadeveon Clowney could make sense. His best season in terms of total pressures came under Mike Macdonald in Baltimore in 2023," McGuinness wrote.
A reunion would bring a strange twist, since Clowney already spent one season in Seattle. The Texans, who drafted him first overall in 2014, traded him to the Seahawks ahead of the 2019 season in a deal that sent Jacob Martin, Barkevious Mingo, and a 2020 third-round pick to Houston.
Clowney posted 31 tackles and three sacks in that lone Seahawks season before moving on again. His strongest year since then came in 2023 with the Baltimore Ravens, when he played under Mike Macdonald and finished with 43 tackles and 9.5 sacks.
He signed with Houston this offseason and has played in five games, recording nine tackles and 1.5 sacks. With the Texans sitting at 2-5, the idea of turning a veteran who is not part of the long-term plan into draft capital has obvious appeal. For Seattle, it would mean adding a pass-rushing specialist who could help in a push for the playoffs.
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