Jadeveon Clowney injury update: Panthers LB reveals status heading into Commanders matchup
Carolina Panthers (1-5) linebacker Jadeveon Clowney said Friday he does not expect to play in Sunday’s Week 7 road contest against the Washington Commanders (4-2).
Clowney, 31, is still recovering from a shoulder injury which kept him out of the lineup in Week 6.
“It’s getting better,” Clowney said, via Joe Person of The Athletic. “I’ll probably be down this week but I’m heading in the right direction. Better than it was last week.”
Clowney is in his first season with the Panthers, having signed a two-year, $20 million deal this offseason. Clowney, the former No. 1 overall pick and South Carolina star, has recorded 12 tackles (six solo), two tackles for loss, one sack and two quarterback hits. He has yet to make a significant impact in improving the Panthers’ pass rush after tallying a career-high 9.5 sacks last season with the Baltimore Ravens (4-2). Carolina has just six sacks through six games.
Panthers to be without Jadeveon Clowney in Week 7 vs. Commanders
Head coach Dave Canales previously said Clowney was “day-to-day” heading into the matchup with the Commanders.
“We had great talks with him this weekend just kind of moving him around throughout the whole weekend to kind of see where’s he’s at. Again, we’re just going to kind of test him and be day-to-day on that,” Canales said earlier this week. “For Jadeveon, we’ll take any percentage of JD that we can get to get them out there because he’s certainly a help in all phases.”
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2) receiver George Pickens appeared to have accidentally revealed Russell Wilson to be the starting quarterback over Justin Fields for this Sunday’s Week 7 home contest against the New York Jets (2-4) while speaking with the media on Friday.
Pickens said he has been putting in extra work with Wilson in practice this week “because this is his first start.”
“Getting on the same page, after practice throwing more than usual because this is his first start,” Pickens told Brooke Pryor of ESPN.
Head coach Mike Tomlin said earlier on Friday that he had decided on a starting quarterback against New York. Tomlin, however, said he would be keeping that decision “in-house.” It didn’t take long for Pickens to let the cat out of the bag.
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Fields has gotten the start under center for the first six games this season, but with Wilson fully healthy from the calf injury he sustained on the eve of training camp, the 35-year-old has taken first-team reps in practice this week.
