""It's actually fun," Clowney said. "I ain't no yeller. I was just, 'This is what it is.' I talk to the kids, 'You got to develop this mentality. It's a mentality. It's a physical game.' I try to tell me son at a young age and put it in his head now: You ain't coming out here to play around. It's a physical game. "Even at a young age he goes out there and I tell him, 'If you don't want to be physical, you're going off the field.' Even at 9 years old.""
""I went to every practice. I was coaching probably like three teams telling the D-line, 'Look, this is what you need to do.' It's guys that never played or first-year guys. It was fun. "The coaches were like, 'No, keep doing it.' I didn't want to step on nobody's toes, 'This is your team, but if I see something' ... He was like, 'Please coach.'""
""I've got seven prime-time games [including Thanksgiving and Christmas] to prove, show the world," said Clowney, who had 5.5 sacks last season for the Carolina Panthers. "That's my whole thought in coming down here. I get to play prime time and put myself out there again, and the sky's the limit again for me.""
Jadeveon Clowney signed with the Dallas Cowboys at age 32 after spending the offseason working out daily to stay ready. He volunteered as a coach for his son Jahlil's youth football team, instructing D-line technique and stressing a physical mentality even for nine-year-olds. Clowney has 58 career sacks and three Pro Bowl selections, and he recorded 5.5 sacks last season with the Carolina Panthers. The Cowboys expect him to appear in seven prime-time games, including Thanksgiving and Christmas, providing an opportunity to showcase his skills and re-establish his NFL profile.
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