Clowney says he is “hurt” and others like Bell have played a similar game. What gets me is that the NFLPA agreed to the franchise tag system. Now, individuals don’t want to live up to that group commitment. Where does “hurting the fans” matter in any of this? Houston is arguably a contender this year and Clowney is a part of this. As a fan of a long suffering franchise it sucks to see that a single player can wreak havoc in the dynamics of this.