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Jadeveon Clowney will continue his NFL career in the state where it started, 11 years ago as the first overall pick of the Texans.

His agent said Monday that Clowney targeted his new team from the moment the Panthers released him.

"Playing for the Dallas Cowboys was the priority Day 1 upon his release from the Panthers," Kennard McGuire said, via Todd Archer of ESPN.com. "He had other opportunities that he just wasn’t moved by. Besides, I wanted him to get Jerry’s explanation of the glory hole as opposed to mine."

To the untrained eye/ear, that last part will be confusing. If not downright jarring. It's a reference to something Jones said during training camp in 2012: "It is a reminder I've been here when it was gloryhole days, and I've been here when it wasn't. And so having said that, I want me some gloryhole."

It got even better. When former team P.R. representative Rich Dalrymple tried to throw Jerry a lifeline by saying that "gloryhole is a commonly used expression in the oil and gas exploration business," Jones quickly added, "That’s news to me."

The Commanders placed running back Austin Ekeler and defensive end Deatrich Wise on injured reserve, the team announced. Both players will miss the rest of the season after being injured in Thursday night's loss to the Packers.

Ekeler tore an Achilles, and Wise injured a quad.

The Commanders signed defensive end Jalyn Holmes and wide receiver Chris Moore from the practice squad in corresponding moves. They also made official the signing of running back Chase Edmonds to the practice squad.

Holmes initially joined the Commanders last season, and he appeared in 11 regular-season games and all three playoff games. He had two sacks and 17 tackles.

Moore spent time on Washington’s practice squad late last season. The Commanders elevated him for the season opener against the Giants, and he caught a pass for 34 yards.

Edmonds, 29, missed the 2024 season after injuring his knee in the preseason while with the Bucs.

As Americans increasingly shift from watching TV on broadcast and cable channels to streaming, NFL games continue to draw the biggest audiences on television.

Prime Video announced today that its first Thursday Night Football game of the 2025 season was its most-watched regular-season game ever.

Thursday's Commanders-Packers game drew an audience of 17.76 million viewers, making it the most-watched game since Prime got the rights to Thursday Night Football. (Prime also shows one playoff game a year, and playoff games generate bigger audiences.)

Prime also announced that its Thursday night pregame and postgame shows both had record-high viewership, with 2.13 million for pregame and 2.79 million for postgame.