Quote:“For the last, what, four years – I haven’t been to an off-season so this is the way I prepare myself,” he said in the Jaguars locker room. “Gus [Bradley] and I both know that – we talk about that during the off-season every year. I did the same thing in Seattle. That’s the way I prepare myself, that’s the way the coaches know I prepare and that’s the way I come and get my job done.”

<p style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Clemons said  his off-season focus was dropping weight. He said he dropped 17 pounds between today and the end of the regular season and checked in at 248 when he reported to camp Monday.

<p style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">“Going out today on the grass with the fellas was a great feeling,” Clemons said. “My body feels better than it did last off-season. I played last year at 255, 260 pounds in some games and I felt my productivity went down. My thing this year was to come back lighter and leaner so I can go out and play better than I did last year.”

<p style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Clemons disagreed that his absence was based on a feeling of entitlement.

<p style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">“No, not at all,” he said. “My teammates understand me and I respect all of my teammates and treat them all the same. Whether I’m here or not here, I still stay in contact with all of them. There was nothing different [this off-season].