Free agency offers Detroit Lions GM Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia the chance to patch some holes on the roster with proven veterans. It’s a great way to radically improve the team, and the Lions have considerable salary cap room to make some serious moves.

Not every free agent is worth the contract investment, however. Avoiding the high-priced free agent misses (Trumaine Johnson and Le’Veon Bell spring to mind) is just as important as scoring a smart signing to a good contract (Glover Quin and Marvin Jones).

Here are some big names and presumably big contracts the Lions need to avoid on the free agent market later this winter when the signing period opens:

Jadeveon Clowney

Clowney’s name carries cache as a former No. 1 overall pick by the Houston Texans. The Seahawks EDGE is a schematic fit and still young, turning just 27 on Valentine’s Day. But he’s a player Quinn and Patricia desperately need to avoid bidding on in free agency.

Remember how disgusted, how defeated you felt as a Lions fan reading Ziggy Ansah’s name on the injury list every week? Clowney has done that to the fans in both Houston and Seattle over the past few seasons. He has played all 16 games just once in his NFL career (2017). And believe it or not, he’s been less productive while on the field than Ansah was in Detroit.

Clowney has never hit double-digits in sacks. Last year in Seattle, Clowney bagged three sacks and seven TFLs in 13 games. That is not premium production and it doesn’t merit premium pay.