The Kansas City Chiefs ended the season on a high note beating the Denver Broncos on Sunday afternoon and Justin Houston finished strong as well. He was in on two sacks of Tim Tebow on Sunday ending the day with 1.5 sacks and 5.5 on the season.
For that, Houston is up for NFL rookie of the week. Click here to vote. Let's all vote so we can get one last award on the season.
His competition for rookie of the week is posted after the jump.
Via NFL.com:
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Love the way that dude played the second half of the season.
Excited to see how he progresses next year.
thegrisdaddy - January 2, 2012
He has progressed very well - hope to see it continue into 2012
Ren - January 2, 2012
Houston
has been huge this second half of the season. His speed is what we need from the edge. He needs to improve on coverage, but he has plenty of time to improve. Im pretty excited for this defense and how scary it will be with Urk Burry!
kckeith58 - January 2, 2012 via mobile
His run defense needs improvement as well
But such an improvement over Studebaker. Loved the pick at the time and it has definitely paid off.
Nick Britt - January 2, 2012
Yea it needs imporvement
But it isn’t too bad and like you implied an improvement over Studebacker.
Scaryclouds - January 2, 2012
ILB and NT
And this Defense is starting to look damn good. Of course, we need depth at every other position.
ExRoyalsFan - January 2, 2012
Houston
has been huge this second half of the season. His speed is what we need from the edge. He needs to improve on coverage, but he has plenty of time to improve. Im pretty excited for this defense and how scary it will be with Urk Burry!
kckeith58 - January 2, 2012 via mobile
Urk FTW!
Ren - January 2, 2012
What a steal.
So glad Pioli was on top of HIS game w/ this pick.
chiefs63 - January 2, 2012
Dear marijuana gods...
Thank you for letting Justin Houston slip to us in the 3rd round.
Amen.
EricBerryYoYouScary - January 2, 2012
no kidding. justin, if you read these sites......wait a bit, wait til your career is over...
and plenty of chief fans will have a big ole bowl waiting for you post retirement
SDChief - January 2, 2012
Another point in pot's favor!
Tarkus - January 2, 2012
surprising, no cam newton this week?
Chiefshero - January 2, 2012
Houston
has been huge this second half of the season. His speed is what we need from the edge. He needs to improve on coverage, but he has plenty of time to improve. Im pretty excited for this defense and how scary it will be with Urk Burry!
kckeith58 - January 2, 2012 via mobile
I see what you did there
BAMFSpecialOps - January 2, 2012
Houston has had huge impact on improving team Defense the 2nd half of the year.
Hope that Baldwin and Hudson can show the same impact next year for the Offense. Bailey has started to show signs that he can contribute as well. Stanzi, Brown and Powe are works in progress for next year to see how well they work out.
CatChief - January 2, 2012
alot of us were clamoring for Akeem Ayers
Heading into last years draft..
How did that work out?
Ayers was solid for the Titans, his speed was a selling point, he did have 2 sacks on the year.
HOUSTON however, standing one inch taller and 15 lbs heavier had 5.5 sacks on the year, hitting QBs with speed and violence!
chiefsfan62 - January 2, 2012 via mobile
It's crazy
Start of ’09 we had only a mediocre (at best) LB core. By ’10 they had gotten to average, now heading into ’12 season, we may have one of the best LB cores in football. We just need to get a good thumper SILB who also has some decent coverage skills to replace Belcher.
Scaryclouds - January 2, 2012
indeed
and it still remains to be seen what we have in brandon siler
Mayday07 - January 2, 2012
I voted for Houston! He's come on strong & it's been great to watch!
I’m excited for this defense next year…ohhhh yeahhhh!
WorL4Chiefs - January 3, 2012
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