Chiefs' Justin Houston Up For NFL Rookie Of The Week

by Joel Thorman on Jan 2, 2012 11:07 AM CST

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:

Jurrell Casey, Tennessee Titans: Casey had six tackles, including two for a loss, along with two quarterback hits and one and a half sacks in the Titans' 23-22 victory over the Houston Texans.
Julio Jones, Atlanta Falcons: Jones caught four passes for 76 yards and two touchdowns in the Falcons' 45-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Sterling Moore, New England Patriots: Moore had two interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown, in the Patriots' 49-21 victory over the Buffalo Bills. He also added two passes defensed and a tackle.
Evan Royster, Washington Redskins: Royster carried 20 times for 113 yards and caught five passes for 52 yards in the Redskins' 34-10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Love the way that dude played the second half of the season.

Excited to see how he progresses next year.

by thegrisdaddy on Jan 2, 2012 11:10 AM CST reply actions

He has progressed very well - hope to see it continue into 2012

Uhhh...I hate looking at the 1983 Draft and seeing 2 HOF'ers picked after our washed up QB pick.

by Ren on Jan 2, 2012 11:16 AM CST reply actions

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!

by kckeith58 on Jan 2, 2012 11:25 AM CST via mobile reply actions

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.

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Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'

by Nick Britt on Jan 2, 2012 12:07 PM CST up reply actions

Yea it needs imporvement

But it isn’t too bad and like you implied an improvement over Studebacker.

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by Scaryclouds on Jan 2, 2012 2:17 PM CST up reply actions

ILB and NT

And this Defense is starting to look damn good. Of course, we need depth at every other position.

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by ExRoyalsFan on Jan 2, 2012 11:29 AM CST reply actions

Houston

by kckeith58 on Jan 2, 2012 11:29 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Urk FTW!

Uhhh...I hate looking at the 1983 Draft and seeing 2 HOF'ers picked after our washed up QB pick.

by Ren on Jan 2, 2012 11:40 AM CST up reply actions

What a steal.

So glad Pioli was on top of HIS game w/ this pick.

John Soellner

by chiefs63 on Jan 2, 2012 11:29 AM CST reply actions

Dear marijuana gods...

Thank you for letting Justin Houston slip to us in the 3rd round.

Amen.

Ron Paul 2012

by EricBerryYoYouScary on Jan 2, 2012 11:46 AM CST reply actions

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

Pay Brandon Carr/Romeo
Team Colquitt

by SDChief on Jan 2, 2012 12:14 PM CST up reply actions

Another point in pot's favor!

Kansas City Chiefs: Undefeated in 2012, baby!

by Tarkus on Jan 2, 2012 1:51 PM CST up reply actions

surprising, no cam newton this week?

by Chiefshero on Jan 2, 2012 11:56 AM CST reply actions

Houston

by kckeith58 on Jan 2, 2012 12:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I see what you did there

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by BAMFSpecialOps on Jan 2, 2012 1:30 PM CST up reply actions

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.

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by CatChief on Jan 2, 2012 12:33 PM CST reply actions

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!

Angry Red, 'nuff said.

by chiefsfan62 on Jan 2, 2012 2:00 PM CST via mobile reply actions

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.

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by Scaryclouds on Jan 2, 2012 2:19 PM CST reply actions