About Justin Houston..
 

Does anyone else think he has been playing pretty lazily early in games this year? Perhaps it has been a scheme thing, perhaps today he was still feeling some illness.. but I typically watch him on 75+% of the snaps and its like he is waiting until the 4th quarter to 'flip the switch'. He shuts down the run for 4 quarters, I am referring only to his pass rush.

He either gets dropped into coverage, or he will rush and give up on it if he doesn't win immediately. Then, the 4th quarter hits and we see the dominant, relentless Justin Houston that he used to be on every down.

Hopefully its just some sort of schematic thing going on. I'm glad he is still having a huge impact nonetheless with 4 sacks thus far, but I can't help but wonder if he is holding back effort. Lets hope that changes because the defense is damn good when he is rolling...

He hasn't been rushing a lot.

Not lazy - he's doing what's asked of him...

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LOL Houston is lazy.

Why in the **** would that thought even cross your mind?

He’s still on pace for 20 sacks

His run defense has been outstanding. Dee Ford's invisibility is concerning. Chiefs need to let Tamba out of jail soon, because a semi-warm body would be better than anything at ROLB about now.... Zombo will not cut it.

Not a chance. I think he's just been played well by the opponents for the most part -- only, after a long game, his conditioning trumps theirs.

Yeah it seems they aren't really letting him tee off on the passer until late in the games. And so far it's working.

Reid and Sutton cut it loose in the fourth now. Unlike last year where we came out shooting then went conservative to crap ourselves like with Tennessee and the bucs

I wish he was good enough to play the right side all the time. We are lacking there big time.

Probably a pipe dream but I'd love Hali to come back and be effective for a few plays a game.

I'm not saying he is lazy. I'm saying that I wonder if he has been playing at full effort for the full games so far this year.

I've been a huge Houston fan for years. He's been my favorite player on the defense since 2012. I've watched him primarily ever since then. He certainly seems to give up quicker than he used to on his pass rush. Teams also do chip him more than they used to, I will say that.

This thread ****ing sucks

What I could glean from the game thread was everyone was pissed at him on the bench wearing an oxygen mask, and not doing much when he was on the field

But he was there, he played, and got a crucial sack while worn down by what looks to be a genuine illness

The sack was a beaut, too... smashed Rivers right into the ground

Not as lazy as DT58 in 1995. That scrub only got 8 sacks in 15 games! {sarcasm off}

In short, it hard to sack a quarterback. 4 sacks in 3 games is excellent. In addition to his strong run defense and leadership, he's just what we weren't missing last year