Justin Houston released
 

Finally it is official. After there were numerous rumors of the release, they held on hoping someone would trade for him instead. But if other teams know you eventually are going to release a player........

Ballard is very familiar with him I'm sure so maybe he's a fit but I don't think so. 30 years old been in the league 8 years with a lot of wear & tear on his body.

Be a nice situational pass rusher if he’s got anything left

Ballard won’t take those snaps away from Turay, Lewis, and whatever EDGE they draft early.

Nor should he. Dumb fuck Grigson would but not Ballard.

Did Turay or Lewis really show you that much to justify passing on edge rushers in free agency?

Or is this just a Justin Houston thing and not necessarily all Edge free agents? (Honest question)

Also to what Dewey5 said, bringing in an Edge defender from your former team REEKS of something that Grigson would do. In fact, it IS something that Grigson did do when he brought in Trent Cole’s rotting corpse.

That said, Justin Houston is not out of gas like Cole was when he arrived here (he was more effective in 2018 in KC than Cole was in Philly in 2014). That said, Houston COULD absolutely fall flat on his face at any given time and given the scheme difference, I’m not going to kill Ballard if he doesn’t sign him. I will trust that he knows Houston better than I do and knows his fit here better than I would and roll with whatever he decides.

@MattVerderame
A couple landing spots to watch for Justin Houston include the #Falcons, #Packers, #Jets and #Colts among others.

Falcons - Home and a need
Colts - Ballard
Packers - OLBs coach
Jets - Cap, need and fit

Can’t have too many pass rushers especially come playoff time

@JasonLaCanfora
Justin Houston is going to end up making back the $15M the Chiefs were due to pay this year and then some. So many teams with so much cap space are desperate for pass-rush. They were just waiting for him to hit the market and a half dozen or so are engaging with him now


Sounds like there’s a VERY healthy market and he’s gonna get PAID