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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Yeah, that's football.
Do you think that Reggie White or Michael Strahan didn't have "Gimme sacks"?
And while it was time for Houston's tenure in KC to end, he did have a nice 2019 season, where he ultimately sat on his ass and watched yet another team go to the Super Bowl without him.
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Well, since Favre didn't even try to avoid Strahan on the record setting sack, I know that he had gimme sacks.
And I am sure White did too.
But, I do think that examining Houston's overall play should have factored into the contract negotiations, because Houston's 22 sack season was not as dominant as other 20 sack seasons.
Houston was a very, very good player, but as it turns out, his 22 sack season was an anomaly. Out of his 10 seasons, he only reached double digit sacks 4 times, and outside of the 22 sack season, his highest sack total was 11. He had 11 sacks twice, and one season with 10 sacks.
Those are basically Dee Ford type numbers. The three seasons before the 22 sacks, he had 5.5, 10, and 11 sacks.
After the 22 sack season, it took him 6 more seasons before he reached double digit sacks again.
Hopefully, Chris Jones will not be a repeat of the Houston situation, and hopefully Frank Clark can get back to the regular season form that landed him the massive contract. But, if all they do is show up and show out in the playoffs, let's hope their play will result in securing more Lombardi Trophies for our favorite professional football team.
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