Justin Houston signed

[tsylvester]

1 year $4 mil...

[vmax]

Nice!   Right player/right price.

I heard that he originally was asking for $10 mil. Good deal. Good depth and insurance.

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Once seen as a premier edge rusher in Kansas City, Houston spent the last two seasons in Indianapolis, where he recorded 19 sacks and 21 tackles for loss between 2019 and 2020. While not quite the player he was at his peak, Houston has at least proven himself to be reliable when it comes to bringing down the quarterback, especially considering he's played 65 percent or less of total defensive snaps in each of his last two campaigns.

Having said that, Houston is experiencing a regression common with aging in the NFL. After posting a quarterback pressure percentage of 15.1 percent in his final season in Kansas City (2018), Houston hasn't broken 12 percent in a campaign. His disruption percentage has also fallen over the last two seasons from a high of 16.4 percent to 13.4 percent in 2019 and 11.6 percent in 2020, per Next Gen Stats.

Houston has become more of a pass-rushing specialist in his last two seasons, playing on at least 95.1 percent of possible pass rushes in Indianapolis in 2019 and 2020. That helps explain his sack total, which is still valuable even as his pressure and disruption rates have fallen.............Justin Houston signing one-year deal with Ravens worth up to $4 million (nfl.com)

He's 32. How much he can fly around is questionable yet he could be a good situational pass rusher while Odafe develops.

[tsylvester]

3rd down rush edge, can he stay healthy, be a force in the 4th quarter, late in season if he makes the team....

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I take a nap for an hr and the ravens start stealing.

[vmax]

NFL network will be covering the Ravens at 6pm tonight. Scrimmage at The Bank.