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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Justin Houston reached the 100-sack mark, past made bully connected his program to inquire for a keepsake from the opposing quarterback.
“We switched jerseys aft the game, truthful I was capable to get the jersey,” the Baltimore linebacker said.
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Houston’s sack was 1 of the fewer agleam spots for the Ravens successful their 22-10 nonaccomplishment astatine Miami past Thursday, but helium earned the close to bask it. Since Baltimore acquired him soon earlier the season, he’s been a coagulated addition. Although Houston lone has 3 sacks done 8 games, helium besides has 13 backmost hurries, much than helium had each of past season.
So his milestone was a agelong clip coming.
“It was large to spot him get his 100th sack. That was truly great, and helium was excited astir that,” Ravens manager John Harbaugh said. “He’s a truly bully walk rusher, sure, but he’s besides a truly bully shot player. He plays the tally well. He drops occasionally for america successful our system. He’s large to beryllium astir each day. He ever has a truly bully demeanor, and helium works truly hard.”
The 32-year-old Houston is successful his 11th season. He spent 8 with Kansas City and 2 with Indianapolis earlier signing with the Ravens precocious successful the offseason. His sack past week really brought his vocation full to 100 1/2. It besides near Dolphins backmost Jacoby Brissett with an injured knee; helium was replaced by Tua Tagovailoa pursuing that play.
Houston said that didn’t marque it excessively awkward for them to bash their jersey exchange.
“He knew I wasn’t the feline that deed his knee,” Houston said. “I was really trying to crook him distant from it.”
Houston said helium mightiness person the jersey framed and whitethorn springiness it to his son, who has been connected his lawsuit astir getting to 100 sacks — and more.
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“He said, ‘You can’t discontinue until you get 130,’” Houston said Wednesday, drafting a laugh.
Houston said he’s really a small disappointed with however his season’s gone truthful far, but helium understands sometimes players make a batch of near-sacks without finishing galore of them off.
“You ne'er cognize erstwhile it tin change. I cognize turnovers travel successful bunches. Sacks, they travel successful bunches,” helium said. “When it rains, it pours, and you conscionable anticipation it rains soon.”
Regardless of however galore sacks Houston ends up with, he’s earned bully reviews for his experience, enactment and enactment ethic.
“There’s a crushed these guys are truthful palmy for truthful agelong successful this league,” Harbaugh said. “Once you benignant of fishy that they’re that benignant of guy, and past you get them present and you spot however they enactment each day, you’re confirming that truly is what it takes. For the young guys to ticker guys similar that and say, ‘Oh, if I privation to beryllium successful the league and I privation to person that benignant of occurrence for a agelong time, I’ll bash it similar helium does it.’”
Odafe Oweh, the rookie linebacker Baltimore drafted successful the archetypal round, had a bully vantage constituent for Houston’s sack — and seemed perfectly blessed that it went to the veteran.
“I thought I was going to get the sack astatine that point, but helium got it. He took it away,” Oweh said. “I celebrated with him. It’s conscionable truthful brainsick that I’m playing with idiosyncratic that has 100 sacks.”
NOTES: QB Lamar Jackson missed signifier Wednesday with an illness. Harbaugh said it wasn’t COVID-19. C Bradley Bozeman was besides sick and didn’t practice. WR Marquise Brown (thigh), CB Jimmy Smith (hip), DT Brandon Williams (shoulder) and CB Tavon Young (foot) didn’t signifier either. OL Patrick Mekari (ankle) and RB Latavius Murray (ankle) were limited.
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