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Justin Houston wanted to stay with the Chiefs and play in the new 4-3 defense

Former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston appeared on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football on Wednesday morning, and gave some interesting insight on his release from the Chiefs back in March.

Houston said he talked to the Chiefs coaches about remaining in Steve Spagnuolo’s 4-3 defense.

“I just wanted to be in a 4-3 (defense),” Houston told the GMFB hosts. “I think I didn’t get enough credit for me being in a 3-4, and dropping a lot of the time, so my sack numbers weren’t as high as I would like for them to be.