Houston Texans: Three reasons why Kareem Jackson will be a Pro-Bowler

Reason #2: How opposing quarterbacks view Jackson

There’s no question that Jackson is commanding a lot of attention with opposing team’s offensive schemes.  Jackson always has but he’s on a different level this season because there’s a strong chance that he’s going to burn anybody that’s in his path.

Seriously — it’s a gamble for quarterbacks to throw toward his way and I’m not even going out on limb to say that.

Through all nine games this season, Jackson has been targeted 45 times and quarterbacks have a 61.6 rating when throwing to him.  That rating is currently trending toward a mark that has never been hit in his career where his best mark was 69.6, which was also from the 2012 season.

That mark is good for 3rd among cornerbacks with at least 250 snaps, right behind Minkah Fitzpatrick (50.3) and Chris Harris Jr. (60.8).

What’s key about Jackson as he’s gotten a lot better in defending the run — we’ve seen him do it time and again, especially how well he was able to shut down Phillip Lindsay last week.

His 22 run stops through the first half of this season are the highest mark of his career, putting him on pace to have 38 of them on the season.  He’s never had more than 25, a mark that he notched back in 2016.  He’s currently ranked 2nd among CB’s in that category.

His 6.5 percent run stop mark is good for 2nd among cornerbacks with at least 250 snaps to their record.  He only trails Budda Baker (7.9 percent).

So if there’s anything that Jackson has improved upon it’s his ability to be effective against the run and it makes quarterbacks think twice before either throwing to him or for running backs to decide to head toward his direction in his role as the last line of defense.

He’s truly getting the job done and let’s trudge further in regard to as to why Jackson deserves Pro Bowl honors.