The Kansas City Chiefs halted their four-game losing streak Sunday by defeating the Chicago Bears 10-3.

It has been a while since I’ve done an “Earning Their Arrowheads” column because, quite frankly, I didn’t feel enough players were earning them to warrant a post.

Yesterday was a different story. Here are the players that earned their Arrowheads on Sunday!

Justin Houston

Houston is at the top of the list. He was sensational yesterday. If the rookie can continue that level of play for the rest of the season, then the Chiefs defense is going to continue to perform well. Houston looks like he could a difference-maker for the Chiefs.

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Each week of the NFL regular season, win or lose, I hand out Arrowheads to Chiefs players who showed up and did a good job on Sunday.

I don’t like to break tradition so…here ya go.

Tamba Hali

Hali shook off the rust and managed to pull in a sack. The Bills made it a priority to stop him, and he was double teamed most of the game. The good thing is he still managed to generate some pressure and record a sack when the opportunity presented itself. The sad thing is, none of the rest of the “pass rushers” could do squat when Tamba was drawing two men.

Tamba also had two tackles for a loss, two QB hits and six total tackles. Too bad there aren’t two of him.

Or 11.

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The Kansas City Chiefs turned in another ugly performance against the St. Louis Rams but that doesn’t mean there weren’t good individual performances.

Our “Earning Their Arrowheads” series is all about recognizing the players that showed up on Sunday…or in this case, Friday.

Let’s get to it.

Dexter McCluster

DMC showed up in a big way Friday night. He pulled in 5 catches for 37 yards. McCluster has been KC’s only play-maker this preseason on offense. When McCluster is healthy he is seriously dangerous. The Chiefs appear to be figuring out how to use him and that is one of the few positive signs we’ve seen from the offense this preseason.

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