Kansas City Chiefs: Jon Baldwin Is Team’s Secret Weapon for 2012

June 23, 2012   ·   Farzin Vousoughian   ·   Jump to comments

NFL players never enter the league expecting to miss time in their first season with a delayed debut. For wide receiver Jon Baldwin, the mishap of him missing five games during his rookie campaign was not anything he, nor any rookie, wants.
His NFL debut came in Week 7 when the Kansas City Chiefs shut out the Oakland Raiders while Baldwin caught only one pass in the game. The following week on Monday Night Football against the San Diego Chargers, Baldwin jumped up in the end zone, with good body control, and snagged a pass from quarterback Matt Cassel to help extend Kansas City's lead by 10 early in the first quarter. The Chiefs eventually went on to win in overtime, 23-20.
Baldwin's best game came against the Chargers in which he had five catches for 82 yards. The touchdown score he had in that game was the only one he had all season. He finished with 21 receptions for 254 yards and one touchdown.
After suffering a cracked thumb, Baldwin had to sit out of three preseaso...

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