Releasing James Harrison

Good point Dirk

 

Ben talks about James Harrison and takes a dig at Sammie Coates.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/12/ben...ammie-james-harrison-patriots-offense-nfl-lol

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/james-harrison-didn-t-sign-170232112.html



And around and around we go. James with a big statement in his defense.


Bottom line....even if Harrison is right, plans change....if you aren’t good enough to get on field then it is what it is.


Sounds like Harrison visited Shazier by himself or something based on his comments and DuPree probably just didn’t know about that I would guess.


Messy.



...,,what did I say about the storyline here? On and on and on we go....sure keeping NFL in the headlines

 

Everything here is correct. However, I feel how I feel having already known about this. I called it "a sad state of affairs" that he was our best OLB for a couple of seasons upon his return. I wasn't at all happy that we took until 2017 to find a pair of OLBs that we could move forward with.

Do you not think the Steelers and Harrison talked about his expectations upon his retirement? I doubt they actually wanted to rely on him to save a sinking ship. It just so happened that Jarvis Jones couldn't stop sucking. Bud Dupree hit a rookie wall during his 2015 season and was injured for most of 2016. He proceeded to notch 4.5 sacks in 7 games and 5 in 8 (if you count the wild-card playoff game against the Dolphins). From a pass-rushing standpoint, he was playing pretty well. Not on Harrison's level in most games, but well enough to start for sure.

But my feelings of Harrison aren't reliant on his performance in 2016 (nor are they really related to Bud Dupree). If you wanna get really technical, his "dominance" down the stretch is hampered by his invisibility versus the Patriots. It happened to our whole defense, but it's funny to leave out that one game when discussing his value to the team.

Actually I'm very much looking at the whole picture. I may not have used "selfish" and "prideful," but he does seem extremely stubborn. Regardless, how long did you want Harrison playing for this team? Realistically this would have been his last season in all likelihood, but why play him over Dupree or Watt at this point? Dupree isn't Von Miller but he's been getting steadily better as the season progresses (6 tackles versus the Texans is a season high for him). Watt has been fantastic for a rookie, and I think it's been because of him more than Dupree that Harrison couldn't find his way onto the field (it is Watt who is playing Harrison's old position, you know; Steelers don't flop their edge rushers like the Ravens do).

Harrison would have gotten better if he had seen his situation better. I don't fault the man for wanting to play if that's what he wanted, but he wasn't going to get that in Pittsburgh. For good reason. It's because of him that he didn't get the royal send off he deserved. No matter what good he did, if he's a headache, he can't persist in a locker room that needs fewer distractions, not more.

I shouldn't have used Suggs as a comparison. My feelings are simple and grounded in logic, so Suggs was just embellishment and merely distracted from my central point that the Steelers were right for cutting him. I feel that took center-stage in your mind which is why you gave me numbers from Harrison's 2016 season. Now that we're talking about what players deserve, however, maybe Suggs is getting the royal treatment from the Ravens because he's A) a far better leader and mentor than Harrison, B) gets to start because the Ravens don't have anyone worthy of taking his place, and C) isn't in any way a headache or a distraction.

Shit, I feel really, really dirty for talking up Terrell F-ing Suggs.

If Bud Dupree were the only player talking smack about Harrison, I'd chalk it up as being the mad ramblings of a hurt young man who probably wanted to look up to Harrison until his final retirement. But when 8-year veteran Maurkice Pouncey says Harrison "erased his legacy" and is dismissive when asked about Harrison being a locker-room problem, it holds much more weight. When 7-year veteran Marcus Gilbert says:

. . . that's when I take pause.

I'm sorry, but I have no love for Harrison right now. He's wearing that snobby blue now, and seems to have acted like a diva all year. James Harrison "deserves" all the gold in the world, sure, but he doesn't run the team. T.J. Watt will be a great player down the line, and Mike Tomlin is absolutely correct in giving him all the playing time.

 

Mark Wahlberg - expert LB analyst

 

^ that guy looks just like Vince Papale !

 

http://m.steelers.com/news/labriola...-breakup/0a68c00a-6109-4cd5-9d46-f2fa7f6d934e

Pretty much Labs paints the right picture and I can see this as the meat behind the potatoes.

RE: ESPN being “impartial” that right there is an Oxymoron

 

Freakin’ hilarious, lol, ur one liners is one of the things I miss most.

 

2 sacks today

 

Someone needed to tell the Jets just to hold him every play. Wait, I forgot he plays for the Satannic Cobra Kai's now

 

Plus a Forced Fumble. Now James is all worn out.

 

Projected stats over a 16 game scheadule in the Pats system.
48 tackles 32 sacks and 16 forced fumbles.

 

1. An injury to his shoulder was a factor
2. The coaching staff decided to drop him and dupree into coverage and rush up the middle with shazier and timmons because the book on brady is middle pressure is the way to beat him.

 

Could Harrison done what Watt did yesterday? Nope. I have faith in Tomlin and Colbert. 2016 and 2017 first 3 rounds of draft picks are paying dividends.

 

Isnt Burns close to loosing his starting job?

 

To who? They have no one worth starting behind hin. Gay? Hilton? They’re better suited for slot corners, no?

 

Damn it, if the Steelers played him more they would have had a team sack total of 88 sacks this year, oh well.

 

Cam Sutton