Patriots Player Departure Damien Harris to Bills

[ahmed]

Goof RB who may really thrive as teams will account more for passing than here.

 

[Sciz]

5.) This counts towards our comp pick calculations, right? And Agholor is visiting the Ravens too…..

Technically yes, but the Pats aren’t getting comp picks so it doesn’t really matter. Losing Harris, Agholor, and Wynn all to qualifying contracts (over $2.5M) only gets them to an equal number of qualifying additions and departures. Then you’re counting on Joejuan, Cannon, or Palardy to leave for more than $2.5M to have more qualifying departures than additions.

 

[nextsuperstar]

Buffalo with Singletary (who can catch the ball, but isn’t a feature back) makes sense.

And he goes to Buffalo. Though Singletary left.

 

[nextsuperstar]

He is better than Singletary, so that is an improvement for the Bills.

 

[long distance]

Wish DH the best & this move pays off for Damien and he can $ in next yr.
He does move to a better team but not necessary much better OL/run game..

 

[catent]

He is better than Singletary, so that is an improvement for the Bills.

That’s debatable, especially when considering availability and versatility. Singletary is a superior receiver and managed to stay on the field more. There’s a reason Singletary’s contract likely exceeds what Damien will be getting.

Sad to see him go, especially to that team. Good runner, hard runner, good person. Unfortunate to see him turn bitter and leave on bad terms.

 

[*ChungFu*]

Buffalo temps love tight hamstrings.
Wait for the pop.

 

[crawhammer]

Damien Harris is better than James Robinson so we downgraded at the RB2 spot (which admittedly is only of minor importance to me).

Harris will be a good fit for that offense. It's been a long time since Buffalo has had a running back like him. Solid career 4.7 Y/A and a very good red zone runner. Harris also just turned 26 so Buffalo should be able to squeeze a couple of good seasons out of him.

I suspect too Harris will run with a vengeance against the Patriots. On the bright side if Buffalo focused more on their run game then it may decrease their recent margin of victory over the Patriots.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Lawyer Milloy and Drew Bledsoe went to the Bills. It was OK.

Harris' limitation is really in the passing game, his hands are not great and he is not a natural going into a pass pattern, something that James White was a master at. I love the way Harris runs between the tackles, but do not confuse that with a full compliment of options. Harris limits the offense in a manner of speaking, and of course, has injury issues.

 

[Love The Drake]

Lawyer Milloy and Drew Bledsoe went to the Bills. It was OK.

Harris' limitation is really in the passing game, his hands are not great and he is not a natural going into a pass pattern, something that James White was a master at. I love the way Harris runs between the tackles, but do not confuse that with a full compliment of options. Harris limits the offense in a manner of speaking, and of course, has injury issues.

They both still hurt.

The way things went down with Millie were painful.
I still never understood why we couldn’t of had Milloy and Harrison.

 

[Patriot Missile]

If he can stay healthy he is going to do well there. He’s a year removed from 15 rushing tds and is a very good between the tackles runner. I don’t think Singletary is a big loss because they still have Cook and Hines for 3rd downs. Their running game improved big time as long as Harris stays healthy.

Tbh, the loss isn’t that big of a deal for the Pats as they still have Stevenson but it was nice having that 1, 2 punch as a luxury.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

They both still hurt.

The way things went down with Millie were painful.
I still never understood why we couldn’t of had Milloy and Harrison.

Agreed. But that is part of FA that the players wanted. Ending their career with the same team that drafted them almost never happens since FA started, but I think the players make more money.

 

[Scotty]

Oh No !.........he could be taking last seasons offensive playbook and secrets with him to the Bills

 

[nextsuperstar]

That’s debatable, especially when considering availability and versatility. Singletary is a superior receiver and managed to stay on the field more. There’s a reason Singletary’s contract likely exceeds what Damien will be getting.

Sad to see him go, especially to that team. Good runner, hard runner, good person. Unfortunate to see him turn bitter and leave on bad terms.

Singletary is very mediocre. He was seeing tons of snaps for the Bills, over sixty percent, but really was very much an after thought. He could catch, sort of, so he was involved in the passing game there more than Harris was in New England. But then again, if you’re on the field 2/3’s of the time with Josh Allen, your bound to catch 2 or 3 check down passes per game. He also had 11 drops over the last two years, with drop percentages of 10% and 11.5%, which is higher than guys like Stevenson, Mixon, Robinson, and even Damien Harris. May be those drops are a product of Josh Allen, I’m not sure, but without doing a deep dive into drop percentage among third down backs, appears to not a great number. He’s an okay running back, but not a massive loss to the Bills.

Singletary has managed to stay healthy.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

now they need to replace him with Lamar

 

[PatsFan2]

IF D Harris can stay healthy it will be a great signing for them but we all know how fragile D Harris is. That said we have a some sophomore RB's on our squad who will get an opportunity to show more. I am excited about year Two Pierre Strong and Kevin Harris.

 

[Real fan 02]

They both still hurt.

The way things went down with Millie were painful.
I still never understood why we couldn’t of had Milloy and Harrison.

BB knew that with hot rod there being he just signed in that '03 off season that LM would be expendable they were in tense contract negotiations.. one thing about those championship era foundation guys they respect the hell out of coach But they told it like it was and didn't take any **** when it came to contracts.. Bru didn't have an agent. Same for Willie he left in 06, offered more by browns , ty law famously saying " Bill better give me my dam money ".. those guys were all alphas!! Lol

 

[stcjones]

Big signing for the Bills and tough for us….only 26 years old and gives them a weapon out of the backfield and in passing game….great leader….just read up on his stats and he had a 4.7 yd average throughout his pro career thus far….he has gotten dinged up a bit past two seasons but when healthy ….watch out. Hope one of (or more) Strong, Harris and Robinson work out…..thanks for your time here Damien….now go F off …..you’re a Jill

 

[Froob]

Ugh. This one hurts my soul.

 

[RobertWeathers]

They both still hurt.

The way things went down with Millie were painful.
I still never understood why we couldn’t of had Milloy and Harrison.

He had a down 2022, was 30 and didn't justify his high salary anymore. Pats wanted cap space and Milloy said no