James Harrison officially signs with Pats

[SlowGettingUp]

Claim is he wanted out:

Maurkice Pouncey: James Harrison wanted off Steelers

 

[jah]

Claim is he wanted out:

Maurkice Pouncey: James Harrison wanted off Steelers

I like how the guy who wore a "Free Hernandez" hat is getting all self-righteous.

 

[PF_SU]

I like how the guy who wore a "Free Hernandez" hat is getting all self-righteous.

The reaction from Dupree is also pretty funny. Generally the Steelers getting butthurt over Harrison signing in NE is quite amusing.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

 

[RobertWeathers]

...and Steelerfury is up to 57 pages.

They are going nuts over the Pouncy and Dupree quotes. Especially Dupree who has done nothing according to them.

I will. Cause that 1 play is literally 1 more play than Chickillo, or Moats, or Fort, or Dupree would make. See great players make plays (see Superbowl interception return) when needed. This year he made 1 play, and it was a very big play at a crucial time. How many big plays, in a larger sample size have the guys mentioned above made???

NOBODY has ever played OLB for the Steelers as poorly as Dupree did in that game (he has been serviceable since). He was horrific and to say Harrison was as bad is disingenuous.

What horseshit.

If Harrison makes ONE PLAY, like he did in the KC game early in the season and that ONE PLAY ends the Steelers season, you're gonna try and say Harrison's release wasn't necessarily a bad move and Tomlin didn't screw the pooch?

Get real.

If Steelers are in Foxboro, down 3 points, at Pats 5 yards line, 1st down, 30 seconds remaining, and Harrison strip-sacks Ben, Steelers lose, I most certainly WILL be saying, correctly, that Steelers did not make the Super Bowl because Tomlin released Harrison. Call it recency bias, whatever....but it would be true.

 

[Ring 6]

Well, didn’t blame the effort for that one in terms of bribing him in.

It was either him or a 270 Fullback hybrid named Joey Iosefa.

Couldn’t gave been worse than Jackson turned out to be.

 

[Vindicate]

So in his snaps last year did he still look effective?

And was he a victim of fresh talent or a casualty to age this season, to explain the dramatic drop off in snaps?

I'm sure there are takes here and there in the 30 pages of this, but flipping through them is not something I'm trying to do

 

[SlowGettingUp]

So in his snaps last year did he still look effective?

And was he a victim of fresh talent or a casualty to age this season, to explain the dramatic drop off in snaps?

The most generally accepted explanation is that in their zone blitz scheme the DE's need to be able to drop into coverage a lot. That's something he can no longer do effectively, hence his drop in snaps.

Still seems to be able to set the edge and still has some good pass rush moves, although a long way from his peak given he is slower than he used to be.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

He probably will get 20 to 25 snaps against the jests just to see what he got.

 

[jah]

Couldn’t gave been worse than Jackson turned out to be.

Who, Iosefa? Yeah, he was probably just a hair better than Jackson. He was definitely not even serviceable, though. I forgot how bad things got at RB in 2015.

 

[Ring 6]

Who, Iosefa? Yeah, he was probably just a hair better than Jackson. He was definitely not even serviceable, though. I forgot how bad things got at RB in 2015.

He had one good game that I was at. Jacksonville maybe? ( love that I’ve been to enough that it’s hard to keep them straight lol)

 

[RobertWeathers]

Plus teach Bill about his own team.

"Bill, everytime Brady does this thing with his pinkie finger, you guys do this...."

 

[mitsudriver]

If he produces in the playoffs the same as his 2016 playoff stats this might be the best bang-for-the-buck signing in history.

3 games
15 tackles
5 assists
2.5 sacks
1 forced fumble
(Doesn't look like he was "done" at the end of last year)

For comparisons sake let's look at Von Miller's 2015 Super Bowl MVP postseason:

3 games
11 tackles
3 assists
5 sacks
2 forced fumbles
1 int

Now, I'm not saying those are the same stat line. But, one is costing his team $20 million this year and isn't in the playoffs and the other is costing his new team $58,823 (it's the Patriots by the way) and the team he isn't playing for (this would be the Steelers) $2.2 million in dead money. Anyone who doesn't like this signing is a complete boob (I take that back I like boobs, they're a cotton-headed ninnymuggins).

Edited just to say: If anyone posts on Steelers boards maybe let them know about Harrison costing the Pats $58k for the playoffs this year but will continue to cost the Steelers into next season with $250k in dead money for 2018. Hahahaha. Bill wins again.

 

[Ring 6]

The most generally accepted explanation is that in their zone blitz scheme the DE's need to be able to drop into coverage a lot. That's something he can no longer do effectively, hence his drop in snaps.

Still seems to be able to set the edge and still has some good pass rush moves, although a long way from his peak given he is slower than he used to be.

He was a 34 olb who rushes only and doesn’t cover like Willie was here. You can use those guys but most teams prefer to have 2 olds who can do both to disguise the rush.


I don’t think anyone is going to be excited with Harrison’s run d but if hecan get on the field hopefully he can get pressure a little.

 

[RayClay]

Nothing to disagree here, Harrison is 39 and wasn't good enough to start with the steelers. Expectations should be limited at best.

Neither was Vrable. If he can bring it like he used to just a few times a game, it improves the sh*t out of us.

 

[Uptown]

Gerry Dulac on Twitter

“James Harrison said he asked Steelers on three separate occasions to release him, including at the beginning of the season and following the loss to the New England Patriots 10 days ago, when it became apparent he wasn’t going to play as much as he was promised.”

 

[Bill Lee]

...and Steelerfury is up to 57 pages.

They are going nuts over the Pouncy and Dupree quotes. Especially Dupree who has done nothing according to them.

Have they seen the Hitler / Mike Tomlin video yet?

 

[Joker]

Nope...but they've seen the Tomlin is Dobalina vid...

 

[Joey007]

Couldn’t gave been worse than Jackson turned out to be.

You remember Iosefa?

 

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Maurkice Pouncey Rips James Harrison For Signing With Patriots: "He Erased His Own Legacy" (VIDEO)