I somehow doubt that a player who keeps getting exploited for the same things over and over again is someone that BB thinks highly of. Not sure where you have this from. To me he seems to be exactly what Lombardi calls a card player; someone looks impressive in practice when he is told exactly what to do (reading the cards) but then during the game just has issues processing all the information in front of him so his abilities never fully translate on the field.
Either way, in the absence of an actual alternative I doubt that we will give up on him anyway. That being said I honestly wonder how much worse Harris is compared to Roberts because I just dont see how the margin between those two can be that large really.
Well if you recall he felt highly enough about him to trade Collins won a Superbowl with him playing.
There's no doubt the entire defense is underperforming Matt Patricia's star has fallen.
However as a poster stated when he's right he makes big plays when he's wrong he gives up big plays.
However unlike Collins he doesnt seem to be freelancing he's just guessing wrong.
Where with enough film study and reps he could make the right decision ala Bruschi or Zach Thomas because that's how his huilt compares him to as a player.
I'm not saying he will ever be as savy or productive as those studs but he has potential to be good to very good.
I forget what game it was but BB took the time to give creidit to Roberts even when media was bashing him.
Now if BB thought he was awful he wouldn't play simple as that.
I understand BB does things for different reasons including talking up or underselling players with big heads.
So take it with a grain of salt however when he blitzed the gap and got right in Newtons face and Newton should of had a safety for throwing the ball nowhere near a receiver that's the kind of flash play he can give us and honestly we need plays like that in spades to turn this unit around.
I'm not saying he's the solution or the problem I'm saying let's give him time since BB is willing to do so.
David Harris not seeing the field is bizare to say the least it hurts to have a roster spot wasted if he will never suit up.
That being said man I wish we would of kept Daryl Roberts and AJ Derby last season.