{"id":14653,"date":"2017-12-26T16:56:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T21:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=14653"},"modified":"2017-12-26T17:06:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T22:06:54","slug":"james-harrison-signing-patriots-re-field-yates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2017\/12\/26\/james-harrison-signing-patriots-re-field-yates\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harrison Signing With the Patriots Re: Field Yates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Field Yates of ESPN broke the news on Tuesday afternoon that the Patriots were signing former Steelers linebacker James Harrison. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harrison, 39, has only played 40 snaps this season after leading the Steelers in sacks in 2016 as they\u2019ve gone with younger players such as Bud Dupree and T.J. Watt. He didn\u2019t play in Week 15 against the Patriots. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the signing, the Patriots will now have the oldest offensive player in the league, Tom Brady (40) and the oldest defensive player (39) with Harrison. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where Does He Play: The Patriots could opt to play him at his natural outside linebacker position, but he would probably be a bit of a liability in coverage. Or they could decide to move him to defensive end in more of a pass rushing mold. Harrison can still do that and he can still set the edge in the running game. Those are two of the Patriots defenses weaker spots this season especially since Dont\u2019a Hightower went on IR and Kyle Van Noy is hurt. Could Harrison help there even at 39? Absolutely. Rookie Eric Lee has played well but has been targeted somewhat in the running game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be intriguing to see how the Patriots use him. They have just one regular season game remaining against the Jets and then a week off before the playoffs start. 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