The Official "Show Harper (and Hartley) Some Love" Thread
 

The much beaten-over-the-head Harper and Hartley. Two men who Saints fans (erroneously) love to hate upon.

Both those guys had great games. Get up in here and show 'em how much you care!

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The Harper hate is proof that most posters don't know a damn thing about football.

He didn't do much different in this game than what he's done for the last 7 years.

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Last I checked it was K V who deserves the credit for saving the game for us.


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Typical, and quite predictable. :rolleyes:

If you think 1 play won this game you know less about football than I thought. And trust me, thats quite an accomplishment.

The Official "Show Harper (and Hartley) Some Love" Thread
 

Hubris

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Kenny V... all the way....!!!!

Hartley looks Metro sexual :p

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LMMFAO, you realize you quoted yourself and then slammed yourself?

What a fool!!! My god thats farking classic!!!!:lolup::lolup::lolup:

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??????? What's going on here.??????

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I came looking for peace and love for a couple of our bros.

I failed. LOL

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He quoted himself (trying to humiliate me), and ended up calling himself out on it, then went back and edited it.

Thats the funniest thing I've seen here in years. :p

Dayum, I nearly spit coffee on my keyboard.:D

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That's low hanging fruit dude. I picked your post to quote and selected wrong one. Quit shaking a stick at a shoe dumb ass. Your pompous attitude never ceases to amaze me. Good thing is your dead wrong on Harper and we will get see more of it as the season goes on.


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Omg you so Internet owned me.


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Harper gets love in my book all day long. I never thought somebody could dislike Roddy White more than me.

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It certainly is low hanging fruit. No doubt about it. :roflmao:

Harper may indeed go on to suck, but your dumbassedness was a freaking classic I won't soon forget!!!

Thanks for the laugh. I needed that!

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I didn't have to do anything sport. You got owned by westbankdaze.:roflmao:

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Much love to both.

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Kudos boys!

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Harper played good yesterday cuz he did what he is really good at, being a in the box safety and hybrid lb thats his bread and butter. Now with teams passing so much a in the box safety is becoming obsolete in a two safety setup but if they use the three safety setup he will be fine.

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And someone else gets it. But if you use any player correctly you'll get better results. You don't use big backs as scat backs. you don't use small skinny RB's as FB's, you don't use OG's as OT's, you don't use DT's as LB's.

You get the best results when you use a SS as a SS. Troy Polamalu is a SS and a 1st ballot HOF'er. He looked lost when injuries forced him to play as a 2-deep safety.

Laron Landry is a very good SS, but would get toasted frequently if he played 2-deep all season, as he did when Drew roasted him a couple seasons ago.

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I think the 3 safety look will only help Harper, with KV and Jenkins back there with him. I don't think we've seen the last good game by Harper this year in this set-up, as it simply suits his skill set better (great in run support, a big hitter in the secondary that still couldn't cover toast with butter).

Hartley...meh. 22, 31, and 48 yards...inside...at home. On the road, give it up for him on a tone-setting 48 yarder. 22 and 31 yarders are gimme's for a professional kicker. Kickers will miss, I get that. But 3 for 3 at home is his job.

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Never had a problem with Harper.

Hartley, on the other hand, I already ate a plate of hot crow on another thread about him. He gets no love until he proves he can be consistent, especially when the pressure is really on.

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I agree Mardigras9. I've always been a fan of Harper, and accept his shortcomings. I also ate crow earlier on Hartley, but I still think he's a headcase, and will make me nervous for a long time whenever he attempts a kick.

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game ball goes to Hartley and Harper.


Hartley for kicking 3 FGs which was 9 pts, including a long 40+ yarder that if this was last year or 2 years ago, I think he would of missed it. It was key in the fact that the score was 23-17 and not 20-17 which could of gave Atl the chance to tie it up with a FG of their own.

Harper played tight coverage, recovered a fumble, and got an INT, thats the Harper we know from 2009 season when he ran amuck.

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I give it to Vaccaro and Brees.

Matt Ryan was a different man after the K-Vac hit and that effected the rest of the entire game.

The INT is on Colston, he let it get stripped from him.

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Which is Player of the Week?:D
Hard to decide ebcause both came through at the most important , crucial times. Those were game winning or game losing times.

I will say the 2nd Player of the Week , winner of game ball is Hartley.

1st Player of the Week , winner of Wittnaur watch goes to Harper.
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(Remember back when the late Buddy D used to have that for player of the week.)

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Hartleys 11 yes 11 points won the game. Harper came through in the clutch and a little help from his friends. Game ball should go to Hartley in my opinion!!

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No matter what Hartley does from here on, he made the kick that put us in the Super Bowl - a moment that brought this grown man to tears. I fell down onto the floor, grabbed my dog, and cried like a baby. Then I went outside and barked at the moon - me and my dog. The dog passed away sadly.

It was a moment - one of THOSE moments. We all felt it. It was his kick that did it. Never in the history of sports was a man under as much pressure as he must have been for that kick - short of the gladiators I mean.

No. I could never hate on him. I'll always pull for him. He hit the kick that gave me one of the greatest moments in my life. I love me some Hartley!

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I like Roman Harper. I've seen him knock. I've seen him get knocked. But he's down there knockin, and getting back up.

He's nice in interviews, always smiling. He's stronger than you and and can run faster than you, and is better than any other safety we've had for the last 5 or 6 years, which is why he starts. He exercises every day, (unlike you and me,) plays through pain most people would cry from, and he trys very, very hard. He wears a Saints uniform, and seems to like us fans. And he has gray hair like me. Of course I like Roman Harper.
SLAM BAM! This is the answer.
There needs to be more grattitude among us armchair jocks.

I can deal with Hartley's metrosexualness, just like I am acclimating to all them damn tattoos on Vaccaro. He still isnt allowed to date my daughter, but he's impressing me on the field.

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Sure, Kenny Vaccaro made an excellent play on the ball and yes, Roman Harper intercepted it and though they were both good plays that gave us the victory...
I was amazed watching three, that's right THREE, of our defensive lineman collapse the pocket and get in Ryan's face. I can't believe what I saw and always have my eyes on that whenever I watch that last play. Three of our guys just shoved them back and it forced Ryan to throw off of his back foot. Great play all round by our defense.

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I hope our D line blow up carl nicks and joseph vs bucs, that would make my day

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Is Nicks even gonna play this week?

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Did he not play vs jets? I forgot to even check to be fair, if not then even better!

I hope tyrunn walker comes back soon, that guy put some serious hurtin on matt ryan and I loved seeing ryans face when he got body slammed

Next up cry baby freeman

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Nicks is dealing with staph infection. Things are not so great in Tampa right now. The captaincy taken from Freeman and Staph-gate. Captaincy-gate.

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There have not been many of our players I have ever really bad mouthed. Coaches - well that is different. I am still not sold on Ryan

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So we are going to throw them a bone when they do what they are SUPPOSE to do, one game does not make a season

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As I posted in another thread, I am keen to go on record to hang my head in shame after giving Harper an unprecedented amount of heat through the summer. He played a blinding game out there on Sunday.

I'm not convinced he has played that well every week for 7 years and his pass coverage does leave a lot to be desired at times, but his ability and capability are there to be seen and he is a real presence on the field.

This further solidifies that the issue truly was the lack of pressure up top last season rather than the worst secondary of all time. Although I am also quick to make sure that everyone realises I agreed with THAT sentiment throughout the summer.

#41 - Sorry buddy.

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And that's who deserves the love...

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They get a hug, no breauxmance until after week 4 if they keep it up.

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I never liked that Harper was becoming the goat of the Saints defense. He's a solid player.

However, I still get nervous when Sugar Tits lines up to kick.