Aren't we looking at it wrong, we just got a gift.

burningmetal · 02-09-2013, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

Disagree completely.

He has great anticipation and a great nose for the ball. He does have hands of stone however. He covers very well, but he doesn't play the deep ball in the air very well at all.

He was one of our top playmakers when he played SS for GW. He made two pro-bowls because of it, and it damn sure wasn't because he was popular.

With all due respect, Roman Harper made pro bowls under Williams because of the amount of sacks and overall tackles he made from playing up at the line of scrimmage. It was a good move by Williams in that it got the most out of Roman, but Safeties are simply not meant to camp out at the line of scrimmage. It's one thing to blitz once in a while but he was blitzing easily half the time. We need someone who can cover. Unless Harper is planning on moving to linebacker, then he is going to coninue to hurt us. You saw how little of anything he did this year, when asked to play back more.

We have established that he can't cover the deep pass, and he can't catch. So what exactly is he good at, other than being used out of position?

02-09-2013, 08:19 AM	#13
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Aren't we looking at it wrong, we just got a gift. Originally Posted by Danno Disagree completely. He has great anticipation and a great nose for the ball. He does have hands of stone however. He covers very well, but he doesn't play the deep ball in the air very well at all. He was one of our top playmakers when he played SS for GW. He made two pro-bowls because of it, and it damn sure wasn't because he was popular. With all due respect, Roman Harper made pro bowls under Williams because of the amount of sacks and overall tackles he made from playing up at the line of scrimmage. It was a good move by Williams in that it got the most out of Roman, but Safeties are simply not meant to camp out at the line of scrimmage. It's one thing to blitz once in a while but he was blitzing easily half the time. We need someone who can cover. Unless Harper is planning on moving to linebacker, then he is going to coninue to hurt us. You saw how little of anything he did this year, when asked to play back more. We have established that he can't cover the deep pass, and he can't catch. So what exactly is he good at, other than being used out of position? K Major likes this.
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