SaintsBro

When he was with the Vikings, Harvin was touted as great, but he was pretty much of a non-factor and disappeared during the NFC Championship game. He had a nice fumble in that game, I think it led to one of our scores. He is a good receiver, but he is a little soft and somewhat injury prone, he does not respond well to physicality. He may make a play or two, early on, but after a few hits, I expect he will likely "disappear" much like he did in the NFC Championship game. So far this season, the Rob Ryan defense has done a superb job of neutralizing the "star" weapons on the other team, whether they are rushing or receiving threats -- the big players tend to make a few plays early on, then disappear.

CoreyO

Yea what he said

saintsfan1976

Red Zone defense.

We have it.

Budsdrinker

He struggles with migraine headaches from time to time. Been having them since college. He's missed games with them they so bad.

QBREES9

Hey you took a shot.

xan

he'll probably get a headache

Choupique

yawn

SmashMouth

According to Seattle, that has been cured. Something about sleep apnea ...time will tell I guess. He is a fumbler. As it's been a while, he's likely due for one or two.

SmashMouth

Well... he did not practice yesterday ...

Seahawks.NET - The Voice of the 12th Man! • View topic - Percy Harvin didn't practice today. As per Pete

Is panic mode beginning out west?

ChromeSeahwk

Just because a player fumbled once in a big game vs your team doesn't make them a "Fumbler" in all situations.

Harvin has had 6 fumbles TOTAL in his NFL career - He's got 281 receptions and 107 rushes in his career for a total of 388 total "touches" - Divide that by 6 fumbles and you get a statistic that says he has fumbled on 1.55% of those touches.

Colston by comparison has 575 receptions and 2 total rushes for a total of 577 total "touches". He has fumbled 9 total times in his career - Divdie those and you get a 1.56% percentage of fumbles to touches.

Unfortunately I don't have any stats at the ready for the overall league and this appears to be LOST fumbles and not how many times the player put it on the ground....but I still think it is a decent comparison to show he doesn't appear to be any more fumble prone than other players.

As for comments about Harvin lacking physicality, I don't know where you developed those, but he's a guy who will frequently initiate hits on players at the end of plays rather than running out of bounds.....it is actually one of the reason he has been somewhat injury prone.

Finally, while the Hawks will gladly take what receptions and big plays from Harvin that we can get out of him, one of the biggest things he's done for the offense is to take "the top off the defense". Harvin is so fast that he often commands a double team or safety help. In his limited plays with Seattle so far, this has left our other receivers in one on one situations that they have consistently been able to win. That's one of the things that doesn't show up on the stat sheet...and we hope and expect it to continue on Monday night.