Silverback's going to the SB!

He took Porters' place. When he was ejected for fighting before a game IIRC.

 

I'm a bit late to this thread, but I have to call that out. Harrison didn't 'go rogue' on that play. They had prepped for that play - a combination of coaching and a player knowing when to pull the trigger. The run back was also made possible because of the work they had done in practice on blocking when the defense turned the ball over.

It was a great play, and a lot of things went into it - it wasn't just Harrison deciding to do his own thing at the goal-line.

 

Yeah and everyone was going crazy when he sealed the deal against the Chiefs in the playoffs last year and this year......but now one play that put Jacksonville in a 3 and 18 hole meant nothing.....weird.
Truth is one play can decide a game. How many plays did our D make last week? Oh that's right..none.
Not one single play for a loss the whole game. Don't agree with the way JH went about forcing his way out
but the blueprint was there(Blount) and established by Tomlins lack of discipline for everyone else or maybe just the guys he chooses A PopWarner coach would of been able to come up with a way to get him some snaps.
What would you guys have done if you were in his shoes? He knows he doesn't have much time left.. He busts his ass to stay in shape,he spends hundreds of thousands a year just to be able to play. He keeps asking for more PT only to be told it's coming and it never does. Watt and Dupree didn't need to play every single play the entire season and get subbed by Chickillo and Moats. There was a time for Harrison especially seeing how we got run on and over just about every week.

Our coaching staff just continues the look dumber by the day. The Cheats seemed to do everything that our geniuses couldn't figure out....stop the run(check), QB sneak for a 1st(check) get JH enough snaps to make a impact(check) beat Jacksonville (check,check) Oh well at least they get to enjoy Orlando and coach a game where their asinine decisions won't matter......He who laughs last,laughs best....(JH)

 

"Obviously " MT.

 

Oh boy, I really want to see James Harrison win a Super Bowl with the cheats! That will really rub it in the faces of everyone and I will be happy and the world will change...and Tomlin will be fired...stupid.

This thread makes me ill...

 

It was definitely an amazing play by Harrison but it wasn't the play call. He recognized something and adjusted to what he saw.

 

JH got the strip fumble so give the man his due:

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/1/21/16917194/james-harrison-patriots-defense-afc-championship

 

There's no way you can convince me that Tomlin/Butler could not have found some way to utilize JH this season. All Harrison wanted was to be a part of it. I never blamed him for being pissed and acting like a prick. He was an absolute beast in the playoffs last year. He's a beast everytime he steps on the field. Good coaching could have utilized his strengths. I know he's past his prime but there's no way he couldn't be used situationally.

I wish James the best.

 

Agree, I'm just baffled how anybody can dispute this.

 

This. Maybe JH being grumpy early in the season put him in Tomlin's doghouse. (And Tomlin has a habit of letting those players rot on the bench.)

Getting JH involved does not mean making him a starter, or expecting him to be DPoY. Just a snap here and there, to give the starters a chance to recover.

The last two years, there were concerns about the number of snaps Heyward and Tuitt were playing, about the need for a backup player to give them a break. It is that kind of role that JH could have done for the OLBs.

 

SB Nation:

Patriots 24, Jaguars 20: James Harrison’s first sack of the day was a big one. His strip of Bortles didn’t lead to a turnover, but it forced the Jags into a third-and-19 in the middle of the biggest drive of the game.

 

Relax the Eagles are winning the SB.

 

The Pats are 5.5 point favorites. I will bet the Eagles as soon as I figure out how heavy.

 

You're comparing a back up to a starter in regards to output??

 

As far as Dupree’s production, he gets roughly 2x as many snaps but the same or less output. Different system though-I guess.

 

Blast Furnace. Why is it so hard to just give the man his due? Harrison played a great game yesterday. He got great pressure every time he rushed, and he set the edge on running plays. He was close to having a couple of other sacks too. I don't care what the stats sheet says. I know what my eyes saw. JH played well.

 

I agree 100%. And that is why his coach is now Belichick and not Tomlin.

 

What do you think the Steelers are gonna say? He was the perfect cadet and we choose not to use him.. they're covering themselves so they don't look like idiots by trying to paint him in a bad light... All the years of him bleeding black and gold and he's just going to decide to be the bad guy,,, I don't think so...

 

Yeah ....system shmystem. So Bud had 6 coverage sacks and 100 jumping on pile tackles in hundreds of snaps. Do they keep stats on how many times his side got run over....terrible season and output by Dupree. He sure put together a nice string of games without hearing his name called.....thoroughly outplayed all season by a rookie. Is Watt that great or Bud that sad?

 

For a 40 year old man who hadn't played all season and recently caught on with a new team, I would say he played great. You keep looking for ways to prove your point. Who cares if he gets credited with the sacks or not. He was right there. I keyed on James the whole game. When he was in he looked every bit like the player from last years playoffs. Tomlin ****ed up. JH played better against the Jags in limited snaps than anyone on our defense did.

 

The Front office didn’t make the comments about Harrison his teammates did. The Steelers weren’t trying to save face. They did exactly what they should have done. Sleep during meetings, skip practices you don’t play. It’s pretty simple.