alright after taking a look at some film, Harris has got a thankless job to be sure but he's not poor at it. As much as we're talking about Davis ultimately replacing Harris... that doesn't seem to fit what roles they off of each other. This being a 3-4 ILB position he and Davis work more as a tandem, and if you ask me its a bit of a light brains and brawn situation going on at that. If theres any variation of their roles on the defense its that Harris is the more likely candidate to hold down the fort and look for the run or jam receivers crossing his path so that Davis can play looser and use his superior physical tools on some other role. They do a lot of similar things most times and Harris (and I'm guessing Scott while he was here) should have theoretically been serving the role of mentor to Davis, but its not really a situation of training a future successor. Maybe he replaces Harris as signal caller and I think he's already replacing Scott as vocal leader, but these TWO are BOTH starters and Davis has already replaced the aging vet in front of him in Scott, lets be clear on that. Harris is surprisingly decent at covering receivers whenever he's asked to despite supposedly being slow as molasses. He's certainly on them enough to make any QB think twice about throwing his way if only because of his simple presence making any quick thinking QB look elsewhere. I find it hard to describe but it feels like his presence is only felt in ways that don't leap off the screen, he operates so that others may thrive if that makes sense. he's got veteran savvy on his side despite apparent lack of speed and thats hard to replace. couple that with a lack of injuries and i'd say odds are the jets try to resign him sometime this winter... this time to a reasonable amount slightly below the 7 million he's making now. the Calvin Pace analogies fit like a glove, he's just too reliable at what he does to get rid of so easily despite his age. Who replaces him next to Davis is the real question though, not sure that man is on the roster.
Hell yeah! I'm a bit biased tho. He has been my favorite player since his rookie year. I'm hoping they resign him to a fair deal. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy with irrational delusions of his skills. I don't think he would be asking for a lot of money to come back. I do wish he was better in pass coverage, but he has been an overall awesome Jet and I wasn't him to finish his career with the jets
Time to move on after this year. He's likely a Jets ring of honor candidate when all is said & done..but this defense is moving in a different direction. The big stout read & react Mangini Jets will officially be dead when Harris & Pace call it quits. This defense is quickly becoming about speed/movement,versatility & aggression.
I think Harris and Pace are playing their last seasons with the NY Jets. Idzik has no fear moving on. He let half the team walk last off season. That being said, IF Pace has another 10 sack season and Harris doesn't lose another 1/2 step and is willing to come back on the cheap, then Idzik may extend both of them. Either way, Idzik will never jeopardize his bucket of cap space he needs to re-up his home grown superstars.
David Harris is the best MLB on our roster,unless we have a solid replacement we should def resign him to a 2 year deal.People don't realize the impact this guy makes just because his stats don't jump out at you.He is the the QB of the front 7 and he is one of the best pure tacklers on this team
Sign him to a one to two year deal. But at the right price. He isn't getting any younger, but he does fulfull a role between the coaches and the front seven. I swear, we are going to be spending our next two drafts on linebackers.
Well I have watching Davis for 2 years now and just can't remember any impact plays he has made. People talk about Harris being slow but I remember him picking off Tom Brady in a playoff game and almost taking it to the house. Harris is stout on run plays and taking on blockers. I hope you're right and Davis does step up his game.
Someone else commenting that Davis makes some plays. I just don't remember any impact plays. He doesn't take on blockers well and that is why Harris is needed in this defense. I agree with you also that Davis was suppose to be that sideline to sideline linebacker and good in coverage. I just haven't seen it. Hopefully this year he will step up but I think the small school background and competition is hurting him.
A Harris Resign shouldn't get in the way of resigning next years young stars. I wouldn't expect him to make more than he is this year (a 7 million dollar cap hit) if he were to be given a new deal. I'd expect a contract to be about 4-5 million if a one year deal, 8-9 million if a two year set up, enough to show respect to his standing on the team but nowhere near the top 10 money he's making now. Big Snacks and Kerely are the only two who should reasonably be seeing a much bigger amount of money next year (Wilkerson's new deal shouldn't have any effect till 2016 and he's on a guaranteed amount of about 7 million from an exercised 5th year option) and I doubt a new deal that probably won't last more than one year will hinder his ability to lock those two up long term, especially given the 10's of millions of cap space he'll have to work with. Its a smilar deal with Pace, in which re-signing him had multiple pro's going into it. namely, rewarding a good statistical season off a prove it deal, (good precedent that showed up with Colon as well) having a veteran aboard to teach youth, and having a starter aboard at value price potentially for the next two years. Idzik has no ties to Harris but he's not stupid, if he sees a value starter is in the cards in Harris and if he knows Davis hasn't shown enough capability to play Harris's role in his absence, Harris will be brought back next winter, probably before free agency hits. That all said, it'd be nice to have another quality younger and cheaper option aboard at Inside LB. Yeah, this team really needs a good LB draft next year... WR was a position of quantity this year, OL the last, maybe thats the next one coming.
