I feel bad for Darius Harris

[dlphg9]

Darius Harris took over the starter role once Willie Gay Jr. missed his games. He played at an extremely high level and did everything he could to earn himself some playing time.

Well Willie is back and as a result Harris has played 20 defensive snaps since and only had 3 snaps on defense Sunday night. I'm glad Willie is back and don't think Harris should take any snaps from him, but they have been starting Leo Chenal and he has not looked good at all. Why can Harris not play that LB position? Harris looked great filling gaps on run plays and making the tackle and he's a much better pass defender. So why is he not starting over Leo?

[The Franchise]

I bet you’ll see more Harris against the Jags this week because of Ettiene.

[Jewish Rabbi]

I feel bad for Chad Henne. He won us a playoff game against Cleveland and since Mahomes came back he’s seen zero playing time.

[JPH83]

I'd be happy for Harris to take more of Chenal's snaps. I liked Chenal as a pick and I'm glad he's getting snaps, the experience should hopefully help him. But right now he's pretty lost unless he's right up on the line. If they use him like that, cool, he's better than Harris. Anything and everything else is gonna take time and Harris deserves the nod.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Harris and Chenal have completely different roles in this defense. They can't just insert Harris at a position he doesn't even play. With Gay back, there's no room for him as a starter.

I get that technically Harris is a Will and Chenal is a Sam, but Harris didn't look like he had any troubles with shedding blockers or making tackles. I'd get the issue is there positions were flip flopped and they were asking Harris to cover guys when he's not used to it, but that's not the case.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Harris and Chenal have completely different roles in this defense. They can't just insert Harris at a position he doesn't even play. With Gay back, there's no room for him as a starter.

They usually cross-train them.

The role Harris is in now is essentially the role Bolton was in last season - backup Mike and Buck.

Harris can absolutely play LB3 in our base sets over Chenel. But he has a different approach and skill set. The staff appeared to value Leo's more last week.

That's not to say they'll value it more NEXT week.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They usually cross-train them.

The role Harris is in now is essentially the role Bolton was in last season - backup Mike and Buck.

Harris can absolutely play LB3 in our base sets over Chenel. But he has a different approach and skill set. The staff appeared to value Leo's more last week.

That's not to say they'll value it more NEXT week.

This is true. They play matchup defense more often than not. So there will be games where Harris has more snaps, and games where he will have less.

But my point stands. If they're putting Chenal out there, they think his skillset is better suited for the matchup. In those cases, there's just not room to get Harris on the field much.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

I get that technically Harris is a Will and Chenal is a Sam, but Harris didn't look like he had any troubles with shedding blockers or making tackles. I'd get the issue is there positions were flip flopped and they were asking Harris to cover guys when he's not used to it, but that's not the case.

From the strong side, he'd have a completely different responsibilities, both in the run game and in coverage.

I'm not saying Harris shouldn't play, don't get me wrong. It's just that when they go and put Chenal in there, there's no place for Harris to play. He doesn't have that skillset. He's more like Willie Gay and the only way for him to play A LOT is for Gay to miss more time.

[Megatron96]

It's still an extremely small sample size, but at this moment I'd rather see Willie out there, in spite of what Darius has put on film, which has all been pretty good. Gay just seems to be the more athletic, faster player right now.

Either way, Spags will put in the guy he thinks matches up better that week, and I'm good with that for now.

[Coochie liquor]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You have to have someone in the car to talk to the police if they get stopped.

Omg, this reminds me. During the beginning of lockdowns one of the DJs who DJs at Sandals was doing live sets online, and people were sending tips via Venmo etc. there was a white couple we know that were staying in Jamaica for lockdowns, and they were staying in the same apartments as DJ Bryan. They ended up going over there a lot while he was doing his sets. One time his neighbors called the cops because he was playing the music too loud. We can all see and hear what’s going on because of the stream. They sent the white guy out to talk to the police. I was dying. Shit was hilarious. Then when the cops left, DJ Bryan CRANKS up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6-tNcHTLnIU

Before he ended his set for the night. Good times!!