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nychief · 03-06-2007, 12:10 PM

Chiefs agree to terms with free-agent LB Harris
By ADAM TEICHER The Kansas City Star

The Chiefs and unrestricted free agent linebacker Napoleon Harris agreed to terms this morning on a six-year contract.

Financial details were unavailable. Some still were being finalized.

The Chiefs plan to use Harris, a five-year NFL veteran with the Raiders and Vikings, as their starting middle linebacker. He would replace Kawika Mitchell, an unrestricted free agent.

The Chiefs may try to re-sign Mitchell, who has yet to make any free-agent visits. The Chiefs were discussing whether to move Mitchell to outside linebacker even before they signed Harris.

The 6-feet-2, 255-pound Harris was Oakland’s first-round draft pick in 2002. He went to the Vikings in the trade that sent Randy Moss to Oakland.

He visited with Tampa Bay before arriving for his visit in Kansas City.

For more on this story, see Wednesday’s editions of Sports Daily.

Chiefs Pantalones · 03-06-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by nychief

I can't believe the amount of bitching already.

No one's really bitching, we just don't know what we're going to do with the other LB spot. Edwards is too old and is a MLB, and would Kawika do well in place of Bell? I'm not a fan of putting a MLB at OLB.

Eleazar · 03-06-2007, 12:58 PM

ChiefsCountry · 03-06-2007, 12:58 PM

Pollard is perfect for an outside linebacker in the Cover 2. Heck I went back and read his scouting reports from the draft and said he should move to lb in a cover 2.

Archie Bunker · 03-06-2007, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla Thunder

Would Mitchell be good in Bell's place or should be sign someone else?

I think he would be a better fit at OLB than MLB in this scheme. He would be better than Bell no doubt in my mind.

Stinger · 03-06-2007, 12:58 PM

We go from Jubilation of yeah we got a good one, to hey wait a minute, to Damnit Carl !!!!

in under 80 posts. That may be a record here.

Man I love this place in the off season

Archie Bunker · 03-06-2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Pollard is perfect for an outside linebacker in the Cover 2. Heck I went back and read his scouting reports from the draft and said he should move to lb in a cover 2.

I wouldn't mind this move one bit.

Demonpenz · 03-06-2007, 12:59 PM

like it was ever in question....but it is still clear the chiefs aren't looking to win a superbowl. They are going to patch together a team to get to 7-8 wins and to win most of those games at home.

CoMoChief · 03-06-2007, 01:00 PM

We really should have signed Benard last offseason.

htismaqe · 03-06-2007, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla Thunder

No one's really bitching, we just don't know what we're going to do with the other LB spot. Edwards is too old and is a MLB, and would Kawika do well in place of Bell? I'm not a fan of putting a MLB at OLB.

There are some very good OLB's that will be around when we pick in both the 1st and 2nd...much deeper field than MLB.

Mr. Laz · 03-06-2007, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Pollard is perfect for an outside linebacker in the Cover 2. Heck I went back and read his scouting reports from the draft and said he should move to lb in a cover 2.

possible .... i remember some rumors about Pollard being moved maybe.

but i still think that means we need to change our scheme so that the MLB doesn't drop into deep coverage so much. IMO it's a bad thing anyway.

asking a player to be a main focus of stopping the run AND then asking the player to be responsible for the deep middle on passing players is just begging for problems in coverage.

htismaqe · 03-06-2007, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

We really should have signed Benard last offseason.

The Seahawks wish we would have.

Chiefs Pantalones · 03-06-2007, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

There are some very good OLB's that will be around when we pick in both the 1st and 2nd...much deeper field than MLB.

Starting calibre?

Demonpenz · 03-06-2007, 01:04 PM

if we had pollard, harris, and DJ that might be the fastest LB's in the nfl. Atleast in my theory.

**the Talking Can** · 03-06-2007, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

There really aren't any other options and Mitchell proved that he can't play at all in this system, he doesn't even tackle well.

We can't sit around and wait for Willis in the draft either seeing as his 4.4 range 40 puts him ahead of our pick now.

but that logic doesn't apply to the LT position, it seems....my head is spinning

**ChiTown** · 03-06-2007, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

He's an OK acquisition, but it will continue to not matter who is there until we install some DTs.

I'd say we need OT's about as bad as we need DT's. Gonna be tough to win if we can't score.

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