End of the year review on Jarvis Jones.
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Better than ONE, but less than THREE. How many did HARRISON have and what were the play counts of each of these two individuals. Keep Jarvis his final rookie year and see what happens, but be prepared to move on !!!!!! Third year here and ONLY 2 sacks.
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Joe Thomas must have slipped because it looked like when he put his legs in the ground to set he goes sliding back. Jones is definitely a bust and though my pick that year is delegated to return man in Cordarrel Patterson I still am going to talk crap about us picking Jarvis Jones lol
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James Harrison recorded 3 of his 5 sacks in one quarter of the blowout win against the Colts, in obvious passing situations against a left tackle who should be delivering packages for FedEx.
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True beans, but wasn't Uncle Jarvis in any "obvious passing situations" also?? Not hounding yaz, but when comparing an "old guy" to young up and coming, seems the young guy has fallen short.
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Harrison is 37, Jones is what 24 or 25? The reason harrison played so much is because Jones wasn't/isn't that good. At best he might turn into an average OLB, but I doubt it.
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JJ ceiling is probably Clark Haggans material and that is slipping away every season because by this point in his career he was a 6+ sack OLB.
We didn't have a bunch of big leads this season that allowed our pass rushers to "tee off" on the QB. The Colts games (and the 49ers) were the best two shots we had, and James Harrison refused to give way to Jarvis at the end of the Colts game. Harrison wants the Steelers all time sack record and that was his best shot to rack up stats.
I'm not excusing Jarvis. He didn't produce nearly enough as a rusher this year, either in sacks or pressures. But Harrison took more snaps than Jarvis and only had 2 sacks that weren't cheapies, in my opinion. The good news is that the Jarvis-Harrison combo did account for 3 sacks in the playoffs.
That's probably true (about the ceiling). But Haggans had a lot more opportunities to get sacks since he wasn't sharing time at OLB.
Before the season started Joey Porter said there would be a strict rotation. So that was not the reason
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Can anyone rush the passer?
Of course we will. It's not a real option. We can get out of it anytime we want. It's absurd how un-player friendly these options are.
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On the other hand, the signing bonus is guaranteed. Friendliness is in the eye of the beholder.
It's not guaranteed. We can exercise it now (remember it's his fifth year, 2017 season) and then cut him (without ANY penalty) if he doesn't have a strong 2016 season.
They said they wanted to limit Harrisons snaps because of his age, but he ended up playing way more than they planned on.
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Harrison had two sacks in the playoffs. This is as much as Jones had during the 16 game season. James is old, but still good enough to spot duty. 5 sacks, 4 passes defended, 2 forced fumbles, 1 int. Pretty good for a part time player who does not start. And his leadership helps.
I hope he's willing to play one more year on the cheap (he's due in the neighborhood of $1.25 million next year).