DaGimp Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Anybody mention Nic Harris yet? I thought he actually looked good and aggressive at LB. If he doesn't start over light-weight Kieth, I'd be shocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I agree, he caught my eye as well. Seemed to make some plays and definitely showed intensity. He was not out of place at all, as far as I could see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonster Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Yes, He stood out, and looked very aggresive to me. Can't have enough of these type players, I expect immediate returns from him on Special Teams, maybe more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 he stood out like that for most of his college career too. kid plays at a very high level of intensity and it shows. cant wait to see him out on the field more. would love to see how aggressive our LBs could be with him next to Poz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuyInMalta Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Definitely showed a lot of intensity. Showed the same thing in camp when I visited last week as well. Rarely do those with that level of passion fail to stick with a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinWPB Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 He looked really good on the running play he ran down from the backside behind the line to make the solo tackle, saved a BIG gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I Tivo'd the game and reran most of the plays repeatedly. Nic Harris looked very good. So did Ashlee Palmer and Marcus Buggs for the most part. All three of them had one bad pursuit angle each but that'll happen to every linebacker at least once a game. When guys like Spencer Johnson and other DL are being blown out of the play it makes it very hard on the linebackers. Ellison does have competition but unfortunately he's probably leading the derby right now because he knows the defense so well. Basically with Ellison he'll hurt you physically. With the young guys, they'll hurt you mentally right now. I noticed that Harris wasn't getting great depth on his zone drops but that may be because he was spying on Vince Young quite a bit. I loved when we drafted Harris and think he'll be an excellent player in time. It may be that the coaching staff starts giving him more reps to see if they can speed up his development. Another young defender who looked good was Derrick Jones, the recently signed DT. He's big and athletic and aside from Marcus Stroud, he's the only DT on the Bills who can say this. He was also very quick off the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalonian-at-Heart Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I thought he was one of only a few bright spots the entire night. The run play where he came through the middle, and then chased the play down to the left was very telling on how athletic he is. I think it was 2 plays prior he made a tackle, and kept driving the guy into the ground. He also appears to have a mean streak. A+++++ for Harris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoner7 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I would guarantee Harris as a starter in the season opener if not for Limp DIcks inability to play rookies. Hell, I guaranteed Harris to be the best pick of our draft this past April, so I obviously love the kid -- no homo. He and Poz were the only players on the D last night that repeatedly made any type of plays, everyone else was just kind of out there. Even when he wasnt making the play, he was taking ones away. On one of the Oilers TD passes, I beieve it was Langster being beat on a fade, Harris had quickly IDed the pass and dropped into a wide zone coverage taking away any type of a slant from the receiver. Obviously there was not a slant being run but that type of ID is huge on goal line D. Expect Harris to have one hell of a career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 The difference between Keith Ellison and Nic Harris is that Ellison can read his keys, get to the spot to make a play, and gets eliminated by a blocker. When Harris gets to the spot to make a play, he f---'s someone's s--- up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossage Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I thought Ashlee Palmer looked solid too. He took on blocks, stayed free, knew what his job was, pursued, and showed good tackling ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I thought Ashlee Palmer looked solid too. He took on blocks, stayed free, knew what his job was, pursued, and showed good tackling ability. Maybe Ellison gets cut??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGimp Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Ellison can take Wendling's job on Special Teams. That guy sucks worse than Ellison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreMarshawn23 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Great thread, Harris did look good out there. Seems extremely comfortable playing linebacker and see him starting some point. The thing I loved about Harris how big he was at 235. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuyInMalta Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 One thing everyone is going to have to get used to with Harris is he does tend to get a little too over-excited. He was notorious in college for late hit penalties & unnecessary roughness penalties (a la London Fletcher). So you can love on him all you want (and he did look good last night) but we'll have to take the good with the bad here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huuuge Bills Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 The problem is, as someone mentioned in another thread, that Ellison probably looks good on Fridays during walkthroughs. Dick sees that and doesn't think to sit him down. It's the reason why players like Greer and Jackson sat on the bench for so long. Getting destroyed on Sundays be damned, he runs fast in shorts! Maybe we get lucky and this is finally the year Dick sees what we all do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 The problem is, as someone mentioned in another thread, that Ellison probably looks good on Fridays during walkthroughs. Dick sees that and doesn't think to sit him down. It's the reason why players like Greer and Jackson sat on the bench for so long. Getting destroyed on Sundays be damned, he runs fast in shorts! Maybe we get lucky and this is finally the year Dick sees what we all do. Of course, you conveniently ignore the fact that Dick knows the game of football 10 times better than even the most knowledgeable poster on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1billsfan Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 He looked really good on the running play he ran down from the backside behind the line to make the solo tackle, saved a BIG gain. For my money, on that play, Harris made the best non-turnover defensive play by a Bill that I've seen over the last three years, preseason or regular season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagon Circler Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Alvin Bowen got in a big hit too. I mention this because we may need TWO outside'backers. Kawika looked slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I spent a lot of time watching Harris last night, and overall really liked what I saw. He's physical, aggressive, and seems to be catching on to LB well. There were two plays I noticed that he let his aggressiveness take him away from the play (biting on mis-direction), but that's a rookie thing that he can work on. As much as I liked him, I'm not sure I'd want him out there week 1. I think he's going to need more time to learn his assignments in the defense. But considering it's his first game in the NFL, and at a new position, his future looks bright. If we could get Maybin on the field, this defense could go places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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