Obligatory post-game "Walt Harris scares me" thread

[MTK]

Originally Posted by hurrykaine

Exactly...now you're getting it (and not to be condescending, though I won't be surprised if you take it that way). Prior to Taylor leaving, Walt Harris wasn't tested. Galloway wasn't thrown to, hence his paltry stats. Once they started taking shots downfield after Taylor's ejection, Harris' inadequcies were showcased again.

But attributing Galloway's meager stats to the phenomenal job Harris did on him in coverage is pure BS. I was, am, and still remain SCARED OF HAVING HARRIS BACK IN ONE-ON-ONE COVERAGE against a #1 or #2 receiver (the point of this thread)

With Springs back, I'm less worried.

Galloway had 4-35 in the first half and 3-34 in the 2nd half.

Doesn't look like Harris was tested very much in the 2nd half without Taylor to me.

I'm not saying Harris did a great job, but did he do a poor job? Far from it.

You're scared of what could have been, or what could be. Fair enough, but the numbers on the field don't justify your fears, that's all I'm saying.

[skindogger47]

I find it strange that the Bucs can get the ball to Galloway 7 times in a game and we can't get it to Moss more than 4 times. Same thing with Carolina. I can not understand why we don't just throw it up there and let him make a play. It works every single time.

[hurrykaine]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Galloway had 4-35 in the first half and 3-34 in the 2nd half.

Doesn't look like Harris was tested very much in the 2nd half without Taylor to me.

I'm not saying Harris did a great job, but did he do a poor job? Far from it.

You're scared of what could have been, or what could be. Fair enough, but the numbers on the field don't justify your fears, that's all I'm saying.

Galloways numbers on the field certainly don't justify my fear of Harris. That is something you brought in as a distraction. Those numbers could be as much a function of Rogers and other safeties, and certainly can't be confidently attributable to Harris doing a good job.

Edell Shephard blowing by him does justify my fear of Harris. That's all I'm saying.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by hurrykaine

Galloways numbers on the field certainly don't justify my fear of Harris. That is something you brought in as a distraction. Those numbers could be as much a function of Rogers and other safeties, and certainly can't be confidently attributable to Harris doing a good job.

Edell Shephard blowing by him does justify my fear of Harris. That's all I'm saying.

Distraction? I used the numbers to back up my point. Galloway didn't do jack on Saturday, that was my point. So these concerns over Harris's abilities seem a little overblown to me, that's all.

By the way it was Rogers that Shepard toasted on the TD that was ruled incomplete. So should we be worried about Rogers too?

[hurrykaine]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Distraction? I used the numbers to back up my point. Galloway didn't do jack on Saturday, that was my point. So these concerns over Harris's abilities seem a little overblown to me, that's all.

By the way it was Rogers that Shepard toasted on the TD that was ruled incomplete. So should we be worried about Rogers too?

But it was Harris that was roasted on the overthrown TD. And it was Harris and Rogers in coverage on the TD you mention. Atleast Rogers made a play on that one -in fact, some analysts like the idiot Sean Salisbury point to the fact that Rogers was the one that caused the ball to bobble out. I'm not worried about the Rookie.

Pointing to Galloways numbers are a distraction because its not as though Harris was on Galloway the entire evening. Galloway was taken out the game by a plethora of DBs, of which Harris was only one. You talk as though Harris was in one-on-one with Galloway the entire game.

Bottom line, when the game was on the line, 4th and 10, they threw to Shephard who blew by Harris (wasn't even close) and fortunately the ball was long. Whew! That to me was scary.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

By the way it was Rogers that Shepard toasted on the TD that was ruled incomplete. So should we be worried about Rogers too?

Thank you, Matty. I was wondering if I was going to have to chime in here to correct that.

It was Rogers that was covering Edell Shepard on his dropped touchdown catch, not Walt Harris.