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I know the negativity will never end here but to those who are subconsciously succumbing to the boards’ relentless whimpers of massive disappointment in Harrison…. Stop.
We aren’t in the playoffs. The team faded, yet again, down the stretch. Murray didn’t mystically all of the sudden become Mahomes. Harrison, though def not perfect and not the iron-clad immediate HOFer that some expected, actually had a damn good year and showed a ton of promise. No, he wasn’t the best rookie this year, let alone this decade. He’s got work to put in as far as beating press coverage, coming back to the ball, fighting to win contested catches and breaking tackles, amongst plenty of other things. He did, however have a better statistical year than plenty of other guys who turned out to be good. His size, speed, agility, work ethic, intelligence and character, all main components to the consensus high opinion of him pre-draft, were just as good as expected.
The results of my 2-1/2 minute google search showed his first year to be better than that of:
Fitz
Marvin Harrison Sr
Tyreek Hill
Cooper Kupp
Devonte Adams
Ceedee Lamb
Deandre Hopkins
Stefon Diggs
Deebo Samuel
Maybe he’ll never as good be Amon-ta St Brown, Jamar Chase or Malik Nabers. Time will tell. This season, however, was not a sign that he can’t be. Chase was reunited with his college quarterback, St Brown had a rookie RB and a not yet great Hockenson as the only other weapons and Nabers was option 1-5 for New York this year. None of those three had 1 let alone 2 other offensive skill position players as good as McBride or Conner to compete with for looks and touches their rookie year. Jaylen Waddle had 100+ catches and 1000+ yards his rookie year when his running back was my Uncle Remis’ plumber and the only other WR whose name people know was Devante Parker. The following offseason, the team signed Tyreek Hill. Waddle played more games and more snaps in 2022 but finished with 30 less catches. Since then, his receptions have dropped ever year. His yardage increased the next year but, I think it’s fair to say, that was due in part due to Hill’s presence and Waddle having a year of NFL experience under his belt to help exploit the defenses not prioritizing him. This stuff could be spun multiple ways, I know.
We aren’t in the playoffs. The team faded, yet again, down the stretch. Murray didn’t mystically all of the sudden become Mahomes. Harrison, though def not perfect and not the iron-clad immediate HOFer that some expected, actually had a damn good year and showed a ton of promise. No, he wasn’t the best rookie this year, let alone this decade. He’s got work to put in as far as beating press coverage, coming back to the ball, fighting to win contested catches and breaking tackles, amongst plenty of other things. He did, however have a better statistical year than plenty of other guys who turned out to be good. His size, speed, agility, work ethic, intelligence and character, all main components to the consensus high opinion of him pre-draft, were just as good as expected.
The results of my 2-1/2 minute google search showed his first year to be better than that of:
Fitz
Marvin Harrison Sr
Tyreek Hill
Cooper Kupp
Devonte Adams
Ceedee Lamb
Deandre Hopkins
Stefon Diggs
Deebo Samuel
Maybe he’ll never as good be Amon-ta St Brown, Jamar Chase or Malik Nabers. Time will tell. This season, however, was not a sign that he can’t be. Chase was reunited with his college quarterback, St Brown had a rookie RB and a not yet great Hockenson as the only other weapons and Nabers was option 1-5 for New York this year. None of those three had 1 let alone 2 other offensive skill position players as good as McBride or Conner to compete with for looks and touches their rookie year. Jaylen Waddle had 100+ catches and 1000+ yards his rookie year when his running back was my Uncle Remis’ plumber and the only other WR whose name people know was Devante Parker. The following offseason, the team signed Tyreek Hill. Waddle played more games and more snaps in 2022 but finished with 30 less catches. Since then, his receptions have dropped ever year. His yardage increased the next year but, I think it’s fair to say, that was due in part due to Hill’s presence and Waddle having a year of NFL experience under his belt to help exploit the defenses not prioritizing him. This stuff could be spun multiple ways, I know.
