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New Story Jermari Harris officially back
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I guess that is good, but his coverage leaves a lot to be desired IMO.
He blew his assignment against Minny that put them ahead.
Dont go by the last game as that TN passing scheme and their snapping the ball every 10 seconds was really tough on Iowa.
I really hope Harris can become a much better, he is above avg now, corner who can shut down receivers which can enable more blitzing.
If Jackson comes back at lbkr with higgins and Harris and Lee at corners that is a great start.
Honestly, big return imo. Especially if Coop doesn't return.
Harris is a pretty dam good player. Maybe not GREAT, but I'll take him.
Definitely in his best interest to come back.
I'd say this is a win for the Hawks as well.
I'd say this is a win for the Hawks as well.
Nobody is perfect. He will be one of top CB's in the league next year.
Nobody better is coming through the portal.
Because most of the year, Coop was on the other side.
Totally. And once Coop was out they picked on Deshaun Lee. I’m pretty excited Harris is back, I think he’ll be really good next year.
Glad to have him back....and I think it will benefit him greatly.
1. CDJ - ???
2. Lachey - ✅
3. Higgins - ✅
4. Castro - ???
5. Jackson - ???
6. Harris - ✅
7. All - ???
8. Schulte - ???
2. Lachey - ✅
3. Higgins - ✅
4. Castro - ???
5. Jackson - ???
6. Harris - ✅
7. All - ???
8. Schulte - ???
I think part of that is because Iowa hasn't been seeing as much of that uptempo style lately because B10 West teams have been so awful offensively.
Back when Phil started to make changes that turned the defense around from middling to great to elite, it was because we were struggling with the no-huddle, uptempo, mobile QBs, heavy passing teams.
Have we still struggled with these teams at times? Of course.
But part of our turnaround was because Phil made changes to combat some of the things that were gashing us defensively.
How often do we complain nowadays about LBs being absolutely and completely mismatched against RBs and WRs and TEs?
Not very often, and if we do, it's because the other team just has some damn good players that will create mismatches regardless.
How often nowadays are we just destroyed by dual threat QBs?.......Well before our last game?
Not nearly as often.
That was part of Phil's changes in scheme and philosophy.
But to go back to the Tennessee game, we haven't been seeing as many elite dual threat QBs lately.
I think that's one thing that the tougher schedule will benefit us with. It'll force Phil to have to prepare more often for uptempo teams that want to air it out and play fast.
Even if we struggle against the Oregons and Washingtons and USCs and Ohio States and Penn States, we'll also be more prepared to see that style come postseason play, because we'll have had to face it multiple times throughout each season........not just on the rare occasions that Ohio State lands on our schedule or when a Purdue has a f***ing David Bell.............
If we’d have had an offense with a pulse, we should have been able to beat any team that we held to just one touchdown. Asking for zero touchdowns every game is a bit much. That loss was 100% on the offense. Couldn’t drive 25 yards at the end for a game winning fieldgoal.
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Everyone gets beat once in a while. 27 is a solid tackler and I'm glad he's back next year. Good kid besides...
Maybe the experience and practice will cut his cushion down to 8 yards.
72 which puts him right alongside Lee. Cooper was a 77 which I find interesting. He was an 88 last year.
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