David Harris will be one of the newbies in the New England Patriots linebacking core after the team officially inked him to a contract on Thursday night.
Following the report from earlier in the week that the former New York Jets tackle machine was shipping up to Foxboro,
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now an NFL analyst on ESPN,
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“I like the move. I know they like the move. Hightower is a player that playing 16 games,
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“He’s still super instinctual. You watch him on film and he barely takes a false step. He knows what he’s doing,
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Bruschi also likes that Harris hasn't won a championship in his career thus far and should inject some urgency to win into a locker room that is coming off a Super Bowl LI championship.
depth in terms of him getting hurt helps,
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In 2016, Harris recorded 95 tackles and since 2009 he's only missed one regular season game.
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Bruschi also likes that Harris hasn't won a championship in his career thus far and should inject some urgency to win into a locker room that is coming off a Super Bowl LI championship.
depth in terms of him getting hurt helps, but as he noted Harris joining the linebacking unit also allows the team to use Hightower on the outside more and will help the Patriots pass rush. It also now doesn't put Shea McClellin,On Bruschi's point when referencing Hightower, Kyle Van Noy and Roberts in position where they are asked to do too much.
In 2016, Harris recorded 95 tackles and since 2009 he's only missed one regular season game.
