Former Bears S Chris Harris On The Market

by bleedpurple426 on Oct 27, 2011 10:23 AM CDT

The Chicago Bears have released veteran safety Chris Harris today after being benched for poor play, nursing a hip injury, and subsequently losing his starting spot all in the last three weeks.

This wouldn't normally be Daily Norseman-worthy news, but I don't think we can ignore the poor play thus far this season by safeties Husain Abdullah and (kind of) Jamarca Sanford. There is little doubt that we are decently deep at strong safety with Sanford and Tyrell Johnson--a Tyrell Johnson who once was a successful starter--but the injury bug has bitten.

Sanford and Abdullah are both suffering from concussions, and we can only assume these days that every injury report on concussed players should be taken with a grain of salt. They are both currently questionable for Sunday vs. the Panthers but have participated in full practices so far this week. That sounds like good news, but the fact is our starting two safeties have suffered concussions which is no help to the future our 29th-ranked pass defense.

I think the point I knew I wanted a change at the safety position was after Jay Cutler's bomb to Devin Hester back on Sunday Night Football. Could Chris Harris be the answer? I don't know. He was benched for poor play after all. But a move needs to be made. With three games left against Cutler, Aaron Rodgers and Matthew Stafford and those passing attacks--not to mention Cam Newton-to-Steve Smith, Drew Brees-to-anybody, and Matt Ryan-to-Roddy White also left on the schedule--the future looks bleak.

So what do we think, Norsemen?

Poll

Should the Vikings take a look at signing former Bears S Chris Harris?

Yes

44 votes

No

11 votes

A move needs to be made at safety, but not Harris

14 votes

69 votes | Poll has closed

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What are everyone’s reservations? Any thoughts on the matter? Let’s get a little discussion going. If I just wanted poll responses, I would have just posted a poll. :)

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by bleedpurple426 on Oct 27, 2011 10:56 AM CDT reply actions

He's washed up

We need to get younger, not older.

by Purpledork on Oct 27, 2011 10:58 AM CDT reply actions

Sounds like it's not happening

According to Judd Zulgad and other beat guys on Twitter, there’s no momentum whatsoever with Harris going to the Vikings. Personally, I don’t think Harris will solve much of anything except adding a little more mediocre depth.

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by Eric J. Thompson on Oct 27, 2011 11:03 AM CDT reply actions

Agreed

Again this is someone elses “said and done.” Teams are not dumping performing or some struggling players at this point in the season. They dump no production types.

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by Velvetouch on Oct 27, 2011 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Exactly

If he is not good enough for the Bears and he looked bad in the game vs the Lions.

I would rather they grab Brandon Ghee CB/FS off of the Bengals practice squad.

Maybe even pick up Mana Silva from the Ravens practice squad as well.

by MarkSP18 on Oct 27, 2011 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions

NO NO NO

Why would we make a move like that in a lost season? If we don’t expect a player to be on the roster next year, then we shouldn’t bother with bringing them in for this one. If we were pushing to win the division I would be more open to ‘band-aid’ players, but we are in rebuild mode now, and we would be better served to push a rookie into the role and see what they have vs. plugging in a guy like Harris.

by CaP'M on Oct 28, 2011 9:28 AM CDT reply actions

He's gone now.

From Rotoworld:

Lions claimed S Chris Harris off waivers from the Bears.
The intradivision move gives Detroit more depth at safety, where the team has struggled with injuries. Harris probably isn’t going to pass SS Amari Spievey as a starter, but could eventually prove a better backup option than special teamer John Wendling. Regardless, it’s a low-impact transaction.

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by Grumps on Oct 28, 2011 3:24 PM CDT reply actions

Why did Vikings not pick up Hariss ? Detroit picked him up.. I wonder about the decision making of this teams management.. We got rid of Chilly, seems we need to get rid of afew more.

by WVVikings on Oct 29, 2011 11:35 PM CDT reply actions