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Chicago Bears Sign Tommie Harris to an Extension

As Pinoy mentioned here, the Chicago Bears have signed defensive tackle Tommie Harris to a 4 year deal worth $40 with $18 million guaranteed.  Albert Haynesworth and his agent are going to look to this as a starting point for Haynesworth's deal. 

I have to admit that I haven't seen Harris play much, so I can only evaluate him from a pure stats standpoint.  Anyone who watches the Titans knows that Haynesworth's impact cannot nearly be quanified on a stat sheet, and I would expect it is the same wtih Harris.  The stats show that Harris is the more dependable player because he has only missed 4 games since he entered the league in 2004 (in that same time Fat Albert has missed 18 games).  Haynesworth has more tackles, 159 to 141, in less games, but Harris has more sacks, 19.5 to 12.

So who is worth more money?  Again, it is really hard to say without watching Harris play, but it seems that Haynesworth is the better player when both are on the field.  However, "when both are on the field" is a HUGE part of this whole equation, and I would imagine that is the biggest hold-up in the Haynesworth negotiations.  This deal shows us about the money the Titans are going to have to shell out to lock up Albert.

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A$40 mil with $18 guaranteed would be a bargain.

Titans ought to take that deal TOMORROW! Hell, they got the cap space to front-load it. That’d be a Gucci move there.

Because next year, with an uncapped 2010 on the horizon, you’re looking at that to the third power as a starting point.

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Go Titans!

by DannoE on Jun 20, 2008 10:03 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

By comparison, Randy Starks got $21M w/ $7 guaranteed.

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by DannoE on Jun 20, 2008 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Big is easily = 2.5 x Randy Starks

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by DannoE on Jun 20, 2008 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the big deal

for players of Harris and Haynesworth’s caliber is to just get them over the deal that Oakland gave to Tommy Kelley who is certainly not as good as these two players.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Jun 20, 2008 12:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

whew...

As a Bears fan, you have no idea how happy I am that this got resolved.

As far as the comparison of Tommy to Al, very similar but not. Harris is pivotal to the cover 2 scheme the Bears use by getting pressure to the QB from th Dline. When he wasn’t in the game, it was a different defense. Reference the Super Bowl against the Colts. Harris was out for the big game and Peyton and crew had their way with the D.
For the Titans, I think Albert is used to wreak havoc at all cost: sacks, run stop, whatever.

Bottom line, whenever either of these guys aren’t playing, their prescence is missed.

Elite DT are hard to come by. If the Titans were smart, they’d do the best to retain Al for a little longer, even if they have to break the bank.

by asian phil on Jun 20, 2008 12:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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