Harvin: When To Play Him

[hawksfansinceday1]

...........Now.. I would not let him ANYWHERE near a kickoff.. leave Baldwin back there.. but offensively, just him being on the field is going to help the passing game immensely

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[IndyHawk]

He has to play as much as possible and this includes returning Ko's ..You can't play scared..If he gets hurt well what else is new??Next man up!!! GO HAWKS!!! :49ersmall:

 

[themunn]

i cannot, for the life of me, remember the last time a returner was seriously injured on a kick-off.
there's been the odd concussion, yes, but the likelihood of injury can't be any higher than that of a WR

 

[MidwestHawker]

i cannot, for the life of me, remember the last time a returner was seriously injured on a kick-off.
there's been the odd concussion, yes, but the likelihood of injury can't be any higher than that of a WR

No I agree, I don't think there's any reason at all to hold him out of kickoffs.

 

[JonRud]

No reason to save him. That would be akin to trailing a baseball playoff series 3 games to 2 and saving your ace starting pitcher for Game 7. Only problem is you may never make it to that game so you pitch him in Game 6.

 

[Jiggy]

Considering the amount of rest he has already had. The extreme caution taken after the Minnesota game. If he is going to break down after just one game it's probably destined to happen that way anyways.

This may sound harsh but I would rather have him end his career as a Seahawk (and probably a football player) this January then next August or September. Something tells me the competitor in him feels the same way. Which is why we are seeing things play out the way they currently are.

 

[ImTheScientist]

Considering the amount of rest he has already had. The extreme caution taken after the Minnesota game. If he is going to break down after just one game it's probably destined to happen that way anyways.

This may sound harsh but I would rather have him end his career as a Seahawk (and probably a football player) this January then next August or September. Something tells me the competitor in him feels the same way. Which is why we are seeing things play out the way they currently are.

You for some reason feel he has a career ending injury? Based on?

 

[Anonymous]

Practice him wisely, suit him up and have him ready, use him ONLY if we need to secure the wins. I'm in the "don't let him return kicks" crowd. His presence lined-up as a wide-out from scrimmage is where he is going to be the most effective.

"It's better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have one". (Alien vs. Predator)

 

[ludakrishna]

i cannot, for the life of me, remember the last time a returner was seriously injured on a kick-off.
there's been the odd concussion, yes, but the likelihood of injury can't be any higher than that of a WR

No I agree, I don't think there's any reason at all to hold him out of kickoffs.

Agree completely. Just having him back their to receive a kickoff will make teams kick it short/squib and allow us better field position. It also increases the possibility of the kicker kicking it out of bounds by overthinking what he's trying to do.

 

[SilkMonkey]

Can I choose "If he's ready, roll him out. Full go."?

Look if he's playing I'd let him go full tilt; we all know there is no guarantee we'll play in the NFC CG.

"Pocket aces? I'll go all in on some other hand."

 

[jdblack]

How the heck should we know if he's ready to play? It depends on how ready his hip is. Silly question imo.

 

[suppaball]

I would suit him up and use him only in situational football

 

[EverydayImRusselin]

I see this as similar to baseball. You gotta start your best pitcher in Game 7 even if it throws off your lineup for the next series.

 

[onanygivensunday]

Play 'em.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

At this point I'd be happy with Harvin just returning KO's and being on the field to create matchup problems.

 

[djb28]

I honestly think he has been healthy for a while. Is it just a coincident they never put Harvin on the I.R. and he suddenly was ready to start practicing right after locking down the #1 seed and getting a bye week?

I think Harvin was told to not speak (twitter, interviews, etc), not play, and heal until playoff time. The Seahawks did not need him during the regular season. Plus, if Harvin starts during the playoffs, opposing teams in the playoffs won't have much film (with him in it) to study.

Harvin was probably getting pissed off reading and hearing the media talk bad about him while he was out (especially knowing he was fine, but couldn't speak or tweet). That is why he tweeted something about "haters fueling his fire". Notice his twitter account was silent after he was "injured" during the Vikings game? He would only tweet about the holidays.

But that is just my opinion. I may be wrong.. lol.

More like getting pissed reading these boards. Haha

 

[Sgt. Largent]

I honestly think he has been healthy for a while. Is it just a coincident they never put Harvin on the I.R. and he suddenly was ready to start practicing right after locking down the #1 seed and getting a bye week?

I don't think he's been healthy. I just think this is 100% Percy trying like hell to get back onto the field to help his team win, and now Pete's going to give him a chance to prove it.

Pete and John know this is a six year commitment with Harvin, and are being overly cautious with his hip..........and so far they haven't ABSOLUTELY needed him to win the division and lock up the #1 seed. Now that the playoffs are here they're willing to give Harvin a chance to get back out there.

 

[EntiatHawk]

Play the man!!! If he can go then let him go.

 

[UK_Seahawk]

My thoughts on this can be surmised by the following quote:

There's two bulls standing on top of a mountain. The younger one says to the older one: "Hey pop, let's say we run down there and **** one of them cows". The older one says: "No son. Lets walk down and **** 'em all".

 

[warden]

When the Doctors, trainers coaches, and Percy think he is ready, you play him. Make this decision on facts. Everything else is just BS