Harris and coaches disagree on how he’s played. Sacks ‘most important thing

[AL R]

Talk to Dolphins coaches, and Charles Harris’ rookie year has been a success.

“Yeah,” Adam Gase said recently, when asked if he was pleased with his first-round pick. “I'm not going to complain about what he's been doing.”

Talk to Harris and the story is much different.

Has he played pretty well in 2017?
important [stat].”

By that measure, Harris has plenty of room for improvement.

He has sacked an opposing quarterback just once this season. Nineteen rookies have more sacks, led by Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson, who has 7 1/2.

Perspective: Harris was the 22nd player drafted back in April. Lawson was the 116th.

More perspective: Among pass rushers taken in the first round in 2017, Harris tied with Washington’s Jonathan Allen for last in sacks.

Granted, that narrative could change with one big game. No first-round player has more than five, including Myles Garrett, the No. 1 overall pick.

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[Rolltide03]

Good

 

[Snoop]

the standards are pretty low here

 

[SCLSU Mud Dogs]

A lot of pass rushers don't get into their groove until a few years into their careers, but he's definitely failed to make an immediate impact.

If I'm Miami and there's a top tier DE there in the first round, that's what I'm drafting again.

 

[Aqua Shadow]

Glad he isn't complacent. I agree we should still look to add an edge rusher early, unless we end up with a franchise-type QB sitting at the same pick. I would totally sacrifice an early pick for assurance that we aren't relying on Tanny week one

And I like Tannehill. I just am concerned with injuries and rushing him into games/training camp

 

[DefensiveEnd76]

At 6'3" 250 he's going to need to get bigger and stronger before he's going to be able to set the edge with consistency.

 

[Buff]

iMO he has been a disappointment.

 

[Tannchise]

Miami drafted a project instead of an impact player

 

[nick1]

Miami has no choice regardless of Harris to draft another DE. Wake should retire and branch is underwhelming. Hayes could be gone too.

 

[Dolph N.Fan]

Miami drafted a project instead of an impact player

That’s the MO around here

 

[Jerrysanders]

Myles Garrett has 5 sacks in 7 games, He's showing folks why he's the 1 pick.

 

[SeasonsMusic]

What a complete bust pick. He will end up doing nothing for us... another waste pick.

 

[maralieus]

I think we should stand pat with our ends for now unless its a later round pick. I think we have lots of good blitzers and a DC that likes to use blitzes to me means we should build our D around that idea. plus when you get pressure up the middle it is almost always more effective and setting the edge against the run and to keep the QB in the pocket works with that.

 

[Dolphins81]

Miami drafted a project instead of an impact player

That is pretty typical. We really shouldn’t expect much from Miami.

 

[MP-Omnis]

He'll be fine with some time. Vic Beasley only got 4 sacks in his rookie season. There are plenty of great rushers who didn't do much their rookie season. The important thing is that Harris has the tools to succeed. He's always around the QB when he rushes and has generally done a pretty good job. He's definitely at least the 3rd best DE on the team.