Harvins Poor Attitude Was Driving Force Behind Trade, Seahawks Wont Miss Him: The Seattle Seahawks made a very surprising move on Friday afternoon, trading wide receiver Percy Harvin to the New York Jets in exchange for a future draft pick, according to ESPNs Chris Mortensen. It made some people scratch their heads because Seattle traded a first-round pick for Harvin and signed him to a $67 million extension in 2013, but the former Florida standout was reportedly causing too many headaches off the field. Harvin did not adapt well to his new team, as he allegedly got into physical fights with Seattle teammates on multiple occasions. According to The Seattle Times Bob Condotta and Jayson Jenks, he reportedly got into altercations with Golden Tate and Doug Baldwin, while TheSidelineViews Lance Zierlein spoke about a recent confrontation with Russell Wilson on Dave Softy Mahlers radio show (h/t Field Gulls Danny Kelly). Furthermore, in the Seahawks loss last week against the Dallas Cowboys, Harvin refused to re-enter the game after he was dinged up earlier, despite Seattles need for a quick scoring drive to retake the lead, according to Condotta (h/t Kelly). If true, the fact that Harvin would protest in that way for his usage is mind-boggling and not how a professional should act. And Pete Carroll, who preaches team chemistry and competitiveness as much as any other coach in the NFL, probably did not want to have to deal with Harvin any longer. It must have been hard for the front office to trade Harvin after investing so much in him, but the fact that the Seahawks wont miss him has to be comforting. The first thing that has to be known is that Harvin is one of the most injury-prone players in the league. Despite being the highest-paid Seahawks wide receiver the past two seasons, his 31.7 snaps played per game rank fifth among Seattles wideouts, according to ESPN Stats & Info. Surprisingly, Harvins exit might actually benefit the Seattle offense. Russell Wilson has had a better touchdown-to-interception ratio, more yards per completion and a drastically better total quarterback rating (45.3 to 71.0) with Harvin off the field, per ESPN Stats & Info. In the future, the Seahawks are going to regret trading for Harvin rather than trading him away. He has definitely not been the versatile player he was supposed to be when the Seahawks acquired him from the Minnesota Vikings. As noted by ESPN Stats & Info, Harvin gained a total of 150 receiving yards during his Seahawks career, which started at the beginning of the 2013 season. There are 265 players with more receiving yards over that span, including eight who play for Seattle. The absence of Harvin should allow the Seahawks to get back to their bread and butter, running with Marshawn Lynch to set up the play-action pass, without having to find ways to get Harvin involved in the offense. Harvin was injured last year and did not play a role in the Seahawks Super Bowl run, so the team should realistically have a chance to win it all again. The Jets get a seemingly troubled player with a bad attitude who has not been productive the past two seasons, and a few years down the road, the Seahawks might thank the Jets for bailing them out of a sticky situation. Read more NFL news on BleacherReport #Football #NFL #NFCWest #SeattleSeahawks
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 03:26:05 +0000
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