Harvey gets swapped for Mincey
Jaguars bench their former first-round pick
Derrick Harvey has fallen brief of his expectations, and so the Jacksonville jaguars have declared that they’ll bench him, to get replaced by Jeremy Mincey. This’ll be Mincey’s 1st employment begin.
Harvey, the 8th in total decide on from Florida in 2008, commenced 26 sequential competitions for that Jaguars (3-4). He moved from the correct aspect to the left facet this offseason, and coach Jack Del Rio even attempted to lower expectations for that defensive MVP of the 2006 Bowl Championship Series championship competition. But absolutely nothing Del Rio said or did produced a difference. The final blow came last Sunday at Kansas City, when Harvey took the wrong angle on a running play. His miscue opened up a substantial hole for Thomas Jones, who scampered 70 yards to set up the Chiefs’ first touchdown.
The Jaguars allowed two third-round picks and a fourth-round selection to swap first-round choices with the Ravens and draft Harvey. The Ravens chose team quarterback Joe Flacco with all the 18th decide on. Harvey signed a five-year, $33.four million contract that included $17.4 million certain following a 33-day holdout in training camp.
Harvey intercepted a pass in his Nfl debut, but he hasn’t accomplished substantially since. He has 126 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, two passes deflected and no compelled fumbles. In 233 snaps this season, Harvey has 22 tackles and half a sack.
Cullen stated Harvey was upset aided by the benching, and the coach expects it to inspire the player to work harder down the road. Cullen wasn’t even certain Harvey would be active versus the Cowboys. Cullen mentioned Harvey would vie with rookies Larry Hart, Austen Lane and Aaron Morgan for playing time. Cullen additionally hinted than Harvey need to would like to strengthen prior to he can. He believes that there’s something inside of Harvey that only needs to get dragged out, an inner willingness and passion that has yet to be tapped.
