The Chiefs signed Napoleon Harris today for six years and $24.5 million, with $7.5 million guaranteed.Harris was a first rounder for Oakland back in 2002, but Rotoworld makes the excellent point that two linebacker poor teams have now given up on Harris in the past five years. Kansas City will be throwing him into the starting middle linebacker position, replacing Kawika Mitchell, despite never having really shown the ability to be a competent starter in the NFL.
This is a guy who'd probably be a really solid reserve player (or even a decent weakside starter), not someone to whom you want to give a truckload of money.
Len Pasquarelli says that Harris is a perfect fit for Herm Edwards Cover 2 defensive scheme, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me since Harris is leaving the Vikings, a team that also plays the Cover 2. Minnesota made pretty much no effort to keep Napoleon around, which kind of says it all I think.
