Denver Broncos Chris Harris gets NFL Spin Zone Player of the Week

The Denver Broncos made short work of Logan Thomas, Drew Stanton, and the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, as they turned a marquee matchup into a scoring fest, courtesy of over 200 receiving yards (could have been 300 had a monster TD not been called back) from Demaryius Thomas and a whopping 479 passing yards from Peyton Manning. Thomas was one of the runner-ups for this week’s “Player of the Week Award”, along with Gerald McCoy and Russell Wilson. However, I couldn’t ignore the perfect day in coverage from Chris Harris Jr., who is one of the most reliable and versatile cornerbacks around.

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Andre Ellington‘s big plays in the passing game were the only saving grace for the Cardinals, whose 20 points on the scoreboard don’t match up with their horrible average of 3.8 yards per play and 3-16 third down conversion rate. With just a 12-34 passing line between Stanton and Thomas, the Cardinals were woefully inaccurate as a passing offense, with Stanton averaging an anemic 4.5 yards per attempt before bowing out with an injury.

Von Miller‘s elite pass rushing was certainly responsible for some of the Cardinals issues, some of it is on the Cards quarterbacks (they, of course, showed why they aren’t starters), but some of it was on Harris.

According to the Pro Football Focus, Harris did not allow a single pass to be completed in his coverage, and the Cardinals, for some odd reason, felt compelled to challenge him seven times. He nearly came up with an interception, but Harris did manage to defend four passes (to match the four quarterback hits provided by Miller).

Harris put in work against a variety of receivers, drawing assignments against the triumvirate of Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd, and Ted Ginn Jr., as well as young playmakers John Brown and, yes, Ellington. It’s incredible to think that Harris got to more passes thrown at him (PDs) than passes that were simply incomplete, and the lack of catches allowed means that the Cardinals had a 39.6 QB Rating when throwing it at him.

He’s been a terrific player ever since coming into the league, but Harris has turned things up through the first four games of the new season with, per PFF, a meager 29.9 QB Rating allowed. He already seven passes defended, a 37.5% catch rate allowed, an interception, and no touchdowns allowed. Sunday’s dominant display was his finest of the season thus far, but he’s played at a high level in each game.

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