Percy Harvin!?

[QuintorrisLopezJones]

He's a big-play threat EVERY time he touches the ball, much like J Charles is. That was evident tonight on the KO return touchdown. He made cuts without losing much, if any, speed. That's a very rare trait to have.

In his first 3 seasons the games missed were due SOLELY to the concussion issues, which appear to be behind him at this point, so it's a bit misleading to state that he has played a full 16 only once in 5 years. If SEA uses him correctly in 2014 by playing him in the slot and creating mismatches, he will easily be a fantasy WR2 in this offense. S Rice has probably played his last down in SEA and the highly inconsistent G Tate doesn't have much of a future there either. I would use this info if I wanted to sell him. I could sell if the price is right, but I also have no problem holding either.

Not sure how you can say his concussion issues appear to be behind him? He played what, a quarter of the game against the Saints and missed the NFC Championship because of another concussion?

[DLFiend]

Harvin's only had one concussion. I think he meant migraines.

[PPE82]

Harvin's only had one concussion. I think he meant migraines.

Thanks, I was just going to point this out. Harvins missed a couple of games early in his career because of migraines - not concussions. To the best of my knowledge, he's only missed 1 game due to concussion and that was this year.

By all accounts the migraines are a thing of the past, so that is no longer a concern.

[RonW15]

The problem with Harvin as I understand it isn't that he's more likely to get injured, it's that he's less likely to play through injury than other players. Emmit smith played with a separated shoulder, Donovan Mcnabb played with a broken ankle, phillip Rivers played with a torn ACL and Harvin can't play with a migraine. I'd hate to be his owner when he misses two games next year with diarrhea

[Csl312]

The problem with Harvin as I understand it isn't that he's more likely to get injured, it's that he's less likely to play through injury than other players. Emmit smith played with a separated shoulder, Donovan Mcnabb played with a broken ankle, phillip Rivers played with a torn ACL and Harvin can't play with a migraine. I'd hate to be his owner when he misses two games next year with diarrhea

I'm sorry, but this is obviously written by someone who has never experienced a migraine. When you can't see because of pain and the neurological effects of a migraine, how do you play football? The pain of a broken bone is not quite the same as a migraine. I tend to believe that it is better to take a year off to heal up your injury than have lingering problems that inhibit you for the rest of the year. There is a definite recency bias with fantasy owners and injury IMO.

[smythep]

The problem with Harvin as I understand it isn't that he's more likely to get injured, it's that he's less likely to play through injury than other players. Emmit smith played with a separated shoulder, Donovan Mcnabb played with a broken ankle, phillip Rivers played with a torn ACL and Harvin can't play with a migraine. I'd hate to be his owner when he misses two games next year with diarrhea

Get the hell out of here with that bs. Unless you've experienced a full migraine before you don't have a right to complain about him missing a game because of one. When I get my migraines I can hardly see. Standing up will probably lead to throwing up. I can't imagine getting hit in the head (or at all). Please get out of here with that weak sauce.

[DLFiend]

b...b...b...but he's only played a full season one time!

[aaroneous]

The problem with Harvin as I understand it isn't that he's more likely to get injured, it's that he's less likely to play through injury than other players. Emmit smith played with a separated shoulder, Donovan Mcnabb played with a broken ankle, phillip Rivers played with a torn ACL and Harvin can't play with a migraine. I'd hate to be his owner when he misses two games next year with diarrhea

Beyond the previously stated responses regarding your problem with his migraines, the real concern appears to be that given the way he plays the game he makes himself very susceptible to injuries. Harvin isn't afraid to take a hit and he lays it all on the line. While I love that as a football fan, I get worried that he is less worried about the long term and more worried about having an impact on the short term. These concerns are the same with my concerns with Gronk, although I have quite a number of others there. These reasons are why I know I will never own him in a league.

[Payton34]

Bottom line though is that IF you were looking to off-load him, now would probably be a good time. Someone out there will value him highly...

[smythep]

Bottom line though is that IF you were looking to off-load him, now would probably be a good time. Someone out there will value him highly...

That might be your bottom line. I disagree

[tackling dummies]

Aside from the injuries, my primary question is the amount of targets in a perfect world that he'd be looking at. There's no magic target number, but if he's in the 125-140 target range, I'd be loving it.

[seahawks506]

You have to wait until they resign or let Tate go first

[zounder]

Harvin missed exactly -one- game due to migraines, guys. He missed three games in the first three and a half years of his career, only one was a migraine issue. Look it up if you don't believe me. I can't believe how often misinformation is thrown around about him missing games due to migraines. He played through it all but one game.

[tackling dummies]

You have to wait until they resign or let Tate go first

I get it and apologies to Doug Baldwin and the rest of the WRs, but Harvin is the sun that they revolve around.

[Water Buffalo]

Harvin missed exactly -one- game due to migraines, guys. He missed three games in the first three and a half years of his career, only one was a migraine issue. Look it up if you don't believe me. I can't believe how often misinformation is thrown around about him missing games due to migraines. He played through it all but one game.

I'm so glad there's at least one other person out there not completely and totally clueless about Harvin's migraine history.