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Harmon will enter his seventh year with the club." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhitePats Pulpita New England Patriots communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpPatriots NewsOpinion and AnalysisContribute!About the SiteTopicsPatriotsOddsShopStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhitePatriots News Opinion and Analysis Contribute! FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementFiled under:Patriots AnalysisPatriots Player ProfilesPatriots Offseason CoverageNew England Patriots 2019 roster breakdown: #21 FS Duron HarmonNew Matthew Slater Jerseys 2019 ,40commentsHarmon continues to be a core member of the Patriots’ secondary.EDTShareTweetShareShareNew England Patriots 2019 roster breakdown: #21 FS Duron HarmonGreg M. Cooper-USA TODAY SportsThe New England Patriots, who will be off until training camp starts in late July, currently have 90 players on their active roster. However, only 53 of them will be able to survive the cutdowns on August 31 and ultimately make the team. Over the course of the summer, we will take a look at the players fighting for those spots to find out who has the best chances of helping the Patriots defend their Super Bowl title.Today, the series continues with one of New England’s veteran players:Name: Duron HarmonPosition: Free safetyJersey number: 21Age: 28Experience: 6Size: 6’1, 205 lbs.2018 review: Duron Harmon’s 2018 did not start well: coming off a Super Bowl loss, he was detained in Costa Rica after a combined 58 grams of marijuana were found in his luggage on a flight into the country from Fort Lauderdale. The incident did not result in any discipline from the NFL, however, and by the time preparations for the upcoming season started everything was back to normal for the veteran defender.In general, Harmon’s 2018 season looked a lot like his first five since entering the league as a third-round draft pick in 2013 (the main difference might very well have been his jersey number, as he switched from #30 to #21 after the arrival of cornerback Jason McCourty). He again served as the Patriots’ number three safety alongside Devin McCourty and Patrick Chung, and was once more a valuable and durable member of the team’s secondary.In this role, he appeared in all nineteen of the Patriots’ combined regular season and playoff games in 2018, and provided a mix of solid deep-field coverage White Devin McCourty Jerseys , playmaking ability, and leadership. Overall, the Rutgers product was on the field for 636 of the Patriots’ 1,043 defensive snaps during the regular season (61.0%) before adding an additional 61 (of 188; 32.4%) over New England’s three postseason contests.As usual, Harmon was a productive player as a versatile rotational defensive back for the Patriots: forming a solid core at the safety position with McCourty and Chung, he finished the year with a combined 38 tackles as well as four interceptions; tied for the team-lead with All-Pro cornerback Stephon Gilmore. Furthermore, he surrendered only one touchdown into his coverage area and allowed just 7 of 13 passes to be completed for 90 yards. He also recovered a fumble.All in all, Harmon once again lived up to his nickname ‘The Closer’ as a player coming up with big plays in big moments. All four of his interceptions, for example, came either in the second or fourth quarter — right before halftime or the end of regulation. His biggest moments of the season, however, might have come when the spotlight was the brightest: in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 53, on back-to-back plays.With the Patriots up by seven, he first helped break up a potential touchdown pass from Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff to wide receiver Brandin Cooks. Then, on the very next play Devin McCourty Jerseys 2019 , he blitzed from the secondary to force an ill-advised pass. Stephon Gilmore was able to step in front of it to record what turned out to eventually be a game-clinching interception. And while Harmon did not show up on the stat sheet for either play, his impact was very much felt.2019 preview: Entering the third season of a four-year, $20 million contract he signed with the Patriots in 2017, Harmon will be on the club’s books in 2019 with a salary cap hit of $4.75 million. Considering his role as a versatile playmaker and part-time starter in one of the NFL’s best secondaries, the deal represents very good value and is still reflective of Harmon’s role on the team: he is a core member in the defensive backfield.As such, he is expected to again see considerable playing time and be on the field for around 60% of the Patriots’ snaps. Harmon, as has been the case in the past, will once more be used as a deep-field defender in single-high or two-deep coverage schemes by the Patriots; he will also give the club both depth and flexibility at the safety position that will allow Devin McCourty to be moved around the formation to create coverage advantages.After all, Harmon is the one safety on New England’s roster whose skill set is coming closest to McCourty’s as a rangy centerfield player. This, in turn, allows the Patriots to diversify their schemes and take advantage of Harmon’s intelligence, experience, and abilities to read and react to plays. Consequently, he will again play a key role on New England’s defense in 2019 — and likely come up with big plays when the team needs them. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Josh McDaniels expects to be with the New England Patriots for at least another season.The Patriots offensive coordinator said Tuesday that “the book is closed” on him interviewing for other open head coaching jobs and that he is committed to New England moving forward.McDaniels said during a conference call that he was grateful for the opportunity to interview with Green Bay over the weekend White Isaiah Wynn Jerseys , but that he is “completely focused” on the Patriots and preparing for their divisional playoff matchup with the Chargers. On Monday, Matt LaFleur accepted an offer to become the Packers next coach.“It’s always a humbling experience to have an opportunity to interview with anybody for that position. I was thankful for the opportunity to meet with Green Bay,” McDaniels said.“It always gives you greater insight into an organization and how they do things. It’s been very educational for me every time I’ve gone through it. And I’ve appreciated every single one of them.“That was great, but no I’m completely focused on the Chargers and our season and finishing it strong and I’ll be here moving forward.”McDaniels said he has not been in contact with the Cleveland Browns about their head coaching job.Last offseason, McDaniels agreed to become the head coach in Indianapolis before changing his mind and returning to New England.He said he wasn’t sure if that decision factored into teams’ willingness to approach him about coaching jobs this time around.“I have no idea, you’d have to obviously ask them if that had anything to do with anything like that,” he said. “I’m grateful for the opportunity that I had but, obviously, more importantly thankful for the opportunity that I have here.”McDaniels is one of Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s most-tenured assistants, having served under him for a combined 15 years — 10 as offensive coordinator — over two different stints, beginning in 2001. It’s a run that allowed him to be a part of all five of New England’s Super Bowl wins.He left the Patriots in 2009 to coach the Denver Broncos. When that ended following the 2010 season, he spent the 2011 season as offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams before rejoining the Patriots in 2012.