Vikings' Harrison Phillips: Posts another solid campaign
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Phillips compiled 59 tackles (28 solo), including 1.5 sacks, as well as one pass defended and one fumble recovery over 17 games during the 2022 regular season.
Phillips was rather productive in his first season with the Vikings, as he achieved career highs in tackles, sacks and defensive snaps for the second year in a row. He also eclipsed his previous career high for tackles 14 games into the 2022 season. The 27-year-old paced Minnesota's defensive line in playing time while slotting in alongside fellow veteran Dalvin Tomlinson. With Tomlinson now set to become a free agent this offseason, Phillips could be in line for an even more prominent role on the defensive interior in 2023.
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Vikings' Harrison Phillips: Gets green light
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Phillips (back) has been cleared to play in Saturday's matchup with the Colts.
No surprise here, as Phillips was trending in this direction throughout the week. He should see his usual workload at nose tackle, assuming he avoids any type of setback.
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Vikings' Harrison Phillips: Three tackles in Vikings debut
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Phillips started at nose tackle had three total tackles and two quarterback hurries in Sunday's win over Green Bay.
Phillips had one stop has he serves as a primary run stuffer on the defensive interior in Minnesota's new 3-4 defense.
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Bills' Harrison Phillips: Quicker-than-expected recovery
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Phillips was back at practice Wednesday after missing time with a knee injury, Mark Gaughan of The Buffalo News reports.
Phillips had been a candidate for IR to begin the season, but general manager Brandon Beane stated Wednesday that the lineman is one of the players who may avoid that designation. While the fourth-year player out of Stanford isn't much of an IDP guy, he's a decent run stopper and can only help as the Steelers try to run the ball against the Bills' high-powered squad in Week 1, assuming of course Phillips keeps progressing and can be active for the game.
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Bills' Harrison Phillips: Slated to be healthy scratch
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Phillips is expected to be a healthy scratch Monday versus the Chiefs, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports.
The Bills are expected to bench both Phillips and Trent Murphy on Monday as they try to shake things up following a tough loss to the Titans. Phillips typically logs around 45 percent of the defensive snaps, but now Quinton Jefferson, Mario Addison and to a lesser extent Darryl Johnson will need to step up Monday.
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Bills' Harrison Phillips: Ready for promotion
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Phillips, who recently completed his rookie season after being the Bills' third-round pick out of Stanford, is the likeliest candidate to take over for the open starting defensive tackle job, Jay Skurski of The Buffalo News reports. "Harrison will compete. He did a good job in year one," general manager Brandon Beane said. "He'll compete to definitely start. I can't say he'll win it, but Harrison did a great job of bringing depth to us last year."
The Bills did re-sign Jordan Phillips -- who will also compete for the job -- on Tuesday, while there's also a ton of free cap money available to beef up the defensive line following the retirement of longtime starter Kyle Williams, among other positions. Even if he has to share the starting job, Harrison Phillips seems a sure bet to take a step up from his 20-tackle rookie season, while he's still looking for his first NFL sack.
