David Harris came within 60 minutes of the Super Bowl in January 2010 and January 2011.He deserved a better ending to a Ring of Honor Jets career than the one that was awaiting him anyway. He can get one in blue.He would fit like a glove Bruins Jersey with the New York Football Giants.Ben McAdoo wants talented men of integrity? Meet David Harris.
There would be no better mentor or insurance for second-year linebacker B.J. Goodson than Harris.He can go chase a Super Bowl with Damon “Snacks” Harrison, Brandon Marshall and, if he can beat out Josh Johnson as Eli Manning’s backup, Geno Smith.Steve Spagnuolo would love him. Even an elite defense can never have enough leadership and professionalism.If it means taking http://www.officialbostonbruins.com[/ur... the kind of pay cut he had no interest in taking from the Jets, Harris should swallow his pride and maybe, just maybe, get the last laugh.And maybe Odell Beckham Jr. could introduce him to Drake!
Because you are David Harris and you show up for work on Tuesday even though it is voluntary drudgery, because you are a leader on team that has been crying out for leadership. You are Last Man Standing on a youth movement that had already jettisoned Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold and Marshall, and there is honor and pride in that, because you have bled Jets green for a decade-plus.
So you practice and then you yuck it up with Sheldon Richardson, your locker-room neighbor. Only seven weeks until your 11th training camp.
And then, just like that, after the media is escorted out of the locker room, you are informed that you are no longer a Jet. You are 33 years old and you are a man without a team. And it stinks because you have been the heart and soul and the brains of Todd [url=http://www.officialcoloradoavalanche.com/]Avalanche Jersey Bowles’ operation, of the Eric Mangini and Rex Ryan operations before that, and it is June for crying out loud, and you assumed the penny-pinching in the front office and above was over and done, that you had survived for the last year of your contract.
You are 33 years old and naturally a step slower, but there was plenty of time in the offseason to reach agreement on negotiations aimed at reducing $6.5 million non-guaranteed salary. And talks break down NOW?
It’s another Stupid Jet Trick that leaves a befuddled Bowles, who adored [img]http://www.authenticnewyorkislanders.com/images/products/nhl_jerseys_new/ne... Harris, twisting and whistling in the wind.
A tank-for-the-memory move with all eyes clearly focused on the Quarterback Class of 2018.
The Jets talk about changing the culture of their locker room and they ask class to turn in his playbook at a time when poor Bowles is forced to lecture Darron Lee that having a fight with your girlfriend at a concert and needing Leonard [url=http://www.officialcoloradoavalanche.com/]http://www.officialcoloradoavalan... Williams to save you from yourself is an embarrassment to the organization and to the NFL, which is investigating the incident.
“Some of the best of the best have left the game without leaving on their own terms,” Bowles said.Yet one more cruel reminder that loyalty in the NFL is rarely a two-way street.“Any decision we make is an organizational decision, it’s not like they’re going behind my back and making these decisions,” Bowles said.
The organization David Harris leaves behind is trumpeting an abbreviated twist on a famous Vince Lombardi slogan: WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING.
Harris had six 100-plus tackle seasons, 95 last season in 15 games. He has missed just six games in his career. He came in with Revis, one round later, and lasted a little more than three months longer.
The Giants aren’t keen on 30-somethings, but they made an exception for Marshall. If they’re willing to make one for Harris, he should forget about retirement and chase that Super Bowl he just spent chasing 10 years chasing. This time chase it with a flagship franchise that has won four Super Bowls since Jan. 12, 1969.