Posts tagged Al Harris
Anna’s Wish To Meet Packers Featured On Sunday NFL Countdown
Sep 11th
You know I hate posting press releases on here, but sometimes something comes along that even my cold, cold heart cannot ignore. This is one of those times and it demonstrates once again why the Green Bay Packers are the best organization in organizational history. On ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown (11 a.m.-1 p.m. ET), Anna’s [...]
Three Players On PUP, One To Injured Reserve
Aug 31st
The Green Bay Packers reached the mandated 75-man roster limit on Tuesday by placing three players on the physically unable to perform list and one on injured reserve. Joining cornerback Al Harris on the PUP are safety Atari Bigby and running back James Starks, a sixth-round draft choice. None of the three have practiced this [...]
Al Harris Will Open Season On PUP List
Aug 31st
Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris will start the season on the physically unable to perform list, according to coach Mike McCarthy. The move means Harris, who hasn’t practiced this preseason while he recovers from a serious knee injury, won’t be available to the Packers for the first six weeks of the season. “Al Harris [...]
Shields Playing Nickel, Lee In Danger Of Getting Cut
Aug 29th
Undrafted free agent cornerback Sam Shields looks like he’s just about locked up a roster spot on the Green Bay Packers. Pat Lee, a former second-round pick, looks like he’s in danger of getting cut. Shields served as the Packers nickel cornerback during Sunday’s practice. While some sources have suggested he could soon be taking [...]
Harris Won’t Return This Week
Aug 25th
Although there was some optimism Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris may return this week, that will not be the case. Harris, who is rehabilitating a torn ACL, failed his physical on Monday, putting his status for the regular season opener in jeopardy. At earliest, Harris will return next week, but with two weeks left [...]
Al Harris Could Return Next Week
Aug 17th
Brad Biggs is reporting that Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris could begin practicing next week. Harris has been on the PUP list since the beginning of training camp, while he continues to rehabilitate a torn ACL. According to a league source, Harris could be cleared to return to practice as soon as Monday. He’d [...]
Does Sam Shields Have A Shot With The Packers?
Aug 17th
A lot of people like undrafted rookie free agent cornerback Sam Shields. He’s not only received a lot of coverage in the media, but both coaches and players have gone out of their way to praise his playmaking ability and his commitment to learning the game. Shields has blazing speed and as they say, you [...]
Rejoice! Jarrett Bush Will Not Be Your Nickel Back!
Aug 5th
The bane of my personal existence as a Green Bay Packers fan over the past three seasons may finally be getting what every sane person who’s ever seen a football game thinks he deserves: a pink slip. I mean, let’s face it. Jarrett Bush is the worst cornerback in the history of history and yet [...]
Bigby, Harris And Starks Fail Physicals
Jul 30th
Green Bay Packers safety Atari Bigby, cornerback Al Harris and running back James Starks failed their physicals on Friday and will start training camp on the physically unable to perform list. Harris, who is recovering from a devastating knee injury, was expected to start training camp on the PUP list. Bigby, and to a lesser [...]
Bulaga, Packers Agree On Five-Year Deal
Jul 30th
The Green Bay Packers will open training camp with all of their players under contract, after first-round draft choice Bryan Bulaga signed a five-year deal this morning. The deal is worth $14.75 million with $8.76 million guaranteed. Bulaga was the final player without a contract, after safety Atari Bigby signed his restricted free agent tender [...]
Al Harris: Rap Producer
Jul 12th
If you’ve checked out any of the videos of Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris rehabilitation this offseason, you’ve noticed the consistent presence of rap music. Specifically, you’ve heard the lyric “the proof is coming soon,” on several occasions. Someone asked what the music was and where it came from, and honestly, I had no [...]
Harris Admits He Won’t Be Ready For Camp
Jun 22nd
Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris admitted he probably won’t be ready for action when training camp opens, on Monday, but said he plans on being the team’s opening day starter. “There’s no doubt in my mind,” Harris said after the team’s first mandatory minicamp practice, which Harris spent inside the Don Hutson Center working [...]
Williams, Bigby Remain Unsigned
Jun 15th
Green Bay Packers’ cornerback Tramon Williams and safety Atari Bigby did not sign their restricted free agent tenders by today’s 12 a.m. ET deadline. The Packers gave both players, as well as defensive end Johnny Jolly, written notice of the deadline. The team told all three players they would reduce their tenders to 110 percent [...]
Checking In On Al Harris
Jun 13th
There hasn’t been anything terribly enlightening in the latest installments of the National Football Post’s video series on Green Bay Packers’ cornerback Al Harris’ rehabilitation. Still, they are kind of interesting if you want to see how he trains in the offseason. Much of the work you’ll see in these two videos is speed training.
Al Harris’ Injury Worse Than We Thought
Jun 3rd
There was a time when Green Bay Packers’ cornerback Al Harris said he would return from his knee injury in six months. The injury happened in November, so that date has passed and as the days go on, it seems unlikely Harris will be ready for football action anytime soon. Yesterday, it was noted that [...]
Al Harris Is Back!
Jun 3rd
OK, so Green Bay Packers’ cornerback Al Harris isn’t back on the football field, but he’s back in Green Bay, where he’ll finish rehabbing his surgically-repaired knee. Harris made a surprise appearance at the Packers’ OTAs on Wednesday and said he intends to stay, although he isn’t close to returning to the field. When asked, [...]
Should The Packers Be Preparing For Shootouts?
Jun 2nd
Much has been made of the games the Green Bay Packers lost to the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers, as well as the playoff loss to the Arizona Cardinals, last season. The main culprit in those losses was the Packers’ pass coverage, or lack thereof. The Packers could have improved the area in the offseason [...]
Check Out Al Harris’ New Do
May 25th
We’ve got the latest video of Green Bay Packers’ cornerback Al Harris from the National Football Post, as he nears the end of his rehab journey. In it, Al is sporting a new do. No more straight-up dreadlocks. Al now has some sort of braided, cornrow dreads. Whether hey make him more badass than he [...]
Looking At The Packers As Preseason Favorite
May 24th
You hear a lot more about the idea in the national media than you do in the local media, that of the Green Bay Packers as a preseason favorite. Peter King ranked the Packers atop his preseason power rankings. Pro Football Weekly and Yahoo! Sports will declare the Packers their Super Bowl favorite in their [...]
Blackmon Moved To Safety, Clearing The Way For More Jarrett Bush
May 20th
The Green Bay Packers love them some Jarrett Bush. And what’s not to love? It’s like inserting your favorite slapstick comedy right into an NFL game! Jarrett Bush is the Lt. Frank Drebin of the Green Bay Packers. Despite bungling just about everything imaginable, he still manages to live and catch the bad guy, or [...]