Marcus Harrison Isn’t Fat, He’s Just Big Boned
Don’t you tell Marcus Harrison a thing about his weight; you’ll only make him feel self-conscious. Besides, he’s got a lot on his plate… Oh, crap… I mean, he doesn’t look bad, not at all, and uh…everyone goes through weight fluctuations. Okay, I’ll shut up now.
Long story short, Harrison is on the physically unable to perform list until he can weigh 309 pounds; 14 less than he does now. Until then, the projected starting defensive tackle next to Tommie Harris will have to sit and wait. Given his circumstance, that sounds like the last thing you’d want him to do.
Eternally optimistic, Harrison told the Tribune that he doesn’t see himself out of commission for an extended period of time.
“I shouldn’t be out that long, even if it’s just a week or so,” he said. “I don’t know how this PUP goes. I don’t want to let my team down.”
On a side note, just between you and me, if Harrison is presuming to lose 14 pounds in “a week or so”, he must know of an impending move for Matt Jones.
/sniffs, checks nose for blood dribble
I know Lovie’s scheme calls for the lightet and quicker “d” lineman. But I beg you to find a more productive season by a one Mr. Brian Urlacher than the one, several years ago when he had ted washington and keith traylor, a.k.a. the largest pieces of human lard known to man… Clogging up the middle and keeping OT’s off his ass… The point unless the two interior lineman command double teams, Lovie’s cover tampa 2 doesn’t really work. It keeps the ends from rushing the QB and the LB’s from making plays sideline to sideline… Just a thought…
Agreed. It pains me to say it, Urlacher needs a few fatties to clog up the middle to really be effective. I doubt that’s gonna happen.
/cue Kevin Payne chasing (insert WR/TE) 25 yards downfield
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