Packers will release Al Harris Monday

[Colonel Angus]

Per JSOnline:

Green Bay -- Cornerback Al Harris won't play for the Green Bay Packers this season.

Harris told ESPN 540 in Milwaukee that the Packers were going to release him on Monday.

Attempts to reach Harris all day Sunday were unsuccessful, but doubts about whether the Packers thought he had enough left to activate him from the physically unable to perform list popped up when the club didn't active him for the third consecutive week.

Harris began practicing three weeks ago Monday, and the deadline for making a decision on his future is Monday. The Packers' options are to activate him, release him or put him on injured reserve.

Harris was coming back from a catastrophic knee injury he suffered against San Francisco a year ago. He spent all off-season working feverishly to get his knee back in shape, but at 35 years old the odds were against him.

The Packers appear set at the nickel position with rookie Sam Shields, who had his first career interception, but also was beaten for a touchdown and several other completions. Behind Shields, the Packers have Pat Lee, who missed the Dallas game with an ankle injury, and Brandon Underwood, who has been playing only special teams.

Safety Atari Bigby, who was activated from PUP on Saturday, said Harris worked hard to get back on the field but that it was out of his control as to whether the Packers would want him back. Harris essentially was in a three-week tryout, but was not deemed good enough to warrant playing time by the Packers.

It wouldn't make sense for Green Bay to put him on injured reserve and have to pay his salary. His best bet is to try to hook on with another team. No one will pick him up on waivers because his $2 million-plus salary is too high. More than likely, he will have to hook on with another team at a near minimum salary.

What a sad way for his career to end in Green Bay.

 

[PP]

Pats could use a DB

 

[Juggernaut]

Pats could use a DB

Much rather the Jets pick him up then you guys, ktb.

 

[Derrville]

Cowboys need a DB.

 

[MrBill]

For all that he has done for the Green Bay Packers, the right thing to do would be to activate him to the 53 man roster and be a backup CB for the rest of the season or put him on injured reserve and let him retire as a Packer since the cap is not an issue. This is Ted Thompson we are talking about though.

 

[bucky]

the right thing to do would be to activate him to the 53 man roster and be a backup CB for the rest of the season or put him on injured reserve and let him retire as a Packer

Or....If he still wants to play, then allow him to hook up with another team. The wrong thing would be to IR him and basically end his career.

 

[Point Blank]

How old is he?

 

[EmpireWF]

Even from prison, Plaxico Burress says :wavey:

 

[MrBill]

Or....If he still wants to play, then allow him to hook up with another team. The wrong thing would be to IR him and basically end his career.

If they release him, he'll end up on the Vikings like everybody else the Packers cut.

 

[stevsta]

Cowboys need a DB.

why would he go to a team that is in disarray and has no shot of doing anything this year im sure at least one of the playoff teams would sign him to a minimum deal to shore up on depth

 

[Tengo Juego]

How old is he?

35.

I hate this. Right now, it's just Al saying this. Bad news morning after such a fun night.

 

[Colonel Angus]

The worst part is going to be seeing him in a Vikings uniform. Dammit TT...

 

[Tengo Juego]

It's really just been Al thinking this. It's not been said one way or the other by TT or Mike.

 

[Colonel Angus]

I mean can they honestly say that a guy like Anthony Smith or Brandon Underwood would be more valuable to this team than Al Harris? The move to release him would make no sense to me.

 

[MrBill]

It's really just been Al thinking this. It's not been said one way or the other by TT or Mike.

From Packers.com

Packers Release CB Harris

The Green Bay Packers have released CB Al Harris. The transaction was announced Monday by Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations Ted Thompson.

Harris, who was acquired by Green Bay from Philadelphia in a trade in 2003, started all 102 games he played in for the Packers over seven seasons (2003-09). He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2007 and 2008 and earned second-team All-Pro honors from The Associated Press in 2007. Harris set the Packers’ single-season record for passes defensed (tracked since 1982) with 28 in 2004, and he posted 14 interceptions and 108 passes defensed during his time in Green Bay.

“We want to thank Al for his contributions to the Green Bay Packers,” Thompson said. “His hard work, dedication and professionalism have been the keys to his success. During his time here, he has been a valuable member of our organization and our community. We wish him the very best in the future and he will always be a part of the Packer family.”

From Twitter-

@JuddZulgad CB Al Harris told Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he thinks an NFC North team will go after him but added, "I probably can't say who."

I think everybody knows he will be a Viking by tomorrow morning.

 

[Colonel Angus]

GAY GAY GAY!!!

 

[bucky]

How old is he?

35.

PB, technically he's 35, but he turns 36 in december, so I say he's 36.

 

[Colonel Angus]

I think I'm going to be sick..

According to McCarthy, it was a depth chart decision and not a physical one and that he believes he will definitely play again. Given how injuries have gone this season, all it takes is one of the corners to go down for that secondary to be in big trouble.

This is fucking stupid.

 

[bucky]

I think I'm going to be sick..

According to McCarthy, it was a depth chart decision and not a physical one and that he believes he will definitely play again. Given how injuries have gone this season, all it takes is one of the corners to go down for that secondary to be in big trouble.

This is fucking stupid.

If it's a depth chart decision, and Harris couldn't beat out the guys in front of him, then I don't understand your logic. They should release someone better to keep him just in case there is an injury? Shouldn't they keep the better player?

I love Al Harris, and maybe he is still good enough to play somewhere, but he is a 36 (in December) year old, that is trying to come back from the worst of the worst kind of Knee injury, at a position that requires speed, when speed was not his strength to begin with.

I say we just thank Al Harris for all the great years, wish him the very best. Maybe he will someday find his way back to GB as a coach.

 

[Tengo Juego]

:crying: