This time, however, it was a player on the defensive side of the ball making headlines. I think James Harrison just surpassed Mike Tyson on the "guy I'd least want to run into in a back alley after dark" list. This guy is certifiably bat-shit insane. Aside from the required Patriots-bashing that always seems to make its way into these kinds of things, Harrison managed to alienate himself from his entire locker room and the NFL front offices in one fell swoop. I mean hey, he speaks the truth about Roethlisberger not being Peyton Manning, but that's a football fan's job to realize that, not his. He anointed Mendenhall a "fumbling machine".
But the bigger issue for Harrison here are his choice words about Roger Goodell. Which, personally, I find comical, especially as a Patriots fan, but c'mon man! Who's giving James Harrison advice, LeBron's PR team? There's no question Harrison is among the top defensive players in the game today, but saying you wouldn't take a leak on Goodell if he was on fire? Even if he had ended his rant by referring to him as "a crook" and "the devil", I could look the other way. But that was so outlandish and over the top, I smell a suspension coming for sure, whether you like it or not. Is it right, seeing as how Harrison didn't commit any sort of crime? Simply put, the man's gotta learn to keep his mouth shut. I never viewed Harrison as a dirty player; I'm probably still in the minority of not having a problem with his hit on Mohammad Massaquoi last year. But the sympathy ends here. If you're going to be that ignorant and run your mouth like that, if the NFL doesn't suspend you, you'd hope the Rooney's would step in and do so.
Whatever. Just another day in the life in Blitzberg. Keep on losing Super Bowls to teams missing half their opening day starters to IR. Aren't the Patriots 6-1 or something against those guys in the Brady era?
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