Must-watch video guaranteed to put a lump in your throat. If you’re a Packer fan that has been following cornerback Al Harris and his rehab from a serious knee injury, surely you’ve been amazed by how well it seems to have been going. The progress Harris has made is nothing more than remarkable.
Yet in the back of your mind, you surely know it’s a very delicate and tenuous process. Just one wrong step or slip, and Al’s world could come crashing down again. Take a look:
Few things have impressed me as much so far in 2010 as Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris and the You Tube videos of his injury rehab. Besides being a fantastic idea to let fans in on some great behind-the-scenes moments, could there be any better endorsement for Al Harris, the man?
When Harris went down with his injury during the 49er game, the whole Packers defensive dynamic changed, with Jarret Bush and Brandon Underwood suddenly being pressed into action. I wrote about it at the time, and how it would limit what Dom Capers would be able to do for the rest of the season.
It actually started right after Harris went down. As I wrote at the time, “Two plays after Harris went out, Capers blitzed Underwood and Woodson. The result; touchdown to Vernon Davis over the top on a vertical route, covered man-to-man by Clay Mathews with too-late help from Jarret Bush. After the game, Capers said he decided to stop calling for pressure packages at that point to keep Woodson exclusively on Vernon Davis.”Read more...(838 words + 6 images, estimated 3:21 mins reading time)
