Al Harris road to recovery

[bigcoz75]

Cool video diary of Al's rehab

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Al-Harris-The-road-to-recovery-Part-I-2798.html

[Joemailman]

If anyone can come back from an injury like this at his age, it's Al Harris. He's probably the best conditioned athlete on the team.

Check out this video of his workout regimen from a year ago. He looks like some body out of a Bowflex commercial. No wonder he's so good at jamming WR's at the line of scrimmage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCOoADWuezY

[red]

wow, great stuff

man's going through hell to get back on the field for us by the start of the season

rehab guy said its the worst knee injury he's ever seen

good luck Al

[gbgary]

boy that brought back memories. ouch!

[Fritz]

Just a quick rant - there are so many fans who are effin' idiots out there. Here's a bit from some fool commenting on the JSO site upon free agency and who will or won't be back with the Pack next year:

"I really like Harris and Kampman, but it seems like their time with the
Pack has come to an end. Harris is just breaking down"

Harris is breaking down? What? He had one injury, a serious one, but now he's breaking down? To me, he's been one of the more durable players the Packers have had, but now he's "breaking down"?

I'll add to that a paraphrase of another dumb comment made about free agency: this JSO poster said that free agency is not risky because the players all have track records and known personalities - if a GM knows what he's doing, it's not risky.

Yeah, right.

[swede]

I'll add to that a paraphrase of another dumb comment made about free agency: this JSO poster said that free agency is not risky because the players all have track records and known personalities - if a GM knows what he's doing, it's not risky.

Yeah, right.

The addition of Joe Johnson was hailed as a genius move. The sports media in Wisconsin likened him to a better version of Vonnie Holiday.

That single move, compounded by the drafting of Jamaal Reynolds, set the franchise back considerably as we tried time and again to fix problems caused by the cap money wasted, the draft picks wasted on reaches on the D line, and the unwise $ spent on Cletidius Hunt.

Free Agents may function well in the machine that is their team, but it is very, very difficult to know for sure if that particular part will fit in your machine until after it's been paid for. And the last time I checked there is a no return policy in NFL free agency.

[bigcoz75]

Part two now up in case you're interested.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Al-Harris-The-road-to-recovery-Part-II.html

[channtheman]

Part two now up in case you're interested.
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...y-Part-II.html

Thanks for posting these. Keep posting them as they come out.

[Guiness]

The addition of Joe Johnson was hailed as a genius move. The sports media in Wisconsin likened him to a better version of Vonnie Holiday.

That single move, compounded by the drafting of Jamaal Reynolds, set the franchise back considerably as we tried time and again to fix problems caused by the cap money wasted, the draft picks wasted on reaches on the D line, and the unwise $ spent on Cletidius Hunt.

Free Agents may function well in the machine that is their team, but it is very, very difficult to know for sure if that particular part will fit in your machine until after it's been paid for. And the last time I checked there is a no return policy in NFL free agency.

Well put. Johnson was coming off a big season, with no injury history of note. He, Jamal and Cletidius were going to be our DL in '02. Having Torrence Marshall starting at LB didn't help, iirc.

Although, wasn't that also the year Gbaja-Biamila came into his own? I always thought getting him where we did offset the price we paid for Reynolds.

edit: Hunt played 85 games as a Packer??? Wow.

[packers11]

I'd rather break my legs 3 times before having a torl ACL...

I have broken my wrist and broken my ankle (both in young teenage years) and all I had to do was wait a couple of months and I was back to normal...

I'm still young but the knee injuries look so damn painful / hard to get back to normal ...

[bigcoz75]

part 3

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Al-Harris-The-road-to-recovery-Part-III.html

[Administrator]

I'll add to that a paraphrase of another dumb comment made about free agency: this JSO poster said that free agency is not risky because the players all have track records and known personalities - if a GM knows what he's doing, it's not risky.

Yeah, right.

The addition of Joe Johnson was hailed as a genius move. The sports media in Wisconsin likened him to a better version of Vonnie Holiday.

That single move, compounded by the drafting of Jamaal Reynolds, set the franchise back considerably as we tried time and again to fix problems caused by the cap money wasted, the draft picks wasted on reaches on the D line, and the unwise $ spent on Cletidius Hunt.

Free Agents may function well in the machine that is their team, but it is very, very difficult to know for sure if that particular part will fit in your machine until after it's been paid for. And the last time I checked there is a no return policy in NFL free agency.

Any move in the NFL is risky, whether or not they are a free agent. Until "predicting the future" becomes a known commodity it will always stay risky.

That's why they talk about "leveraged risk".

[packerbacker1234]

part 3
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...-Part-III.html

Great stuff. I think all of Packer Nation is going to be rooting for him to have a hell of a season next year. He deserves it. Like Manuel said in the video, he is one of the hardest working players in the NFL, so I hope it pays off.

[get louder at lambeau]

part 3
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...-Part-III.html

Great stuff. I think all of Packer Nation is going to be rooting for him to have a hell of a season next year. He deserves it. Like Manuel said in the video, he is one of the hardest working players in the NFL, so I hope it pays off.

I can't imagine it NOT working out with his attitude and work ethic. Go Alshinard, go.

[bigcoz75]

Part 4

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Al-Harris-The-road-to-recovery-Part-IV-4606.html