ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Damon Harrison is one of the best defensive tackles in the NFL. Year after year, the 30-year-old is touted as one of the game’s premier run-stoppers.
This year, after he was traded from the New York Giants to the Detroit Lions, he almost single-handedly affected his new team’s run defense. After giving up over 100 yards rushing in four of the first six games without Harrison, the Lions gave up only four 100-yard games in the last nine games of the season (not counting the Seattle game, where Harrison was on the roster but still adjusting to the system).