He was not part of a famed draft class. Heck, he wasn’t even drafted. He was cut, signed and cut again but he persisted with the same intensity with which he rushed the passer. What James Harrison was, was a football player and he made himself into a damn good one. Harrison announced this morning that he was officially retiring and despite his participation with that hated team in Boston his reputation as a Steelers’ great should remain intact.
I am of the opinion that Harrison retires as one of the last of the original warriors of the game.