Pat Freiermuth and Najee Harris weren’t just close in draft pick status. Selected back-to-back in 2021, the two became close friends on and off the field. It made Harris’ free agent departure more difficult this offseason. And though the team remain friends, even Freiermuth admits he didn’t love the comments Harris made on his way out the door.
“Me and Naj were wicked close,” Freiermuth told Christian Kuntz on Kuntz’s podcast. “He’d come over every single week for dinner. Not having that routine and tradition and stuff. Sitting on the plane after a tough loss. Talking, venting.