Harris’ Welcome Wearing Thin?

What will the Chicago Bears do about defensive tackle Tommie Harris? That seems to be the question on everyone’s mind in Chicago right now. Harris sat out of the Bears’ game against Cincinnati last week, and Lovie Smith made the surprising comment that it wasn’t about his knee.

NFL writer Charles Robinson gave his opinion and said, “I think he’s done, I think this is the last year he plays for the Chicago Bears. I think financially he’s gotten to a point, where unless there’s a renegotiation of that deal, you can’t justify continuing to pay him what he makes. To me, there’s almost no doubt in my mind this comes to a head in the offseason.”

Bears general manager Jerry Angelo commented on Harris’ lack of play last Sunday, but not about his future with the team. He said, “The bottom line is that Tommie’s fine. Tommie had some additional treatments, which are not uncommon for players to have during the season, and Lovie chose to rest him. Let me make something very clear, something that I think has clouded people’s thinking because of how it’s been reported by some in the media. When we say a player is healthy, it doesn’t mean he’s necessarily 100 percent healthy.”

Unless Harris can stay healthy the rest of the season, he definitely seems in danger of losing his roster spot. See him live with Chicago Bears tickets from StubHub.

Posted in General on October 28, 2009

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