Published May 13, 2008 09:25 am - Unless evidence to the contrary surfaces, Harrison is no Pacman
Jones or anywhere close to the same troubled zipcode.
Don't judge Colts' Harrison until all the facts are in
By Mike Beas
THE HERALD BULLETIN (ANDERSON, Ind.)
ANDERSON, Ind.
—
The things we don’t know about Indianapolis
Colts’ All-galaxy wide
receiver Marvin Harrison are a lot, and that air of mystery has long
played into those golden hands.
Remember the Super Bowl pep rally inside the RCA Dome 15
months ago, the one where Harrison’s teammates practically had to
drag No. 88 to the microphone?
Everyone short of the dome’s custodial workers and Ron Meyer had
voiced their gratitude to the blue-clad faithful, yet Harrison came off
as legitimately reluctant.
His words to the cheering fans served as the first time many of us —
nay, the majority of us — had ever heard Harrison’s voice. And that
breakthrough moment didn’t come until after the final game of his
11th season in the National Football League.
Harrison is the NFL’s modern-day version of Barry Sanders, albeit