I agree with you up to the point Harrison started flat-out sabotaging things. Even if you feel you're in the right you should be a man and do things the right way. Him acting like a pre-schooler because he didn't get his way is inexcusable. And again, who's side are you on? I ask that respectfully. I'm with the team and with team management. You have a malcontent, former All Universe LB on your team, just signed him to a two-year contact, why not hold onto him as long as you can? Who cares about doing Harrison favors. We gave him what he asked for over the summer, the two-year contract.
So Harrison gets an itchy crotch and gripes about playing time? Things change, games play out, players rise and players fall. So Deebo had hurt feelings about playing time promised to him? Great, show up, be accounted for, pound the pads in practice and force Tomlin's hand to put you on the field. If you want it so bad.
The idea we should feel sorry for Deebo because he 'repeatedly asked for his release' during the season is nuts. That the Steelers did him wrong by not 'setting him free' to pursue 'more playing time?" That's not how it works, I don't care who you are. Tomlin and Colbert have one job, to field the best possible team and win games. If keeping a player like Deebo in your back pocket all season is a part of that, good on you. James needed to suck it up, be a man, show up and be a part of the team. If his role was a secondary one, so be it.
So he wasn't a John Wayne type rah rah leader. Deebo just wanted to post to instagram, put the hoodie on, pump iron and push 600 pound sleds around. I get that.
But you can't turn your back on your teammates. Not when you're James Harrison and you got wide-eyed rooks showing up in awe of you. That's just a dick move, sorry. We may all have thought and known he was a loner and a malcontent. Deebo went out of his way to prove that and also that he doesn't give two ***** about team or teammates. It is what it is.
