Bears GM Jerry Angelo says he has no worries about defensive tackle Tommie Harris despite the fact he's missed a couple OTA's with lingering issues with his knee. 'There's no major concern with him. He's going to be up and going at some point here in the OTAs. We feel good about where he's at medically. There's nothing to be alarmed about. This is the offseason. We want to make sure that we take care of our players to the best of our ability and we're always going to err on the side of caution in the offseason. He's got an issue with his knee; we know that. He has to be smart about it, which he is. We've got to be smart about it, which we are. Is his knee pristine? No. it's not. But it's not something that he can't perform well with. We've been real smart about how to bring Tommie along in terms of his training program." Source: ChicagoBears.com
Ugh, here we go again with this crap. Last offseason, they said there would be no limits to what Tommie Harris can and can't do and BAM, his knees start to act up on him during the regular season.
Well he had the body of a 35 year old man as a rookie so I don't expect things to get better over time. Just gotta hope the other tackles stay healthy around him.
The funny thing is Harris got a new big fat contract a year ago. Hopefully he stays healthy this year and earns his money.
