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How Will Al Harris Respond to his Knee Issues?

Al Harris tore his ACL and LCL with six games to go in the 2009 season. He is by no means injury prone as he started the first 175 games of his career with no problems. It was a bad game in which the Packers also lost Aaron Kampman for the season with a similar knee injury.

Kampman is with the Jaguars now, but Harris is still with the team as a solid starting quarterback. Not only is he a great player, but a very pivotal player to the teams success. The Packers without Harris look completely different on the defensive side of the ball when it comes to passing. Having two shutdown corners compared to one makes a huge difference in the National Football League as these teams will exploit your weaknesses with ease.

ATLANTA - NOVEMBER 13: Al Harris #31 of the Green Bay Packers celebrates after defeating the Atlanta Falcons 33-25 during their game on November 13, 2005 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

So how will Al Harris respond to the major injury that he suffered last season? Will he lose a step as far as speed and agility are concerned? I sure hope not for the success of our team. Putting guys like Jaret Bush into the game is a recipe for a deep ball equaling six points. If Harris can come back and be an impact player, the Packers are in good shape.

One thing that I would have really liked to see the Packers address during the draft was the cornerback position. They got some decent picks, but grabbbing some guys that could double up as wide-receivers, punt returners, or cornerbacks based on their training could have been a bonus. Young players often switch positions, but the picks that they took were pretty solitarty. Bulaga was a great pick, but after that it was C-.

We will just have to wait and see how Harris responds to his rehab and training. We need him to be effective if we want to keep that defense in the top 3 of the NFL rankings.

A few thoughts from Harris via Packers.com:

“I don’t want to give any predictions or anything like that, but I am going to do my part.” “So if it is up to me and up to me working to get out there, then I’ll be out there.”

“We’ve got to go with the protocol and do what is right for the team and do what is right by me. I am going to do my part as far as preparing and working to get better.”

“Rehab, it sucks, honestly.” “That’s a really tough part of it. I tip my hat to anybody that has ever had to rehab a knee injury or anything like that because rehab is tough, honestly, but it is a part of it. You take the good with the bad.”

I wish the best of luck to Harris, and hope to see him by midseason, or even the opener if we are lucky.