Damon Harrison will jump from one NFC playoff team to another. The Packers made a successful claim for the recently waived defensive tackle, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets.
Snacks expressed a desire to leave Seattle, after the Seahawks made him a healthy scratch Sunday. But he will still factor into the NFC playoff bracket and may well have additional time to acclimate in Green Bay, with the Packers having the inside track on the conference’s bye.
Several teams previously expressed interest in poaching the 350-pound defensive tackle off the Seahawks’ practice squad. The Packers joined the Buccaneers, Dolphins and Ravens in eyeing the veteran run stopper. They will be Harrison’s fifth NFL team. The veteran nose tackle has played with the Jets, Giants, Lions and Seahawks in nine NFL seasons.
Snacks did not sound too interested in being claimed, but it does appear the Packers were a preferred destination (Twitter links). He will be called upon to help the Packers attempt to reach their first Super Bowl in 10 years.
Harrison, 32, played in six Seahawks games, rising to their active roster after a lengthy acclimation stay on their practice squad. In typical Snacks fashion, he performed as a solid run-stuffer with less-than-solid showings on passing plays. Pro Football Focus gave him an overall score of 68.1 — his 81.7 ground grade was weighed down by his 47.9 passing mark.
The former UDFA was a first-team All-Pro with the Giants in 2016. He made the Jets-to-Giants switch that year, but the Giants traded him to Detroit in 2018. He has made 111 starts in his career, though none came this season. Harrison made a career-high nine tackles for loss with the Giants and Lions during the ’18 season.
While the Packers have one of the league’s top interior defenders on their roster in Kenny Clark, they have multiple D-linemen — Montravius Adams and Billy Winn — on IR. The Packers have also experienced issues stopping the run this season. Despite preventing a Derrick Henry snow rampage, they rank 14th against the run. Dalvin Cook and Ronald Jones enjoyed big days against Green Bay earlier this season, but the team stands to have a proven ground-game deterrent in the mix come playoff time.
Great pickup by GB. Hope he plays well and the pack sign him to another year or 2.
He was not anything great in Seattle so I wouldn’t expect much in Green Bay
Since they didn’t give him much….then no big deal. It’s win-win either way.
“Snacks did not sound too interested in being claimed”.
That’s because the Packers got Snacks for peanuts instead of peanuts for Snacks.
Hard to ask for a better match of team weakness and player strength.
So “Snacks” or Rice Crispy Treats to be more accurate asked to be released from a playoff bound team. Was not too interested in being claimed off waivers by another playoff bound team. Before all of this transpired he said “No Thank You” to Tampa.
After 9 years I think he is done, he just hasn’t held the press conference to realize it yet.
When did he say no thank you to Tampa? In the off season?
He had the option to join Tampa in October….
link to bucswire.usatoday.com
link to fieldgulls.com
I believe that he also turned down a shot with Washington….. This was probably a smart move….
I guess it’s a low risk move for the Packers. He had a chance earlier to play for the Packers and said no. He was concerned about playing in the cold with his bad knees. Weather is not getting warmer in GB. Doesn’t seem highly motivated. Maybe I’m wrong. I would have passed.
Happy Green Bay got Snacks. Playing and winning will change that attitude quickly.
He won’t be in the league after this season. He hasn’t been anywhere close to what he was with the Giants. Obviously, after reading the roller coaster of BS this guy has said in the last couple weeks, this guy is selfish and unmotivated.
Having concerns other than football doesn’t make a guy selfish.
Clearly have no idea what you’re commenting about. I’m wondering if you read anything about him?