May 31st 2008 3:16PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Chiefs, NFL Fans, NFL Rumors
Chiefs linebacker Napoleon Harris reads the papers, and he’s not crazy about the articles that suggest he could lose his job to offseason acquisition Demorrio Williams. “We were 4-12, so somebody’s going to get blamed I guess,” Harris said. “But what did I do? I led the team in tackles. “You know, I just try to do my job.”
Harris said he’s still under the impression he’s the middle linebacker. But then again… “Coaches tell me one thing, I read another,” he said. My advice: quit reading the papers; seldom do teams announce personnel news through the local beat reporter. The ’s Jeffrey Flanagan writes that “Someone claiming to be Harris even sent an e-mail to me shortly after the Williams’ signing, expressing those concerns.”
Harris’ response: “That wasn’t me … It might have been my brother - he does that stuff. I don’t know.” Um, I think I would’ve just said, “yeah, that was me, I was drunk.” It sounds less weird.
Whatever, Harris wasn’t the reason the Chiefs won four games last year. Not unless he had something to do with the offensive line not blocking, Brodie Croyle struggling, and Larry Johnson getting injured. And in 2008, Kansas City’s first first-rounder, defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, should make the middle linebacker’s job even easier, whoever it ends up being.
