Snacks Harrison really did not enjoy his experience with the Detroit Lions.
Harrison appeared on the “Green Light with Chris Long” podcast and admitted he was never comfortable in Detroit, primarily because of coach Matt Patricia’s defensive scheme.
“I tried to get out of it,” Harrison said of Patricia’s decision to play 3-technique, via 97.1 The Ticket. “We had some conversations about not doing it anymore, and they kind of incorporated some of that zero nose, shade to kind of fit my play style. But it was something that I wasn’t comfortable with. I had some success doing it, but this past year I think it kind of came back to bite me in the a–. I wasn’t prepared for the season mentally. I came into camp in shape, but during the first three weeks of camp I think I kind of worked myself out of shape because I wasn’t doing anything.
“That was a time where, to be honest with you, we were trying to facilitate a trade. I was hell-bent on getting out of there. It’s nothing against the people of Detroit, the city or anything like that. I’ll forever love the city of Detroit. But I just had to go try to put myself in a situation where I saw myself there for two or three years to end my career, and I just didn’t see myself in Detroit for that long.”
Harrison said he had nothing against Patricia personally, though he admitted he hadn’t wanted to go to Detroit when traded there due to things he’d heard about the organization. Though Harrison emotionally said he’d contemplate retirement, he said he plans to play in 2020 after being released by the Lions in February.
This is not the first time we’ve heard about Patricia’s strict belief in his ways grating on veterans. With a 9-22-1 record as the Lions’ head coach, he’s going to have to get guys to buy in this season or he might be out of a job.
