Steelers LB James Harrison Stuck In Time
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By DERON SNYDER
The late Jack Tatum, one of the hardest hitters in NFL history, played from 1971 to 1980 and never shied away from his reputation, writing a book with the title They Call Me Assassin.
He followed up that effort with a pair of books: They Still Call Me Assassin: Here We Go Again, in 1989, and Final Confessions of an NFL Assassin, in 1996.
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison plays as if he’s a contemporary of Tatum’s, seeking to carry on the legacy. Never mind that the NFL today is in a different era with different standards.
Harrison either doesn’t get it, doesn’t care or both. And the NFL finally had enough after his latest kill shot, a jarring, helmet-to-facemask blow on Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy. The league this week suspended him without pay for one game, making Harrison the first player to miss game time as a penalty under the NFL’s revamped policy regarding such collisions.
