Being the ultimate team player and a loyal Packer, Al Harris said what you’d expect him to say after Drew Brees passed for 323 yards and 4 TDs during New Orleans’ 51-29 win over Green Bay on Monday Night Football:
“Our offense put up 29 points,” cornerback Al Harris said. “We’ve got to help them out. We didn’t get it done. We’ve got to hold them to 28 points.”
And to his enormous credit, Al wasn’t backing off his pre-game claim that the Packers have the best seconadary in the NFL:
“As talented a group as we have — not to say anything negative towards them, but we’ve got the best secondary, period,” Packers cornerback Al Harris said. “We’ve got shutdown guys on the edge, a great nickel guy, two great safeties. They didn’t fool us, they did exactly what we thought they’d do. We’ve just got to make it happen.”
It was admittedly a tough night all around. But one bright spot came – surprisingly – on New Orleans first TD of the game. It was a short pass to Lance Moore, who caught the ball on the right side of the field, danced around one defender and bolted toward the end zone. It appeared as though no one could catch him, but as he sprinted closer to paydirt, a Al Harris was seen absolutely hauling butt (:50 in the video) from the left side of the field at an angle that almost allowed him to catch Moore. Harris grabbed Moore and threw him to the ground, but it was one yard too late. Still, it was great to see Al continue to play with his “never say die” mentality, and to see him run so quickly knowing it was just weeks ago when he was diagnosed with a lacerated spleen.
Watch video of Al taking questions at his locker after Monday’s game:
Click to watch and listen to Al Harris talk with reporters.
Transcript: “We gotta cover our guys, that’s it. Not to say anything negative about Drew. Drew played a great game, made a lot of good decisions, you know, we gotta step up.
Q: How do you prepare for Carolina on a short week?
A: Hey, we gotta get ready. We got another good team coming in here, another good group of receivers. We gotta play.
