It’s ‘Snacks’ time for Seahawks defensive line. Damon Harrison signing with Seattle
It’s time for “Snacks” on the Seahawks’ hungry defense.
Seattle is signing 2016 All-Pro Damon “Snacks” Harrison to the defensive line after his free-agent visit on Tuesday. That’s according to a report Wednesday morning by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The report says Harrison, who turns 32 next month, is signing onto the Seahawks’ practice squad.
It’s only a matter of time — and conditioning — before he’s on the roster to play for a defense that is last in the NFL in yards allowed.
The practice-squad signing is likely so he can ramp up his conditioning while not taking a spot on Seattle’s 53-man active roster without playing for now. New NFL roster rules for this COVID-19 season make the practice squad more a storage place for veterans than it’s ever been. Those new rules allow up to a half-dozen players of any experience level to go onto the expanded, 16-man practice squad. Previously only those with less than three full seasons of service time in the league was eligible to sign onto practice squads.
Harrison had reportedly planned to visit Green Bay after Seattle. But the Seahawks and their general manager John Schneider, former Packers’ personnel executive who grew up just outside Green Bay, signed Harrison to an offer he liked enough to sign before he saw what the Packers might be offering.
Not to mention Green Bay and Wisconsin have become one of the nation’s hot spots for the coronavirus recently.
The Seahawks are thin on the defensive line in general, and inside in particular. Bryan Mone, a 2019 undrafted rookie, and recently signed Anthony Rush each played more than one-fourth of the snaps at tackle Sunday in the Seahawks’ win at Miami.
It’s perhaps a long shot that Harrison can play Sunday when the Seahawks (4-0) host Minnesota (1-3), but they could sure use him against the Vikings. Minnesota will be sending Dalvin Cook, the NFL’s leading rusher, right at the Seahawks and the interior of their defensive line Sunday night.
The 6-foot-3, 350-pound Harrison is the huge, veteran run stuffer coach Pete Carroll has signed to short-term contracts for years. Harrison has been unsigned since playing 15 games last season for Detroit. He starred for the New York Jets and Giants from 2012-18.
This story was originally published October 7, 2020 at 7:34 AM.
