Harrison Claims He Was Very Close to Walking Away Last Season

James Harrison claims that last year after all the fines were laid on him after the two hits in the Cleveland game, he was actually very close to walking away from the game.

But in his interview with Men’s Journal, Harrison explains how serious he was at the time about quitting football. “I lost it completely,” Harrison explained of his reaction after getting fined. “[I] said, ‘[expletive] y’all, I quit if you’re gonna fine me that for a legal hit.’ Spoke to my player rep and my agent, said, ‘That’s it, I’m done. What papers do I have to sign to retire today? And if my agent hadn’t have said, ‘You’ll have to pay back six mill,’ I’d’ve been out the game and not looked back.”

No one truly knows just how close Harrison was to walking away, but if the above is true, it sounds like it could have actually happened. In circles among the team, word was the talk lasted just about a day, before he realized that he had to come back and help his team get to the big dance, which of course he did.