Former Pittsburgh Steelers RB Najee Harris sustained a “superficial eye damage” throughout a fireworks show on the 4th of July. Nonetheless, he managed to keep away from opening coaching camp on the Los Angeles Chargers’ PUP checklist, per the NFL transaction sheet.
His agent issued an announcement final week and mentioned Harris can be prepared for the NFL season. He didn’t say something about coaching camp, leaving some questions concerning the fifth-year RB’s availability. We must see if Harris has to sit down out a few of the early practices, however avoiding the PUP checklist is an effective signal.
The Chargers start their coaching camp this week, sooner than most groups, as a result of they are going to play within the annual Corridor of Fame sport on August 1st.
Any missed time by Harris is a chance for first-round RB Omarion Hampton to impress the teaching workers and earn a larger share of carries. Harris signed a one-year take care of incentives, so he’ll little question need to seize as many carries as attainable to maximise his present and future earnings.
Whereas Harris counts as a compensatory free agent for the Steelers, his base wage is simply too low to matter for the time being. If he hit all of his incentives, it may doubtlessly assist the Steelers in a small manner, however they’re already projected to get the utmost attainable of 4 compensatory picks in subsequent yr’s draft.
Then again, former Steelers WR Mike Williams will start coaching camp on the PUP checklist. He was not listed with any accidents in his most up-to-date sport, the Steelers’ Wild Card loss to the Baltimore Ravens, however he did enter the 2024 season coming off a torn ACL, which appeared to sluggish him down all season. It’s unclear what the present damage is that he’s coping with.
