David Harris on joining the Patriots:
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David Harris spent 10 seasons with the Jets before he was released this past June after all NFL teams had OTAs and were set to begin minicamps.
This is pretty unusual to happen in the NFL, especially for a veteran like Harris, and he wasn't happy about it.
"They kind of blindsided me with the whole thing, being so late in the offseason, a week before minicamp," Harris said on Sirius XM NFL on Monday. "It came out of left field. It was more about the disrespect of the whole situation than anything else. But the Jets made their decision. I had to sit back and be patient and evaluate some things. A couple teams were inquiring about me, but then once the Patriots came into the picture, it was pretty much a done deal as soon as I found out they were interested in me.”
After waiting a few weeks, the Patriots called and he almost immediately signed a two-year deal. Harris said it's been a little weird wearing Patriots red and blue, but he's enjoyed his time with the team so far.
“I grew up a Michigan fan, so wearing blue isn’t strange to me. It’s the red part,” he said. “But it was strange at first because I’ve always been on the other side of the field. It feels good. I couldn’t expect anything more. Everybody just works hard every day, with that winning attitude, and the culture is like no other than I’ve been a part of. I’m glad to be here, this late in my career and be around a bunch of great individuals. They are better people off the field.”
His wife and two daughters have moved to the Foxboro area and are already enrolled in schools.
It seems like the linebacker has already completely moved on from the Jets and is enjoying being a Patriot.