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Eagles newest DE just happy to join a contender originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
When Chuck Harris began the week, he was a veteran on a 3-8 team that was stuck in the basement of the NFC South and unlikely to escape.
Now he’s on a contender.
The Eagles were awarded Harris off waivers on Tuesday after he was released by the Panthers the day before. And the 29-year-old didn’t seem too broken up about the situation.
When asked for his reaction to getting released, Harris smiled wide, pointed at that smile and said, “Like this.”
What’s different in Philly?
“The morale, across the board,” Harris said on Wednesday. “That’s not me talking bad on any other team or program or organization. But when you get somewhere where winning is a part of the culture, it rubs off on you and you’re ready to win too.”
Harris said he didn’t know a ton about the Eagles before landing in Philly other than one important thing.
“Shoot, the only thing I need to know if playoff potential,” Harris said.
Well, the Eagles definitely have that. They have rattled off seven straight wins since the bye week and have a 9-2 record, sitting atop the NFC East, heading into this weekend.
But they needed help at edge rusher.
The Eagles claimed Harris in the wake of Brandon Graham’s season-ending triceps tear, which came a week after they already put Bryce Huff on IR following wrist surgery. The Eagles needed to bolster the edge position so they claimed Harris and also signed K.J. Henry to the practice squad.
Harris was at practice on Wednesday, wearing a No. 95 jersey. His mission this week is a pretty simple one: Cram the playbook.
“That’s really what it is,” Harris said. ‘Try to find similarities, use puzzle words, do whatever you can, acronyms, kind of memorize everything. That’s what we do in this profession. You never know. You gotta be able to switch up, gotta be able to adjust and move on the fly.”
In Carolina, Harris had played in 9 games with 6 starts…
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Publish date : 2024-11-29 14:35:00
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