-- Mangini Praises Jerome Harrison --
Fri Jun 12, 2009 --from FFMastermind.com
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Browns
RB Jerome Harrison has a new lease on his career. He is one of the holdover players apparently benefiting from the coaching change.
Harrison has received plenty of reps with the No. 1 offense in the off-season practices while Jamal Lewis rehabs from off-season ankle surgery. As a result, new
HC Eric Mangini is learning more about Harrison than he can see on video review. The more Mangini looks, the more he sees a facsimile of
RB Leon Washington, one of his favorites with the Jets. "I think Jerome has had an outstanding group of OTAs [organized team activities] and camps," Mangini said. "His ability to pick up the protections and run routes out of the backfield, he reminds me a lot of Leon. I have been very pleased with him in all aspects -- running, catching, protection, and the way he works on the field and in the classroom. He has done a great job." There were two knocks on Harrison in his three years playing for
HC Romeo Crennel. One was that he was a risk to the quarterback when called on to pick up blitzes. The other was he didn't have a niche on special teams and that made it hard for the coaches to fit him on the 45-player roster on game day.