Coming off an incredible Super Bowl victory, Harrison and the Panthers prepare for the upcoming season. While preparing for the new season, the newlyweds Harrison and Carrie prepare for the arrival of their baby. As Carrie's due date and the new sea...
Harrison jumped and caught a pass before taking it 20 yards to the end zone. Then to complete the drill, he ran through the ladder to work on his footwork before running back out of the end zone to catch a pass from Luke.
"That's gotta be faster!" Luke jokingly teased him.
He ran by Luke and handed the ball off to him right in the stomach. The force from the impact of the ball was enough to make Luke keel over.
"You gotta be faster," Harrison teased back.
He jogged to the other side of the field and stood behind Thomas in line for the second linebacker drill. There wasn't a practice facility here in London, leaving both teams to split the day for practice in Wembley Stadium, where they would be playing Sunday. The Panthers got the early practice, leaving Harrison to spend the rest of the afternoon with Carrie and Riley.
Thomas took his turn and Harrison was up. First was the sled. It wasn't the kind of sled Harrison was used to. Instead of pushing it forward, the sled was designed to be pushed from the side, as in a linebacker blitzing. With one arm, he tossed the sled aside and ran right towards the big exercise ball that was set up. The coach pushed the ball in each direction he was trying to go, until Harrison reached down and pushed the ball up before running around the coach. He had a straight shot at the tackle bag. Harrison hit it hard and sent himself and the bag flying to the ground.
Luke, who had walked down from the other side of the field, helped him up. "Thanks man."
"You're welcome flash."
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The people here in London loved when the NFL came overseas for international games. A few years a ago, one game was usually played in London in a season. That number increased from one to four in the past three seasons. On top of that, the NFL also played one game in Mexico City.
The Raiders practice wouldn't start for another two hours. And that was because the players met the fans after practice. Harrison came back out onto the field wearing a Panthers long sleeve shirt and sweatpants.
His name was immediately being called out by fans from all directions. Since the wall separating the fans here was shorter than that in Carolina, it was easier for him to talk with them because the wall was only up to his shoulders.
"HARRISON!"
"Hey Harrison, can you sign this please!?"
He started right outside of the tunnel. "Can you sign my jersey please?"
"Sure thing. Where at?"
"Anywhere is fine."
Harrison quickly signed his autograph and added his number 59. "Thank you!"
"No problem."
He kept walking down the wall, signing anything the fans asked him to sign. It took him twice as long to make progress down the wall since fans kept asking him question after question. Harrison didn't mind. It was the rare time the NFL would play a game here.
"What's your favorite thing to do besides football?"
He handed back an autographed ball. "Outside of football, spending time with my wife and daughter."
"Riley's so cute!"
Harrison smiled. "She's my girl."
"Can you sign this?"
"Sure."
"Did you always play linebacker through high school and college?"
That was a good question. "I was a receiver and middle linebacker in high school. They moved me to quarterback when our QB got hurt my senior year. After that, I've always been a middle linebacker."
He moved further down the line. "What's your favorite thing about playing defense?"
"I like to tackle," he answered with a smile.
Guess what!? I have a new book coming out tonight! Some of you guys suggested that I make one of my Carrison one shots into a story, so guess what!? I am! It's going to follow a very similar plot line with a lot more twists. So be on the lookout for this tonight!
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