The Guy Named Harrison: Book Two

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It was white out night in Charlotte. The crowd at Bank of America Stadium created a sea of white while the players even got in on it by wearing their all white jerseys.

Harrison was pacing the sidelines as the Panthers got ready on special team to kick off to the Eagles. He was beyond excited. He couldn't wait to be out on the field, playing in the national spotlight because this was definitely going to be the game of the year. The Eagles were the second seed in the NFC with an 11-5 record. They however, came off a very good finish to the season.

After the kickoff, he and the defense jogged out onto the field to a very loud sold out crowd. Harrison couldn't hear the calls coming over his helmet radio. He signaled over to the sidelines by pointing at his helmet then his mouth, and waving his hand.

The defense was going to have to run a huddle tonight so Harrison could get the play calls out. "It's going to be loud tonight!" he told all the guys that gathered around him. "I can't hear Steve and I'm going to be calling plays! If you hear it, yell it out so everyone else can! LET'S GO! ITS OUR TIME!"

Everyone spread out across the field, while Harrison took the time to study the Eagles offense in case he had to make a late change to the play call.

"Cover two!"

He hoped everyone would get the message. Luke and Thomas, both on either side of him, yelled out the play again when Mike came running in.

"Cover two!" Harrison gave him a push back towards his spot on the slot receiver. "Get over there!"

Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz caught the snap and handed the ball off to his running back who ran the ball straight up the middle. Harrison knew it was going to be a run, and brought Daryl in on the blitz instead of letting him help out Kurt and Mike.

Harrison was quick to break through the line and tackle their running back behind the line of scrimmage for a loss. His teammates came running over to celebrate. Harrison immediately got to his feet and did his famous flex.

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The Panthers held a three point lead in a close game all the way until late in the fourth quarter when the Eagles were closing in onto the Panthers side of the field after a big play.

Harrison used one of their three timeouts to calm the guys on defense down. "Everybody take a breath. We're still in the lead. They have two plays left. And we're going to do what we do best, covering the pass."

He took his spot in the middle of the field. "Do you want me on the blitz!?" Luke asked.

"Fake them out!"

As the ball was snapped, Luke faked like he was going to blitz, but backed up into coverage, confusing the tackles. Harrison came right through and sacked Carson Wentz who immediately called for a timeout with four seconds left on the clock.

One play left.

"Everybody deep!"

Harrison was on his own 20 yard line while the Eagles got ready for the final play on the Panthers 48 yard line. The ball was snapped, and Harrison immediately noticed an open receiver that hadn't been covered.

He was running about five yards in front of the receiver as that very receiver was targeted by a Carson Wentz pass. As it neared, Harrison used his ridiculous 42 inch vertical jump to jump up and swat the pass down. But with him being up nearly four feet in their air with his arm extended upward, the ball missed the tips of his fingertips by an inch and was caught by that receiver.

Harrison landed hard on his back and rolled back over his head. Once he was on his knees, he saw that receiver shed Mike's tackle and get into the end zone.

Harrison couldn't believe it. He yanked off his chinstrap and watched as the entire Eagles team ran down to the end zone to celebrate. It was so quiet in the stadium now.

Luke and the rest of the defense slowly walked away from the celebrating Eagles and towards Harrison who now squatted down with the backs of his thighs resting on his calves. He pushed his chinstrap up onto his lip to cover his mouth and simply looked down at the ground and wondered how the hell he didn't knock that pass down.