Harris Could Be Out For Year

Oh jeez!

Well, hope he's okay eventually, for his sake, I mean.

...but this is horrible news for the Pack. We've got no dependable back-ups there. We get torched any time either he or Woodson are out.

It's terrible news, but I'm a huge Packers fan and I have faith in Tramon Williams and Will Blackmon. The biggest problem is that Atari Bigby might not be back for a couple weeks, and Nick Collins got hurt last night as well. If Woodson's toe gets any worse, that means we'd be totally depleted of our starters in the secondary for at least a week. We'll be forced to play Jarrett Bush and even rookie Pat Lee in the nickle and dime. The youngest team in the NFL just got a lot younger.

Well, Tramon Williams & Blackmon have to get their feet wet eventually. Al Harris wasn't always " Al Harris ". When he first came to Green Bay he struggled a bit but he came around quite nicely. I hope Al recovers well enough to give it a go again next year. He's been a joy to watch every Sunday, well almost every Sunday.

:)

Al, get better soon buddy.

He will be missed. He was a great packer and hopefully he will be back soon. Should the pack make a trade

This is a MONUMENTAL hit to this defense. You couple it with Bigby being hurt and this secondary is in a HEAP of trouble! FRICK!

BRING BACK AHMAD CARROLL!!!

Same sentiment here, as Bob Greenfield ....

"Get well, quick Big AL" We miss ya already!

Ya gotta admit that was a fluke hit between AL and A.J. Who knew!

Go Pack!

Aaron - you're comment literally blinded me. I've advocated retiring #28 just so I don't have to be reminded of the abortion that was Ahmad "Holding - #28 on the Defense" Carroll.

I would expect Thompson and Coach to stick with what we have, but it would be worth ringing the Eagles to see if Lito's available. I wonder if they'd take the Favre pick for him.

Carroll is on the jets roster I believe

A really personable guy and a great football player. If you see Al Harris you can't help but like him. Best of luck. Football is just a game. There's a whole world out there waiting for Al.

This doesn't make any sense. The report is that he had hematuria (or blood in his urine). Well the spleen has nothing to do with the genitourinary system. So he must have a genitourinary (most likely kidney; ureters or bladder) injury as well or the report is erroneous.

If he has a spleen injury, nonoperative management is the norm. The length or inactivity is related to the splenic injury severity. Most data is on kids. One medical paper suggested the grade plus 2 weeks. Considering football is a high impact sport it may be longer by expert standards. I'm sure there is not a lot of data on this topic. Splenic injuries are graded on a 1 through 5 scale. 5 being shattered and most likely operative.

Using this medical logic, I would expect him to miss AT LEAST 3 weeks and maybe up to 5-6 perhaps longer (8-10 weeks) depending on national trauma experts opinion. This takes into granted that the "blood in his urine" report is erroneous and he doesn't have 2 injuries.