We have no idea how newly acquired receiver Percy Harvin will fit into the New York Jets, except to say that 1. there will be a story and 2. there will be chaos. Good chaos? Bad chaos? Who knows? We're through the looking glass at this point with New York, and here's the proof: Michael Vick is vouching for Harvin's behavior.
“He won’t be a monster here,” Vick said of Harvin, according to the New York Post. “He won’t be a monster here. I can assure all the fans of that.”
Now, the easy joke is, of course, that if Michael Vick is your character witness, you've got real problems. Truth is that Vick has done everything he could to distance himself from his, shall we say, troubles of the mid-2000s. He stood up for Riley Cooper during Cooper's post-racist outburst days in Philadelphia, and he's been a loyal soldier both there and in New York. (Perhaps not the most prepared soldier, but loyal nonetheless.)
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"I know it won’t be a problem with Percy being here while he’s here," QB Geno Smith said. "I guarantee Percy cleans his act up while he’s here. So we ain’t gonna have no problems … So Jets fans can relax and just enjoy what Percy’s gonna bring to the table."
According to the Post, Harvin will be used as a kick returner, a wideout opposite Eric Decker, a slot receiver, a backfield threat ... apparently anything up to and including running the scoreboard. There's a lot of hope on Harvin's shoulders, and a lot of people, starting with Vick and Smith, who have plenty invested in him playing to his potential.
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