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However, even with all his success Harrison is criticized because he has not won a championship yet, and criticized especially about his performences in big playoff games, and how he always seems to "disappear". Harrison, however was involved in one of the most infamous blunders in the history of the NFL playoffs. In the 2003 NFL playoffs, Harrison against the Denver Broncos caught a 20 yard pass from Peyton Manning across the middle. Then, Deltha O'Neal, the Broncos cornerback, had forgot to touch Harrison to down him, Harrison proceeded to stand up and start running and scored on a 50 yard touchdown play. Mike Shanahan , Broncos head coach was infuriated with O'Neal and the rest of the Bronco defenders that were around Harrison, and Harrison helped clinch the victory as the Colts went up 28-3, and would eventually end up winning 41-10, in a total blowout. Harrison would finish the game against Denver with 7 receptions for 133 yards and 2 touchdowns, in his finest post-season performence to date. Against the Chiefs he had another solid post-season game against the Chiefs, and had 98 yards on 6 catches. Just when Harrison looked like he had gotten rid of his post-season jitters, he was played aggressively by Ty Law of the Patriots in the 2005 AFC Title game, who limited him to just 3 catches for 19 yards. However, this game was debated by many fans, that there was excessive amounts of pass interference calls that were not being called. The NFL, reviewed this game, and agreed that the game was called horribly wrong. This led to rule changes in the following off-season, which limited cornerback's actions against receivers. Many feel these rule changes have now made it so there can no longer be a "shut down corner" in the present NFL anymore. Despite this, the Colts would still end up losing to the Patriots in a divisional playoff game 3-20 the following year, in which Harrison had 5 receptions for 44 yards (and it should be noted Ty Law was injured for the rest of the season prior to this game, and Asante Samuel was covering Harrison in the Colts defeat). While his post-season performences have not been stellar, no one can overlook Harrison's regular season career, where his statistics are clearly good enough to someday get him into the hall of fame. In a recent episode of "You Can't Blame" on ESPN classic, where the topic featured Terrell Owens excessive amounts of celebrations, Marv Levy, former Bills head coach said this about Harrison; "Terrell Owens is a guy that has to go out there and get recognized for his antics and celebrations. While a guy like Marvin Harrison wants to be recognized for his play on the field, not his antics or celebrations. That's the kind of receiver you want on your team". NFL RECORDS
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NEWS On December 9, 2004 Harrison signed a seven-year extension worth $67 million. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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