Remember when Percy Harvin was the next big NFL star? Yeah, that ship never really sailed – not that Harvin didn’t have the talent for such – but between his questionable attitude and injuries, he’s essentially become a dull Swiss Army knife.
Harvin expects that to change now that he’s a member of the Buffalo Bills, but he’s apparently still not over his short stint with the Seattle Seahawks with whom he tossed a significant amount of shade at today during an appearance on ESPN’s First Take.
Why exactly Percy Harvin took shots at the Seattle Seahawks is a little beyond me, but he felt the need to do so:
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS YEAR FROM SEATTLE, I THINK I’M — MY TEAMMATES ACCEPT ME A LITTLE MORE. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT I FELT WHEN I WENT TO SEATTLE A LOT OF THE RECEIVERS TOOK ME AS A THREAT RATHER THAN ACCEPTING ME AS A TEAMMATE. I ALWAYS TOLD THOSE GUYS, I PULLED THEM TO THE SIDE SEVERAL TIMES AFTER SEEING THE COMMENTS THEY WAS MAKING TO THE MEDIA, HEY, GUYS, I’M HERE TO BALL WITH YOU, TO TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. A LOT OF GUYS WERE LOOKING AT THEY WERE ESTABLISHED AND THEY DIDN’T NEED ANY HELP. I JUST TOOK IT AS I NEVER WAS ACCEPTED IN THE RECEIVER GROUP BY ALL THE MEMBERS.
SEATTLE AT TIMES I FELT AS THOUGH I HAD TO COME IN AND BE THE GUY TO SIT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, NOT SAY TOO MUCH, KIND OF WALK ON EGG SHELLS. THAT IN ITSELF DREW FRUSTRATIONS ON TOP OF NOT BEING ACCEPTED IN MY RECEIVER GROUP.
Hopefully somebody was playing Justin Timberlake’s ‘Cry Me A River’ in the background as you read that.
