Mike Florio comes to conclusion, works backwards, gets it wrong on Desmond Harrison release

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, in attempt to argue that voluntary workouts aren't voluntary for certain players, uses Desmond Harrison's release from the Browns as his evidence and gets it dead wrong.

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk came out with an article aimed to say that voluntary workouts aren't voluntary for certain players, using the Cleveland Browns release of Desmond Harrison as his evidence.

It's important to note that Florio originally came to this conclusion the second Harrison was released, despite the fact it happened at minicamp which is mandatory. A classic case of coming to a conclusion and working backwards to defend it.

Desmond Harrison's issues started in 2018 after he was benched. He fell into some of the same habits that plagued him in college, showing up late or missing meetings and just not fulfilling his responsibilities. Then Hue Jackson was willing to put up with it because they didn't have another option to play left tackle if Greg Robinson was injured.

Hue Jackson deserves substantial blame for his handling of Harrison, putting him in position to fail. Despite missing half of training camp with an injury and having almost no reps with the first team, Harrison was put into the starting lineup for week one of the year. The results were a predictable disaster.

After that point, Harrison was the architect for his own demise. New head coach Freddie Kitchens has more options at tackle this year and less patience to suffer fools. So when Harrison was unable to get to minicamp on time, Kitchens went ahead and cut bait.

The hope is that Harrison, now with the Arizona Cardinals, will have finally learned the lessons that have plagued him his entire football playing life.

None of this has anything to do with missing voluntary workouts. Maybe there's a case to be made for Florio's argument, but this situation isn't it and this type of bad example only serves to undermine the point he's trying to make.

Harrison's issues from last year and inability to show up to mandatory practice this year were the reasons he was released. People around Harrison believe in his talent, but are quick to point out he consistently sabotages himself and that's why he hasn't been more successful. Hopefully that finally changes in Arizona.