Steelers Talking to Harrison About New Deal

He made one of, if not the most exciting plays in Super Bowl history on Sunday with his 100-yard interception return for a score on the last play of the half. Now linebacker James Harrison, the defensive player of the year in the league, may get rewarded with a mega contract from the Steelers for his efforts.

Today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette talks about Harrison being one of the first Steelers that has a year left on his current deal to get a contract, as the topic was discussed in today’s edition of the paper:

James Harrison has one year left on his contract and the two sides have talked about a new one. Harrison, the NFL’s defensive player of the year whose stunning 100-yard interception return helped the Steelers win Super Bowl XLIII, is in for a huge raise in pay. “I was hoping we’d get $100,” his Pittsburgh agent, Bill Parise, said with a laugh yesterday from Honolulu, where he joined Harrison for this week’s Pro Bowl activities. Harrison is set to make $1.4 million next season. Those figures do not include any incentives he might have picked up. “We have had discussions, not negotiated, but we have talked,” Parise said. “I think the Steelers and I are on the same page. We don’t think there will be any issues. My goal and, I think, theirs is the same. We know what we need to do and we’ll both go about the business of trying to get it done.” Parise believes a deal can be wrapped up fairly quickly.

The amazing thing about Harrison is he came to the team as an undrafted free agent, and even was on and off the Steelers practice squad for the early part of his career. Now he’ll be a very rich man as he’ll likely be wearing black and gold for a long-time to come.