Because he can never replace 88.
“I don’t know. That’s a little deep,” Gonzalez said recently. “It might be a reach. How do you fill Marvin Harrison’s shoes? I don’t think you do.”
Yet the Colts must replace Harrison’s spot in the starting lineup — generally, that’s split wide right — and must compensate for the lost productivity. Not the 100 receptions, 1,300-plus yards and double-digit touchdowns he routinely cranked out during the meat of his 13-year career, but certainly the 60 catches, 636 yards and five TDs Harrison generated last season.
“There are a lot of plays to be replaced losing Marvin,” quarterback Peyton Manning said during training camp.
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