GREEN BAY — A decade ago, the Green Bay Packers added a massive run-stuffing defensive tackle off waivers in October, and that little-known player and under-the-radar transaction wound up paying off handsomely during Super Bowl XLV.
Current Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst waited a little longer than then-GM Ted Thompson waited in 2010 to make his move, and Damon “Snacks” Harrison is a better-known name — or better-known nickname, at least — than Howard Green was back then.
Whether Harrison can deliver a play on par with Green’s hit on Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during Super Bowl XLV, leading to safety Nick Collins’ pick-six interception for a touchdown, remains to be seen.