Jonotthan Harrison has always played the role of a reliever.
The Jets center would like to prove he can be a full-time starter — an opportunity he thought he would have this season before being robbed of it a month before it started.
But Harrison didn’t get bitter. Instead, he stuck to what he was taught as a rookie by Matt Hasselbeck and Andrew Luck and stayed ready for his opportunity, which came by midseason — as it always seems to for the sixth-year pro — and the Jets have reaped the rewards.
“Jonotthan deserves a lot of credit, because when he wasn’t playing, he worked his tail off,” offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains said as the Jets prepared to face the Bengals on Sunday.