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GREEN BAY – Damon "Snacks" Harrison has played in one playoff game thus far in his nine-year NFL career, and it happened to be at Lambeau Field.
He's about to tally his second in the same location as the newest member of the Packers' defensive line, and he wasn't 50 words into his first meeting with the Green Bay media when he referred to what's in front of him as "the chance of a lifetime."
The Packers claimed the massive, 6-3, 339-pound Damon Harrison off waivers last week from Seattle. Just a few days after arriving in Green Bay, the veteran run-stuffer was on the field in the regular-season finale at Chicago to help the Packers lock up the No. 1 seed for the NFC playoffs.
Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine is familiar with Harrison, having held the same position with the Jets back in 2012 when the undrafted rookie entered the league with New York. Pettine is "thrilled" to have another proven, big-bodied defender to bolster the run defense – which already was on the uptick before Harrison's arrival – for the postseason charge.
He played just a dozen snaps against the Bears, and while he graded his own performance as "OK," his teammates saw something more when they reviewed the film on Wednesday.
"He was in on plays," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "He was playing like we know he can play.
"I think that's the exciting thing for a veteran player I would imagine, as you see your career winding down, being able to be a part of something that legitimately can go the distance, it's special."