Until Sunday, it seemed Browns coach Eric Mangini wanted Harrison to be the team's top running back. Regardless of Hillis' early production, Mangini told reporters a few weeks ago, in the aftermath of hotshot rookie Montario Hardesty's tearing his ACL, that he expected Harrison to seize the opportunity. In Week 1, Harrison and Hillis split the carries. In Week 2, Harrison got double the touches of Hillis, but did little with them. Leading up to Sunday's game, Harrison was dealing with a thigh injury, missed a few practices, and then on Sunday morning was ruled out for the game.
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Eric Karabell
Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.
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