New Orleans Saints: Roman Harper Says He Wanted To Make Sam Bradford Miserable

December 15, 2010   ·   Randy Savoie   ·   Jump to comments

Daddy used to say 90 percent of life and success was just showing your face—at meetings and weddings and funerals, etc.
He said, "Son, you can achieve success beyond your wildest dreams if you just make a life-long commitment to showing your face."
You could say the same thing about football as well. Especially, if you were Roman Harper.
Harper is an All-Pro these days, but things weren't always so great.
The New Orleans Saints drafted him in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft, but the kid from Alabama says he didn't really know what he was doing back in those days...he says he was just playing football.
To hell with all that mental stuff.
In those early years, Harper developed a reputation as a hard-hitter—a good strong safety but not a great one they said.
He lacked the ability to make plays on the ball—a phrase sportswriters are fond of using but really a meaningless one and yet, I admit, unabashedly, that I have become f...

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