Percy Harvin, former teammates respond to trade fallout

Harvin gets heated in a flash. He says that people focus too much on his reactions. Take a closer look at the start, not just the finish, he says.

“I made the best of it,” Harvin said from the locker room on Monday, his first official day as a New York Jet. “But Minneapolis, Seattle, naw, maybe that just wasn’t the best fit for me at all. I think this is it.”

“I didn’t get punched in the face. That’s all a lie,” he told Jeff Riger of CBS Detroit.

Prior to denying the punch, Tate tried to downplay the rumors.

Instead, Harvin was reduced to a mere 26 targets over five games. He reportedly lashed out at teammates, allegedly body slamming fellow receiver Doug Baldwin. Normally such behavior would be grounds for departure, but not all agreed. Quarterback Russell Wilson wanted to help Harvin out with his anger issues and keep him in Seattle.

Evidently the Seahawks were in pursuit of top tight end talent and evidently nobody was convinced that Harvin was proper compensation. Thomas tallied 788 yards receiving and 12 touchdowns in 2013 and currently leads the NFL with nine touchdowns in 2014, while Cameron finished 2013 with 917 receiving yards and seven touchdown receptions.

One can’t help but wonder if the negotiations with the Jets began with a request for tight end Jace Amaro. Keep dreaming big, Seattle.

Harvin appeared in six total regular season games with the Seahawks and tallied 23 receptions for 150 yards. He also tallied four receptions during Seattle’s Super Bowl-winning run in the postseason.

Shortly after reports of the trade were filed, rumors of altercations involving Harvin followed. Lance Zierlein of Sports Talk 790 reported there was a history of confrontations with Harvin, including him punching former Seahawk wideout Golden Tate in the week leading up to the Super Bowl. Adam Schefter of ESPN confirmed that report, while Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk took it a step further in detailing what occurred between Tate and Harvin.

According to Florio, Harvin reportedly “body slammed” Tate at the team hotel, and that the other players “initially feared Harvin broke Tate’s neck.” The report also goes on to say that Harvin might have been in danger of “being on the wrong end of a Code Red from teammates who had enough of his angry, moody, erratic ways.”

The Seahawks came right out with their surprise and displeasure over the Percy Harvin trade. Former Seahawk Golden Tate took a different tack.

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