{"id":111954,"date":"2025-09-02T00:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/111954\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:25:09","slug":"najee-harris-ramping-up-to-play-after-superficial-eye-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/111954\/","title":{"rendered":"Najee Harris &#8220;ramping up&#8221; to play after &#8220;superficial&#8221; eye injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chargers running back Najee Harris spoke for the first time since a a fireworks mishap in Antioch, California, on July 4 injured his eye. Harris wouldn\u2019t talk about the incident, and he spoke with sunglasses on. <\/p>\n<p>Harris, though, said it was only a \u201csuperficial injury\u201d to his eye and insists his vision was not affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/krisrhim1\/status\/1962635103517204977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">It\u2019s a humbling experience<\/a>,\u201d Harris said, via video from Kris Rhim of ESPN. I\u2019m still going through it in a way, so just that whole situation really shows how things can change with a snap of a finger. It\u2019s a blessing every day we wake up, and I\u2019m just happy that everybody\u2019s safe and alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coach Jim Harbaugh said earlier Monday that the team\u2019s medical staff had cleared Harris for contact and called it a \u201cpossibility\u201d that Harris will play Friday night against the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I\u2019m ramping up to [play],\u201d Harris said. \u201cEvery day I practice \u2014 this is probably my fifth day of practice \u2014 just trying to get back into that football shape. I\u2019m feeling good, though, and we\u2019ll just see where that leads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers activated Harris from the non-football injury list last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was asked about his sunglasses and the fact that some people might think he\u2019s trying to hide something by wearing them. He mentioned that it was a sunny day and added, \u201cI don\u2019t care what other people think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris signed a one-year deal with the Chargers this offseason after four seasons in Pittsburgh. He has never had fewer than 1,000 yards in a season, and he has never missed a game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chargers running back Najee Harris spoke for the first time since a a fireworks mishap in Antioch, California,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-111954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}