Harrison undergoes surgery to repair broken eye socket

Harrison undergoes surgery to repair broken eye socket
By Marc Sessler NFL.com
Published: Oct. 5, 2011 at 04:49 p.m. Updated: Oct. 5, 2011 at 05:19 p.m.






James Harrison underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a fractured orbital bone near his right eye, an injury he suffered in the third quarter of Sunday's loss to the Houston Texans.

The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker is expected to be sidelined for what coach Mike Tomlin called "a number of weeks," giving Harrison ample time to perfect a new persona -- even more menacing than before.

"I feel like a pirate," Harrison tweeted along with a self-portrait showing him in a white eye patch, wearing a chilling grimace -- certainly enough to give the Browns and Bengals a shiver.

The 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year assured Twitter followers that he's on the mend.


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joy

That picture cracks me up.

Glad everything went well, and hope he gets better REAL soon!

BGSU A Dub wrote:

I bet he will be wearing a visor the rest of the season, but I'm betting he will be a bit nervous those first few hits when he comes back.

I don't know about him being nervous. Those back surgeries didn't seem to make him nervous. I just think he's about making other people nervous.