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Former Saints tight end Clay Harbor reflects on his rookie minicamp experience

Former Saints tight end Clay Harbor reflected on his rookie minicamp experience, where he shared the field with a lot of star talent:

The New Orleans Saints kick off their three-day rookie minicamp on Friday, and it’s an important day for a lot of players. Not just the draft picks and rookie free agents wearing their new helmets and team colors for the first time, but for many tryout players for whom this might be their last opportunity in the NFL. It’s vital that they make a strong impression in hopes of catching on with the Saints for training camp.

That’s what Clay Harbor experienced back in 2017, his final year in the NFL. The former Saints tight end tried out at rookie minicamp that year after playing for four different teams in his career. He earned a spot on New Orleans’ training camp roster and competed well over the summer, but unfortunately ended his last year in the league on injured reserve.

Still, he looks back on that experience fondly. Harbor shared some thoughts on Friday when looking back on it: “Things I knew right away. Alvin Kamara was GOOD. Trey Hendrix was good. Dan Campbell is gonna be a head coach one day. Some things are obvious as soon as you step on the grass.”

Remember, 2017 was the year both Kamara and Trey Hendrickson entered the NFL. It didn’t take long for Kamara to impress Saints fans, and his new teammates saw that he was special right away. Hendrickson’s physical gifts were clear even in his rookie year. Since then he’s refined his skills to become one of the league’s best pass rushers. And Campbell, who was Harbor’s position coach at the time, has transformed the Detroit Lions from a perennial laughingstock into a legitimate Super Bowl contender. It’s clear he shared the field with a lot of star talent.

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NFL analyst Clay Harbor doesn’t rank Kirk Cousins in top 10 NFC QBs

In ranking the NFC quarterbacks for 2023, Clay Harbor doesn’t have Kirk Cousins in his top 10 and it’s very disrespectful.

The discussion surrounding Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is more often than not exhausting. Both sides of the discussion don’t budge one bi and it’s inherently frustrating.

That discussion just got a little bit more frustrating as The 33rd Team’s Clay Harbor didn’t include Cousins in his list of top 10 quarterbacks in the NFC for 2023. Not the NFL, just the NFC.

This is a level of disrespect to Cousins that hasn’t been seen before. A Pro Bowl player last season, Cousins led the Vikings to 13 wins and an NFC North title. To put some of the quarterbacks in the top 10 ahead of him like Daniel Jones, Brock Purdy and Jordan Love ahead of him is just asinine.

You could make a real argument that Cousins is the second-best quarterback in the NFC next season, but likely slots in at either three or four. Even if the Vikings are looking at getting a quarterback of the future, not even including him in a top 10 is blatantly disrespectful.

These stories about Tom Brady, Julian Edelman convey their insane work ethic

Former Patriots TE Clay Harbor had a short stint with the team, but he couldn’t overlook Brady and Edelman’s unmatched work ethic.

Tom Brady and Julian Edelman are not only highly decorated NFL players, but they’re students of the game.

Former New England Patriots tight end Clay Harbor had a short stint with the team, but the work ethic from Brady and Edelman stuck out to him in a major way. Harbor went to Twitter and shared individual stories about each player, and they’re everything you could expect.

His first story was about Brady’s note-taking after 16 years in the league.

He followed up with a quick story about Edelman’s work ethic.

There’s a reason why Brady has six Super Bowl rings and Edelman has three, and this is just one small example. Brady’s been in the league since 2000 and still treats the game like he has more to prove.

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