As far as Packers coach Mike McCarthy is concerned, his two-headed backfield next season will be DuJuan Harris and somebody else.

JSOnline  wrote:

After missing out on free-agent running back Steven Jackson, the Packers plan to give young DuJuan Harris a shot at the starting job this season.

“I wish we would have had DuJuan earlier,” McCarthy said. “He was a young man that we were just getting ready to try to put in the game. Everybody’s like ‘just put him in there.’ Well, hell, you put him in there, there aren’t too many runs in our offense where we can’t go to a pass, and now he’s protecting for Aaron Rodgers. That’s why there’s a lot of stress schematically and responsibility wise on our running backs, and that’s not going to change because of our quarterback. Once he got ready, I felt great about the way DuJuan finished the season. Looking forward to having him for an offseason and look for good things for him.”

PackersNews  wrote:

Brandon Saine needs to be cut. He's a lost cause.

DuJuan Harris and James Starks complement one another very well. Both, I feel, need to improve in all aspects of the passing game. That means pass blocking, blitz pickup, receiving and whatever else you can think of.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

I am a bit skeptical. 32 teams pass on the young man 7 times in the 2011 draft.

The juggernaut Jacksonville picks him up as a FA. They are so deep on talent that he hardly ever sees the field so they release him a year later.
One can argue Jacksonville has a lousy team because they can not evaluate talent. Ok. Fine.

2 days later Pittsburgh acquires him and release him after a whole 4 days. Pittsburgh has had more than their share of problems at RB including wondering if they are going to keep Mendenhall.

Don't get me wrong. I like what little I have seen of him but I need to see a whole lot more before I am comfortable with him being the one who solves all the running woes for GB. There have been too many guys come in look good for a season or even a few games and then disappear after the league adjusts to them.

Originally Posted by: wpr