Harrison back at Patriots practice

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (Jan. 18, 2007) -- New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison practiced Jan. 18, stretching his injured right knee that kept him out of the first two playoff games.


Harrison had been listed Jan. 17 as doubtful for the AFC Championship Game at Indianapolis. An updated injury report was to be issued later Jan. 18.

He was at the start of the practice for the stretching portion open to the media and, after putting on his helmet, picked up a football before reporters and photographers left. On Jan. 17, he wasn't at the start of practice, although he walked without a limp in the locker room before his teammates left for the workout.

Harrison strained his right knee in the last regular-season game, a 40-23 win over Tennessee, when he was blocked by wide receiver Bobby Wade. That kept him out of the playoff games -- wins of 37-16 over the New York Jets and 24-21 at the San Diego Chargers.

The game against the Titans was just his second after he missed six games with a broken right shoulder blade sustained when he was tackling Marvin Harrison in a 27-20 loss to the Colts in Foxborough.

Last season, Harrison played only the first three games and missed both playoff games after tearing three ligaments in his left knee in a 23-20 win at Pittsburgh. But he started the first eight regular-season games this season.