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Percy Harvin Denies Anger Management Issues

By Phil Watson

Oct 12, 2014; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin (11) during pre game warm ups prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 12, 2014; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin (11) during pre game warm ups prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports /
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In the wake of Friday’s stunning trade that sent wide receiver Percy Harvin from the Seattle Seahawks to the New York Jets, Harvin said he has no anger control issues.

All sorts of sordid tales of Percy Harvin’s antics with the Seattle Seahawks spilled out in the wake of the wide receiver’s trade to the New York Jets Friday for a conditional sixth-round draft pick.

Harvin reportedly got into altercations with former teammates Golden Tate and Doug Baldwin and, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, has a long, colorful history of confrontation with coaches and teammates alike.

But Harvin told NFL Media’s Albert Breer he has no anger management issues:

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The trade was a stunner—the Seahawks traded away a first-round pick to the

Minnesota Vikings

to acquire the oft-injured playmaker.

Harvin was limited to just one regular-season game in 2013, catching one pass for 17 yards, but made a major impact in the Super Bowl, returning the second-half kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown and rushing twice for 45 yards.

But this season, Harvin had only 26 targets and 22 receptions for 133 yards in five games. He had also carried the ball 11 times for 92 yards and a touchdown.

Throw in reports of Harvin refusing to enter games and it added up to the Seahawks looking to move him for whatever they could get for him. The Jets made the best offer, apparently.

Not everyone in Seattle was on board with dumping Harvin, however. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported that quarterback Russell Wilson wanted to keep Harvin and wanted to help him with his issues.

The denial rings hollow, at best. Given Harvin’s lengthy history of having problems with people and the number of reports coming out of Seattle in the wake of his trade, one is put in the position of either believing that the large number of sources are lying about everything, or Harvin is in complete denial of his own problems.

After all, it’s not just a river in Egypt.

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