Free-agent DT Damon Harrison, who was released by the Detroit Lions earlier this year, said he was ‘hell-bent’ on getting out of Detroit. While on the non-football injury list for the first three weeks of training camp last season, Harrison said he was trying to facilitate a trade so he wouldn’t have to play for the Lions. Harrison was traded to Detroit by the New York Giants in October, 2018. When Harrison learned of the trade, he said he didn’t answer a call from Lions general manager Bob Quinn for a couple hours because he was trying to figure out a way to not play for Detroit. Harrison’s 49 tackles in 2019 were his lowest total since his rookie season; he noted he had a hard time focusing on football due to some health problems his wife was going through and spent a lot of time thinking about his future.