It's been a frustrating season for oft-injured Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin, but he knows it will all be worth it if he can make a difference when he returns from injury and tries to help guide his team to a victory over the Denver Broncos at Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Feb. 2.
Harvin said he believes he is a stronger person for what he's had to endure throughout this season.
"It's been a roller-coaster, but also a blessing," Harvin said via ESPN. "I wouldn't take anything back that has happened this year. It's made me a stronger person."
Harvin also admitted that it has been frustrating for him.
"It's definitely been frustrating, not only for me, but all a lot of people, like my teammates not knowing if I'm going to be able to practice," he told ESPN. "That's all over with now and we get the chance to play for the Super Bowl, so it's all in the past."
Harvin signed a six-year $67 million deal during last offseason but barely appeared for them in the regular-season after undergoing hip surgery on Aug. 1 and struggling to recover. Harvin, who only played against his former team the Minnesota Vikings in the regular-season before aggravating the repaired hip, returned on Jan. 11 for the Seahawks' divisional playoff game against the New Orleans Saints on Jan. 11 but was once again sidelined--this time with a concussion.
Harvin was unable to pass the league protocol on concussions and had to miss last week when the Seahawks defeated the San Francisco 49ers 23-17 in the NFC Championship Game to punch their first ticket to the Super Bowl since 2005.
When Harvin was knocked out of the game in the first half against the Saints with a concussion, he said that despite the fact that he has a history of head problems with migraines, it wasn't a factor in this particular injury and there were no complications..
"There were no complications,'' Harvin said, according to ESPN. "We just had to go through the protocol and all the steps."
With his head ailment behind him, Harvin still isn't sure if his hip will be 100 percent and discussed his use in the game plan against the Broncos during the Super Bowl.
"I really don't know," Harvin said of how healthy his hip will feel via ESPN. "I felt pretty good, good enough to play in the game. I'll leave it at that. I got it tuned up [Wednesday], just doing my regular stretching and treatments. I'll be in the game plan. How much we'll have to wait and see. It's just good to be back out there with my teammates."
Harvin also praised his teammates for being patient with the high-paid receiver being sidelined for most of the year.
"I can't even put it in words," Harvin told ESPN. "Guys like [cornerback] Richard Sherman, and also [safety] Kam Chancellor, him being from my area [Virginia], came and talked to me a bunch of times. The coaches, the whole building, even the cooks, were giving me love and kept me pushing. They've all been there for me."
Harvin's frustration will come to an end when he takes the field at Super Bowl XLVIII with the eyes of the world on the Seahawks and Broncos.
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