"His schedule was a little bit crazy because he was a [NFLPA] player rep, so he was all over the place," Reid said. "So I think it set back his rehab just a bit. He did a good job with the player-rep part of it, but the lockout in his case I don't think helped him."
With Justice sidelined, first King Dunlap and then Austin Howard have taken most of the repetitions with the first team. Harris could supplant both once he's permitted to practice. He spoke about "just making the team," but conceded that Justice's absence could be beneficial.
"That definitely leaves an opportunity in practice now while [Justice] is out, to get on film and show the coaches what I'm capable of," Harris said.
Entering his fifth season, Harris missed five games last season because of a high ankle sprain. He started in 10 of 11 games, though, and said that he's 100 percent healthy. Listed at 6-foot-5 and 315 pounds, Harris could be another to fit the mold of the athletic linemen that Mudd prefers.
Mudd already has used a number of permutations on the line.
"We're kind of mixing and matching people as we go here," Reid said. "We'll come up with the five by the time we come out of camp."
Maclin on the mend
Jeremy Maclin was back at camp. That was the good news.
The not-so-good news was that he can't practice until he is cleared by doctors for an unspecified illness, and that appears to still be a ways off.
"He's not done with his tests, so the doctors are still looking at a few things," Reid said. "He's up here, he's in good spirits, [and] he looks good. He's able to do some conditioning things."
