Los Angeles Chargers

Rodney Harrison roasts Chargers following Joey Bosa saga

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:25 p.m. ET

Pete Blackburn

The Joey Bosa saga in San Diego seemingly came to an end this week when the Chargers' rookie finally agreed to terms with the team and signed a four-year contract. The deal follows a summer-long, highly publicized contract dispute between Bosa, the defensive end taken with the third overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, and the team that called his name on draft day.

Even with the ordeal settled and Bosa in camp, many analysts and pundits are weighing in on the 21-year-old's holdout. Some believe that Bosa has the stink of entitlement, while others believe that it's more of an indictment on the way the Chargers handle their business.

Former NFL safety Rodney Harrison falls into the latter category. Harrison, who was drafted by the Chargers in 1994 and spent nine years with San Diego, went on "Pro Football Talk Live" and weighed in on the drama, and he didn't pull any punches when talking about his former team.

“The San Diego Chargers are a bunch of bullies,” Harrison said, according to PFT. “If you look at the way they’ve handled business, why is it the San Diego Chargers out of all the teams have this issue? Because they are a bunch of bullies, and they haven’t treated their star players correctly. You look at Junior Seau and what they did to him. Look at how they treated me. Drew Brees, Phillip Rivers held out, Quentin Jammer, LaDainian Tomlinson. I know he came out and he was outspoken about the holdout but — guess what? — he held out, too. So when I look at the San Diego Chargers, I’d say this is why they’re an average organization, because of things like this. How can you draft a guy at the position that you drafted him in and not have him in camp?

“I think the San Diego Chargers are being a bunch of bullies, and it just looks bad and reflects bad. If I’m a free agent why the heck would I even think about going to San Diego if I know that this is the way they treat their players?”

Following his bold take, Harrison must have gotten some responses on Twitter claiming he was just bitter toward the Chargers, who released him in 2003, because he posted this tweet late Monday night: