New England Patriots fans haven’t let Asante Samuel’s infamous Super Bowl drop go, and neither has Rodney Harrison.

We’re talking, of course, about Samuel’s failure to catch an interceptable pass on the play that preceded David Tyree’s helmet catch in Super Bowl XLII. Moments after that fateful sequence, Eli Manning found Plaxico Burress for a late touchdown, and the New York Giants secured an upset victory over the previously unbeaten Patriots.

Well, in a forthcoming book by author and NFL reporter Gary Myers, Samuel was called out by legendary Patriots safety Rodney Harrison.

“Asante Samuel had the opportunity to make a play, and he dropped the interception right in his hands,” Harrison told Myers, as revealed by WEEI’s Jon Lyons, who received an advanced copy of the book.

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