the way the lions handled joey harrington, in my opinion, was not the right way to do things. however, having said that, harrington probably won't be anything more than a marginal QB at best. he is just one in a long line of jeff tedford products that have not lived up to expectations. david carr, joey harrington, kyle boller, trent dilfer......these guys were all taught under jeff tedford (currently Cal head coach) at the collegiate level. i hope packer fans don't have there hopes too high on aaron rodgers whenever favre reitres.
Good bye & good riddance Princess. You just didn't fit into Millen's Wile E Super Genius plan of a quarterback for every receiver, (Kitna-Williams, your pick, McCown-Rodgers, King-that other Williams, Orlovsky-Bradford). The other teams will not have a clue as to wich quarterback will get the ball!!!!!!!! Hardy har har hilarious. While your at it Matt, why don't you rehire Wayne "It's my sisters coke" Fontes, Darryl Rodgers, and Morhningweg so we can have a coach with every QB & WR! It's not just Princess, it's not just Millen, it's not just the owner, Bill Bored. This team is pathetic from top to bottom. Where's a Chris Spielman when your team needs one??? And finally, we have Saints fans saying our team sucks, and we can't even defend ourselves! ARRGGGHHHH!
If you remember Chuck Long & Andre Ware the LYUNS have a long history of drafting lousy QBS.They have not had a good QB since the 50s.It is a long standing tradition in Detroit to cheer for the guy on the bench.Why should we expect things to change now??????
Don't forget Scott Mitchell made $30 MILLION off of the Lions in his career! Criminal.
I think Joey Harrington could be a top quarterback,given the right opportunity with the right team. Detroit was neither.
I would love to see Joey "I Suck" Harrington , Charles "Trouble" Rogers, and Detroits 1st round pick traded. I think they might have a chance to use all 3 to move up. If so I think they have a good chance on getting VY. Titans will take Matt, Jets will go with Culter that leaves Vince for Detroit. The Raiders pick looks to be the spot vince might go but i think fdetroit can work something out with Raiders.
Do you even WATCH football? For years, Lions' quarterbacks have been running for their lives behind a perrenially ineffective o-line. Stop blaming your quarterbacks, because that's not the problem. You could put McNabb, Marino, Vick, Montana, ANYONE back there, and they would fail with that piss-poor o-line (who never seems to take any of the blame.) Line of scrimmage control and uppper management's decision making are the biggest problems. Harrington isn't perfect, but he's a good QB. You are focusing on the wrong problem.
Dude, is that pic for real, or a Photoshop? Hilarious! The Times Square sign was real, not a photoshop. See here for another photo. Not sure about the dude flipping the sign off, but he looks real, too. With respect to the Lions' pitiful o-line, perhaps if Martz introduces an offense utilizing short drops for the quarterbacks and quick slants for the receivers as he used in STL, the QB (no matter who) can thrive.
Yes. I watch 16 games of the Lions a season. Sure the O-Line at times is ineffective. But Joey couldn't read, scramble, or throw at a professional level. Simple. And then he was not man enough to shoulder his share of the blame. As I said before, good bye Princess.
Here... Here... Here... Here... Good riddance...maybe I can start wearing my Harrington jersey around town again, for the real reason I bought it...
First of you can't blame Joey, blame the lions(The Ford family) you can't bake a cake without the correct main ingridients. Second you go from Harrington to Kitna and McCown!?!?....That's awesome 1 mediocare Qb for the price of 2....Maybe the ford family should go to a confrence with the KRAFT or HEINZ family they can teach them a thing or too.....
I used to ride past that sign to & from work every day. I can vouch for it having been very real, and very big. I'm with those who still hold out hope for Harrington turning it around someplace. I wouldn't bet my bottom dollar on it, but I wouldn't be shocked if he gets to respectability in new surroundings.
joey has potential- plain and simple. unfortuneately he has been surrounded by mediocre coaching, unpredictable o-line, disfunctional upper management, and finally no reliable backfeild or receivers. given the right surroundings, he could very well have a decent shot at being a very good backup somewhere in the league with the possibility of maybe taking over the starting role. everyone can take there cheap shots at him if they want, but he is still possibly one of the better q-b's in the league if only given a chance
I have to ask, what the hell is up with Quarterbacks in Detroit? I was talking about this today and realised that, outside of one good year from Scott Mitchell ('95), I can't remember them doing *anything at all* - even a stupidly unlucky team lands a decent player by accident now and then, right? But in Motor city we have a 25-year line of succession that reads Harrington > Batch > Frerotte > Batch > Mitchell > Krieg > Peete > Kramer > Peete > Gagliano > Hilger > Long > Hipple > Danielson This makes no mention of the likes of Andre Ware who hung around without leading the team in passing in any year. It's also, probably, unfair to laugh at Frank Reich, but I had forgotten all about him until I went trawling through http://www.pro-football-
reference.com/ to see exactly what collection of shirt-warmers the Lions have had under center. Is it a never-ending poor offensive line, or criminal coaching or did the team owners punch a gypsy out selling pegs and get a curse for seven generations?
I thought Greg Landry was damn good. In fact the only good year Mitchell had was when Landry was the Lions QB coach. But other then him nothing since Bobby Layne. I wonder if he'd like to re-join them as QB coach again?
Mr Bismarck I hear you brother I'm a long time bears fan and I can promise our list would max out the bandwith at the site....The last good Qb was mcmachon and your going back to before 1991!!!!
that makes two players drafted in 2002 to be released this year. the bills should give joey a shot come on we cant get much worse, i mean come on who the hell is craig nall. if he becomes our starter i think im going to go crazy. this kid wasnt even brett farves back up in green bay, he was third string. THIRD STRING! i know this is off topic but as a die hard buffalo fan i have to get this off my chest. if he becomes out starter from being third string this team is just something else.
the last time detroit had a real quarterback i was five years old. i am fiftythree now who was their qb then?
the last time detroit had a real quarterback i was five years old. i am fiftythree now who was their qb then? Bobby Layne (I'm 50 next birthday), but I still think Greg Landry was pretty good.
guys if i hear joey isn't to blame one more time, i will throw up. i don't care that matt millen sucks. joey is the one that throws into triple coverage. joey is the one that can't throw into the flat. joey is the one that leads his wr too far so they get crushed. if denver can't even turn the career of jake plummer around then joey will suck FOREVER.
For everyone drinking the Kool-Aid, I'd like you to take a look at the season Kitna had in 2003 for a very bad Bengals team -- almost 3,600 yards passing, 26 TDs to 15 INTs and an 87 passer rating. Kitna is extremely well-liked by most everyone in the NFL after handling the shafting he got when Cincy drafted Palmer, and if he gets some blocking, he can be a top-notch QB.
I drank the Kool-Aid, as the saying goes "The sun shines on a dog's ass once in a while" I think kitna had his shot when Palmer went down 3 minutes into the 1st quarter and coudn't do anything. He will long live in mediocracy along with 96 % of the rest of the worthless Qb's around the league.
