NFL 30 to Watch: Joey Harrington, Quarterback, Atlanta Falcons

Published: July 26, 2007, 3:56 pm

Tags: 30 to watch, 30towatch, joey harrington, joeyharrington, michael vick, michaelvick

Filed under: Falcons, AtlantaA regular look at 30 people who will affect the 2007 NFL season.The word out of Falcons camp is that coach Bobby Petrino genuinely believes he can win with Joey Harrington at quarterback. Stop laughing. Yes, it's true, Harrington has a lower career passer rating than Michael Vick, and he's just a wee bit less of a running threat than Vick. But Harrington isn't quite as bad as most people think. There's no quarterback in the NFL who could win with the Matt Millen-era Lions. None. The Lions were better in the four years with Harrington at quarterback than they were in 2002, the year before he arrived, or 2006, the year after he left. And Harrington looks like a better fit in the Petrino offense than he did in the Marty Mornhinweg/Steve Mariucci offense he was forced into in Detroit. Harrington throws a good deep ball, and Petrino will make better use of that skill than any of his previous NFL coaches have. Bottom line: Could Petrino be right? Could the

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