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COMMENATRY: A Few Thoughts From the Third Preseason Game

Good grief. I can't believe the inconsistent comments about Harrington. He has been the victim of AT LEAST as many drops as he has bad passes. He's actually throwing the ball with aggression instead of dumping them off, so of course his comp. % will be lower. I'm impressed with Harrington. The way I see it is this: those guys who didn't like Harrington in the first place are going to remain close minded about him. It's really that simple. Harrington has gotten the team into the endzone in each of his appearances. Can't say that about every QB on the roster.
Harrington has been pretty consistent so far. His completion percentage isn't looking great but that IS because of drops and because of the fact that he is throwing fewer "easy" throws.
I was never a big Harrington fan, though I've always thought he had the tools to be a good pro. So far he is very impressive and deserves more credit than he has been getting. Everyone is so enamored with Culpepper that it's easy to overlook the fact that Joey could be a very good starter for a lot of teams. Any QB would have failed in Detroit.
 
Kerry collins wants a contract of at least 4 million a year, AND he only wants to go to a team where he has a legitimate chance of starting...Thus he is unemployed....
 
Culpepper looked fantastic. Truly amazing. But you guys have to do something about that offensive line, or else neither Pep, nor Brown, nor Chambers is going to be as effective as they should be. Course Carolina's brick wall run D might be distorting things a bit.
 
Joey is fine. He looks good enough to lead us if called upon. Pep looks like he is returning to form. The o-line is horrible, yes i know Carolina is the best front in the NFL but we still have to get a few yards running the ball. Also, Jason Allen does not look like a first round draft pick. He cost us the turnover in the first half by pushin a guy into welker, he consistantly missed tackles, not impressed so far.
 
Nice article but Harrington was fine, no inconsistency IMO, after the TD pass he was playing with the 2nd string and had very little time in the pocket.

Jason Allen is really getting attacked on all sides and for the most part deservedly so, but the kid has raw talent and serious speed, give him time to learn to play in the NFL and in Saban/Capers very complicated defensive schemes. I noticed Saban had JA in almost the whole game, probably trying to give the kid as much NFL playing time as they can.

Very distraught with OL lack of run blocking, Carolina's good DL excuse can only go so far. Loved what I saw from the defense, and expect fewer "throw-out-the-secondary" threads this week after their performance last night.
 
Wow, took some major heat for talking about Harrington being inconsistent. He was playing with the second team? Fair enough, but wouldn't he also have been playing against the Panthers' second team? I don't know, I'm not sure how willing I'd be to use that as an excuse.

That said, he looked great with the first team, and that certainly carries more weight.
 
at this point, he is what he is. We just have to accept that he's an inconsistent QB.
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Sorry but this is the typical garbage comment too many critics are making. We don't "just have to accept" that because it's ridiculous.

What do you mean, "he is what he is"? In other words you're biased, you've written him off, you're judging him based on the Detroit Lions (worst team in the NFL) and you're nailing him to a cross?

Same crap analysis from the Miami Herald after Game 1. Joey throws a perfect TD, but all the so-called Expert talks about is fumbles -- well lets see who fumbles more among NFL QB's by season end. Then if Daunte Culpepper commits turnovers, will you guys say "he is what he is" ???

Baloney! Give the guy a freakin chance with a decent team. :(

>> wouldn't he also have been playing against the Panthers' second team?

NO. As the Announcers pointed out -- Panthers kept their 1st team D in the game, during Joey's 2nd series. Were you even listening to the game?
 
SCall13 said:
Good gried. I can't believe the inconsistent comments about Harrington. He has been the victim of AT LEAST as many drops as he has bad passes. He's actually throwing the ball with aggression instead of dumping them off, so of course his comp. % will be lower. I'm impressed with Harrington. The way I see it is this: those guys who didn't like Harrington in the first place are going to remain close minded about him. It's really that simple. Harrington has gotten the team into the endzone in each of his appearances. Can't say that about every QB on the roster.
Harrington has been pretty consistent so far. His completion percentage isn't looking great but that IS because of drops and because of the fact that he is throwing fewer "easy" throws.
I was never a big Harrington fan, though I've always thought he had the tools to be a good pro. So far he is very impressive and deserves more credit than he has been getting. Everyone is so enamored with Culpepper that it's easy to overlook the fact that Joey could be a very good starter for a lot of teams. Any QB would have failed in Detroit.
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I agree, two passes in particular to Chambers on the sideline through two defenders and the touchdown were excellent throws and not something any of our QB's would have been able to throw last year. Right on Joey!
 
I would take Joey over Kerry Collins any day. Joey is just learning the system and he is making good passes and decisions. I think getting out of Detroit was all Joey needed. Joey was an awesome QB at Oregon and he just has to build his confidence back up after a lot of sorry years in Detroit (which were not his fault).
 
Allen didn't push that guy into Welker, the player he pushed went into Welker on his own. Allen pushed him away from Welker. good acting job though
 
No way is Kerry Collins a better football player than Joey Harrington. That is absurd.

There is a reason why Saban went after Harrington and Collins is looking for a job.
 
BenchFiedler said:
I disagree that Joey Harrington is inconsistent..After that TD to Chambers, he was playing with the 2nd team O-line and he almost had no time to throw except dump it to Minor for short gains...
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me too
 
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