Most Likely Scenario
I've been saying all week - the MOST likely scenario for Joey to see action is the Team will declare Daunte not available. PUP list or sore leg or whatever. Just as they rushed him as the Starter for PC and marketing reasons - they will "bench" him without declaring he is being benched.
Harrington will Start sometime between Week 4 and 7. That is assuming Daunte does not have a total breakdown of some sort during a game - in which case Joey comes off the bench as needed of course.
Obviously I'm in the Joey Supporter camp - he WILL prove to be "The Answer" as soon as he gets a couple games. After 4 years in the NFL he finally gets a shot with a decent team, the guy will exceed all expectations. But FACT is nobody really knows for sure, whether he's got the right stuff ... he's never been given an opportunity on a REAL team. I think many around the league agree with Joe Theismann's take:
"There's two guys in this league that it's very difficult to have evaluated them in their previous environment," Theismann said. "David Carr (Houston) is one, Joey Harrington is another. Joey in Detroit ... he was always without something. There was no stability around him. There was no stability in the running game. There wasn't stability in the passing game. There wasn't stability in the coaching staff ... I don't know how much stability there is in the organization. It's almost like the guy existed and worked through a constant state of chaos."