In a chaotic off-season that saw the Atlanta Falcons trade away their most capable back-up quarterback only to see starter and face of the franchise Michael Vick plead guilty to dog fighting charges, most expected the team to curl into the fetal position and take the weekly drubbings they had coming to them. But amid the stormy atmosphere one man has emerged as a shiny rainbow. Former first round draft choice Joey Harrington has found a home in Atlanta and the Falcons couldn't be happier to have him.
"I don't expect our passing game to miss a beat with Joey back there," head coach Bobby Petrino said. "If anything I expect us to maybe even be more inept."
Not all the Falcons' receivers were initially comfortable with Harrington as many of his practice throws were catchable, but as the receivers put in more work with him they realized Harrington just looked good because there were no defenders and all indications are Falcons' receivers are ready for another disappointing season.
"Joe Horn thought if you can't play quarterback for the Lions or the Dolphins then you must be missing a limb," new Falcon wideout Joe Horn said. "But as far as Joe Horn can tell Joey's got both his legs and both his arms, so he should be serviceable."
Horn and tight end Alge Crumpler have put in extensive work in camp with Harrington on mistiming throws and other ways to waste their receiving talents.
“I just told him that we only know one way to do things in the passing game: sloppy," Crumpler said. "He understood and I don't expect him to have any problems making the poor decisions we're all accustomed to around here. I'm just excited to be under thrown by a new quarterback. With Mike I was never sure if he was going to run with it or throw it at my shins. At least with Joey I know it's always going to be in the turf. Plus it’s hard to get pissed at him because he’s such an affable guy- and talented! Did you know he plays jazz piano?"
3 comments:
Holy crap, is that Tom Merritt?
...sorry, that must be Jeff Merritt.
Maybe they should give him an eye-patch. I remember when he used to wear an Eye-Patch he was always doing things just a little better.
Just look at what glasses did for Major Leaguer "Wild Thing" Rick Vaughn, he took a Team of no talent 'Ass Clowns' to beat Clue Haywood and the NY Yankees. Let's hope to see that replay on ESPNY Instant Classics.
Cleveland Rules! GO TRIBE!
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