Maybe this was why Joey wasn't the face of the program...

by jtlight on Jun 26, 2008 9:14 AM PDT

Pro Football Reference has him topping the list of the worst QBs of all time.

In his defense, he has been below average for a long time, making sure that he's been at the top of the all-time list, due to the number of attempts he has had (over 2500). There are many QBs with worse rating/attempt ratios.

Though I know a lot of us had high hopes for Joey, and he was never placed in even a mediocre situation, it's too bad that he will remembered for all the wrong reasons.

0 recs | Comment 9 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Get him an offensive line for about 2 years

And he’ll shine like we expected him to.

And I don’t know how he could possibly top Ryan Leaf.

by butthol on Jun 26, 2008 9:54 AM PDT 0 recs

Thank God

Thank God I never got that ‘Joey Harrington is God’ tatoo.

I think ‘Marty ‘The Party” Leunen’ has a better ring to it anyways.

by DUCKinNY on Jun 27, 2008 9:19 AM PDT 0 recs

*Maarty!

by butthol on Jun 27, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up 0 recs

It could be...

But lack of NFL success doesn’t mean a lack of skill. Joey Harrington was setup for failure when he was accelerated to a top draft pick. The only top 5 picks that year that have made any impact was Julius Peppers in Carolina. And very few top draft QBs the last 8 years have had much success.

The only player I’ve ever seen that could actually carry a horrible team to the playoffs is Barry Sanders, and he pretty much retired because of that.

I think Joey could still be a face of the program, and maybe “the” face of the program. If you are going to give the face of the program to a player with great NFL success, you’re looking at handing it to Dan Fouts.

I don’t think the NFL is a gauge for the face of the program, and a better gauge would be to give it to a player that brought the program to the national level. Nobody is more prolific for that than Harrington.

Go Duckies!

by JShufelt on Jun 27, 2008 10:57 AM PDT 0 recs