White Shogun
Hall of Famer
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2005
- Messages
- 6,285
Nice article on ESPN about Joey Harrington.
On the one hand, Pasquarelli points out that, for the past three years, most of Harrington's supporting cast has been decimated by injuries. He's had no one to throw the ball to, nor anyone to run it. His stats aren't all that bad, in 2004 at least, for passer rating, TD to INT ratio, etc.
But read the article closely, and you'll see those same BLACK players who were injured the last three seasons, commenting that if Harrington doesn't win this year he will lose his job. Roy Williams went so far as to say that he (Williams) follows Harrington, but its hard to be a follower when you're losing.
In typical fashion, the QB takes the blame, or credit, as the case may be, for his team's record. But it annoys me that the guys who are as equally to blame for the Lion's dismal performance are willing to blame their QB instead of shouldering some of the responsibility themselves.
But then why should I be surprised?
On the one hand, Pasquarelli points out that, for the past three years, most of Harrington's supporting cast has been decimated by injuries. He's had no one to throw the ball to, nor anyone to run it. His stats aren't all that bad, in 2004 at least, for passer rating, TD to INT ratio, etc.
But read the article closely, and you'll see those same BLACK players who were injured the last three seasons, commenting that if Harrington doesn't win this year he will lose his job. Roy Williams went so far as to say that he (Williams) follows Harrington, but its hard to be a follower when you're losing.
In typical fashion, the QB takes the blame, or credit, as the case may be, for his team's record. But it annoys me that the guys who are as equally to blame for the Lion's dismal performance are willing to blame their QB instead of shouldering some of the responsibility themselves.
But then why should I be surprised?