| Height: 6-4
Weight: 220
Born: Oct 21, 1978, Portland, OR | |
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December 21, 2005
Joey Harrington will start this week against the Saints over Jeff Garcia, according to the AP.
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December 18, 2005
Joey Harrington replaced the ineffective Jeff Garcia late in Sunday's game and completed 6-of-7 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown. There's a good chance that Harrington could start one or both of the final two games.
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November 24, 2005
Joey Harrington started Thursday's game for the Lions but was benched in favor of Jeff Garcia late in the first half after going 6-of-13 passing for 61 yards with an interception.
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November 23, 2005
Lions coach Steve Mariucci won't say publicly if Joey Harrington will start over Jeff Garcia tomorrow, but he's already decided which QB will start, according to the Detroit Free Press.
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November 21, 2005
Lions coach Steve Mariucci said he won't announce whether Joey Harrington or Jeff Garcia will start until just prior to Thursday's game, according to the Detroit News. However, Harrington has done all right the past two games, and Mariucci said he never considered replacing Harrington with Garcia yesterday. "He did a pretty good job," Mariucci said of Harrington.
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November 20, 2005
Although Jeff Garcia was healthy enough to be active in Week 11, Joey Harrington made his third straight start on Sunday. Harrington didn't play poorly, but he was unable to build on his brilliant Week 10 performance, as he completed 17-of-25 passes for 169 yards and no touchdowns.
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November 19, 2005
The Detroit Free Press reports that all signs point to Joey Harrington starting Sunday, but coach Steve Mariucci said that although he knew who was starting, he declined to say whether it would be Harrington or Jeff Garcia.
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November 18, 2005
Joey Harrington took about 60% of the snaps in practice Thursday, but Lions coach Steve Mariucci would not name the starter for Sunday, according to the Detroit Free Press.
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November 14, 2005
Although coach Steve Mariucci praised how Joey Harrington played yesterday, he stopped short of naming him the starter over Jeff Garcia for Week 11, according to the Detroit News. "I'll decide at the end of the week," Mariucci said. "When Jeff is completely healthy, I felt that he would be the starter. The fact is he's not (recovered from leg injuries). Until then, we'll have to decide and see where he goes."
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November 13, 2005
Joey Harrington had one of the best games of his career on Sunday. Harrington completed 21-of-31 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns without a turnover. He played well enough to at least make head coach Steve Mariucci think about sticking with him even if Jeff Garcia is ready to return next week.
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November 10, 2005
Lions coach Steve Mariucci announced Thursday that Joey Harrington would start on Sunday against the Cardinals, according to the AP. Jeff Garcia is still bothered by a sore leg. "We are about where we were last week," Mariucci said. "Joey will start, because he's been the one taking the snaps in practice."
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November 7, 2005
Joey Harrington took a shot to a knee in the fourth quarter but finished Sunday's game, according to the Detroit News. Coach Steve Mariucci said the injury will factor into his decision on whether Harrington or Jeff Garcia will start this week. Harrington said the injury wasn't serious.
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November 7, 2005
Starting in place of the injured Jeff Garcia, Joey Harrington completed 28-of-48 passes for 263 yards, one touchdown and two INTs. Harrington also lost a fumble, and he certainly did nothing to keep the starting job once Garcia is healthy.
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November 4, 2005
Joey Harrington will start for the Lions on Sunday because of Jeff Garcia's ongoing left leg problems, according to the Detroit Free Press.
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October 23, 2005
Joey Harrington has lost his starting job to Jeff Garcia, according to the Detroit Lions web site.
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October 20, 2005
Joey Harrington shared first-team snaps with Jeff Garcia in practice on Thursday, according to ESPN's John Clayton. It's possible that Garcia could take over for Harrington as soon as this weekend.
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September 2, 2005
Joey Harrington won't play in tonight's preseason finale because of a sore groin, according to the Detroit Free Press. However, he would be able to play if it was a regular season game. "I think it's probably smart to freshen him up as much as we can at this point," Lions coach Steve Mariucci said.
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September 1, 2005
Joey Harrington aggravated a sore groin in the last preseason contest and is considered questionable for the finale on Friday, according to the Detroit News. "It's something that has kind of been nagging through camp a little bit and a little bit on Monday night," Harrington said. "And now's the time to rest it."
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August 22, 2005
Having completed 14-of-15 passes during his first two preseason games, Joey Harrington has erased any doubt about whether he could hold off Jeff Garcia as the starting quarterback in Detroit, according to the Detroit News. "He's been our starter, he is our starter, and he will be our starter," coach Steve Mariucci said Sunday. "I don't know how else to explain it."
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January 13, 2005
Lions president Matt Millen and coach Steve Mariucci issued a joint statement Wednesday not only rejecting a report that the club may release Joey Harrington but also stating that they had not even considered such an action. "We have absolutely no intention of releasing Joey Harrington, and there has been no organizational discussion about cutting Joey," the statement read. "Joey had his best season this past year and we firmly believe that he will continue to improve.
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January 4, 2005
Lions coach Steve Mariucci said yesterday that Joey Harrington will be the starting quarterback for 2005, according to the Detroit News. "He's played some of his better games late in the year and has shown development," Mariucci said. "He has shown improvement. We've given him every opportunity to do that. We expect him to be even a better quarterback next year."
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