Jason Campbell is a 10x better qb then Joey Harrington and it isn't even debatable.
You see, I wasn't going to bother but then you went and said that last part.. so now I feel like I must.
Being a huge Lions fan I really liked Joey Harrington and gave him every chance to succeed. I was always the one guy who would defend him. That being said, Joey Harrington just isn't good.
So, I can't help but notice you're a Lions fan, and as a result you saying you tried defending Harrington is suppose to mean.. .. what, again?
Well, it must not mean much, because you contradicted yourself within this small statement. First, you said you gave him 'every' chance to succeed. Then you said you 'would defend him'. Only to end it by saying he just isn't good. That doesn't sound like defending him, and giving him every chance, to me.
I've defended Jake Delhomme since day 1. And to this day, with him being a Cleveland Brown, I will still defend him and say Carolina made a mistake in cutting him.
Do I feel his time as a starter may have been over? Possibly. I don't think I could ever say it was, because in my heart I want to believe he could lead Carolina back to the Superbowl. Yet, as a Matt Moore fan, I knew with as hot as he was - he deserved a shot as well. (Thats, defending someone, regardless of good or bad)
Yes the team sucked but even when he had young talent like Roy Williams and Kevin Jones he still didn't put up very good numbers.
Uhm, okay so we have a RB that had ONE breakout (rookie) campaign. Since then, dropped off the map. And a single star WR, that had 1 1,000 season and a lot of pitiful forgettable ones thereafter.
Joey Harrington was suppose to thrive with that? How, again?
He then went on to Miami and continued to be below average
Below average?
According to the stats.. let's see..
lost his first three starts.. before leading the Dolphins to 5 consecutive victories. In which, he had multiple games with more TDs than INTs, and a QB rating over 100. (solo, against his former team - on National tv)
Doesn't really sound below average, to me.
I guess you came in toward the end of that season, when they pulled Harrington for Lemons. I can see how you could view that as below average, what sitting on a bench and all.
and then he went to Atlanta and again just wasn't good at all.
Uhm, actually it was his stay in Atlanta that proved to be his best.. ever. It was simply piss poor Coaching, and the in-ability to take blame for anything on that same Coaching Staff.. that lead to them releasing Joey.
He played in 13 games. Of those games, he played 6 without throwing a single INT. Of those games, he also had 4 different games of which he had QB ratings over 100. (and two more that were 87. and 93.)
Again, arguably a much better Season stat-wise, in Atlanta, than his previous ones. However, due to a poor win/loss record - Atlanta decided Harrington was the problem, and released him. (They went on to lose all of their remaining games, except for their Season finale against Seattle.)
Jason Campbell is a 10x better qb then Joey Harrington and it isn't even debatable.
So, now for Campbell.
The only thing Campbell has done better, has been throwing for more total yds. He's had two Seasons, his previous two - mind you, in which he's thrown for over 3,000 yds.
His first season, 6 INTs, was in the span of 7 games. Second season, 11 INTs, was in the span of 13 games. His INT total dropped back to 6, playing all 16 games in his 3rd season, then went back to what seems to be his 'norm'.. throwing 15 INTs, out of 16 games, this previous season.
Harrington's INT average, admittedly is a lot worse. Averaging over 10 per season, and his highest was 22 (his 2nd year). Yet Harrington has also thrown more TDs than Campbell, on average, per season.
Only once, did Campbell out-do Harrington via TDs, by one. (20 - this past season)
So, through stats Campbell seems to be IMPROVING. And I'll give him that. Yet, under the right circumstances, Harrington isn't a failure. And could be a very good back-up.
Which is the point, I'm making.
Campbell in Oakland, could be good. Its hard to look worse than shit, which is what Russell looks a lot like right now. And Harrington is (in my opinion) a step-up, from Josh McCown, or the (now) 2 yr pro Cantwell, who hasn't played a start in the NFL yet.