Joey Harrington
Joey Harrington
John Joseph "Joey" Harrington Jr.is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions third overall in the 2002 NFL Draft, where he played for most of his professional career. He played college football at Oregon...
bargain best bust everybody fall hold trying
Hold up your end of the bargain. Get out there and bust (your tail) trying to do your best for your teammates. And when you hold up your end of the bargain and you are accountable to everybody else on the team, things fall into place.
build couple far flowing game guys musical pace players playing relationship sort tough trying
The pace of the game flowing down has everything to do with you being comfortable. My first two years here, we were playing musical receivers, rotating guys in and out of the lineup, guys getting hurt. It was a tough couple years as far as trying to build any sort of comfortable relationship with any of the players out there.
blocks good knows stuck time touched trying
He said, 'I'm trying to make too many big plays,' ... He was trying to make a big play each time he touched the ball, when really if he stuck with his blocks and what he knows how to do, good things will happen.
believe coaches faith guys job lost team trying
There have been times when the coaches didn't believe in me and times when the guys on the team didn't believe in me (but), I never lost faith in myself. I've been trying to get a job back.
football help second stepped stuff trying win worrying
It's like the second I stepped into Detroit. I'm trying to do everything I can to win football games. Worrying about that stuff isn't going to help anything.
approach blue build criticized football great insisted positive rip seeing starts steadily taken team throat tough trying work
It's tough because there are times when I just want to rip someone's throat out, but I've taken the approach of trying to steadily build something. The thing is -- and I've been criticized for it -- I've tended to take the positive out of every situation. I've insisted on it. They've called me 'Joey Blue Skies' and said that I'm not seeing what's actually going on here. Well, I am seeing what's really going on here: We're a young team trying to build something, and when it starts to work -- not if, but when -- we'll be a great football team.
chance coming gave guy half hand step
I was a half step late. He was coming back to the post. It gave their guy a chance to get his hand in there.
anybody becomes beginning best bounce confidence few game perfect played ready season start statement talked team time took week worried
I think this becomes a confidence game more than anything, ... I'm not worried about making a statement to anybody but ourselves. This team is ready to get some confidence, and I think that's the best way to put it. I talked at the beginning of the season about getting a few breaks, making a few plays, getting on a roll, and this is a perfect week to start that, especially after we played Chicago, where we took one in the jaw. It's time to bounce back.
adds definitely
It definitely adds a little something to it.
ballgame kept played terrible
I think more than anything, I feel terrible for our defense, because we let them down today. I went up to them and apologized. There was nothing else to I could say except, 'I'm sorry.' They played hard, and they kept us in the ballgame all day, and offensively we let them down.
city definitely mass people ready team
It is definitely in the back of all of our minds. You see the construction and people getting ready to have a mass of people come to Detroit. What better way to show off the city than having your own team there.
affect meeting worked
The only thing it does affect is having him out here on the field, having him in the meeting room, and he was great. We worked well together.
happen sat specifics talked
We haven't sat and talked specifics at all. That'll happen down the road. We've acknowledged that that could be a possibility.
believe decision offense wherever
Wherever the decision goes, ... I believe this offense will be ready.