Joey Harrington News

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Tonight, the Atlanta Falcons have another chance to prove they are a playoff contending team on prime time television.

Once upon a time, there was an NFL player whose career may have ended before its time.

Gus Frerotte, John Beck, Joey Harrington, Sage Rosenfels, Cleo Lemon, Damon Huard, Daunte Culpepper, A.J. Feeley, Brian Griese, Ray Lucas, Trent Green, Jay Fiedler .

Ita TMs official: Mark Sanchez is a rookie. Posted by Anthony Stalter Mark Sanchez learned a valuable lesson on Sunday: In the NFL, things can always go from bad to worse.

I'm sure we've all known the guy who thinks it's necessary to point out that the new girl he's seeing is beneath his standards, for one reason or another.

Once upon a time, not long ago, former Detroit Lions head coach Steve Mariucci pleaded with then team president and general manager Matt Millen to pursue Brees as a free agent.

We're an hour from kickoff here at Autzen Stadium and the atmosphere is fairly laid-back. That probably has a lot to do with the early 12:30 p.m. Start and the weather.

New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas is out for Sunday's season-opener against the Detroit Lions.

Saints' preseason snoozer has nothing on her bedtime routine Monday, September 14, 2009 Keith Spera The Saints regular season is under way.

It was a new season and a new roster and a new coach and a new start, but for Lions fans, it was a new quarterback.

Radio host Billy Ryckman, of ESPN 1420 in Lafayette, La., joined Justin Hoff on The Sports Inferno to tell Detroit Lions what to expect from the New Orleans Saints on Sunday's season opener.

In their first game under new head coach Jim Schwartz, the Lions will face a Saints club that humiliated them by a 42-7 count in Week 16 of the 2008 season, just one week before Detroit finished off the first 0-16 season in NFL history with a loss to the Green Bay Packers.

The starters mostly sat and the backups put on a listless performance as the New Orleans Saints dropped their pre-season finale 10-7 to the Miami Dolphins.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, New Orleans Saints Release Harrington and Spicer Among Others on Cut Day On Saturday, the New Orleans Saints reduced their roster size to the league-mandated maximum of 53 players.

Could this be the end of the road for Joey Harrington? As expected, the former Lion was cut Saturday by New Orleans as NFL rosters were trimmed to 53 players.

Quarterback Joey Harrington and defensive end Paul Spicer were among the notables released on Saturday by the New Orleans Saints, who also pulled off a trade for Patriots tight end David Thomas and set their roster at 53.

NFL Network's Jason La Canfora reports the Saints have cut former Lions first-round draft pick Joey Harrington , according to a league source.

Miami's defense didn't give up a point as the Dolphins concluded a perfect preseason.

Joey Harrington's next outing against one of his former teams could decide if the "Piano Man" indeed belongs in the birthplace of jazz.