Chris Mortensen of ESPN is reporting the Falcons have signed former first round quarterback Joey Harrington to a two-year deal. Financial terms were not yet immediate. Atlanta needed a backup after trading Matt Schaub to the Houston Texans last month.
Given the other quarterback options of Anthony Wright, Jay Fiedler and Chris Redman, Harrington isn’t a bad signing. He’ll compete with Redman and last year’s seventh round pick, D.J. Shockley, to be Michael Vick’s backup. However, this isn’t a move to bask in if Vick potentially does go down. Harrington seems fine in a spot duty, but showed at the conclusion of last year in Miami that his weaknesses will eventually come to the surface.
