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Monday, November 19, 2007
QBs in limbo - so’s the entire team
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Things continue to spiral for the Falcons.
The 31-7 loss to Tampa Bay was ugly and the way things unraveled, players finally seemed to have their spirits broken. They got beat bad and the loss damaged any realistic hope players had of making a playoff push.
Add serious injuries to starting defensive tackles Rod Coleman (right triceps, hand) and Trey Lewis (right knee) and offensive tackle Todd Weiner (surgically repaired left knee) and things look bad.
Oh, and then there’s that little quarterback issue. A controversy it’s not. When a team is 3-7, calling it a controversy might be overstating the relevance. However, Bobby Petrino’s yo-yoing of Joey Harrington and Byron Leftwich is a potentially counter-productive tack.
There were no injury or starting quarterback updates Monday as Petrino gave the team off to rest for Thursday night’s home game against defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis.
Petrino seemed to be in full support of Leftwich last week but when Leftwich didn’t perform well he re-inserted Harrington, the former starter who had won two straight games. Players didn’t question the decision to play Leftwich but there were some privately expressed concerns about the lack of commitment to either player.
Leftwich said he expected to start. Harrington said he didn’t know what to expect but he would assume he would be No. 2.
