<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>After more than a month of haggling, and intermittent acrimony in the bargaining between the two teams, the Lions accepted a sixth-round pick in the 2007 draft in exchange for the four-year veteran. The choice can escalate to a fifth-rounder if Harrington reaches certain playing time thresholds.The deal will allow Harrington to begin participating in Miami's organized team activities, which begin on Monday. The Dolphins pushed for a resolution to the prolonged talks because they want Harrington to have time to assimilate the offense before the club convenes for a three-day mini-camp June 9-11.Last month, Miami offered Detroit a sixth-round selection in the 2007 draft and the Lions refused to make a deal. In fact, Lions team president Matt Millen attempted during the draft to seek other suitors and was in talks with the Cleveland Browns about a trade. But because of his contractual situation, and the need for any new team to readjust a deal deemed too prohibitive for a backup, Harrington held some leverage and essentially refused to discuss a restructuring with any team but the Dolphins.Apparently, adding the provision that can raise the compensation to a fifth-round choice was enough to satisfy Detroit officials.Under his Detroit contract, Harrington was due a $4 million roster bonus on June 15 and a 2006 base salary of $4.5 million. Until the latest movement in talks between the Lions and Dolphins, it appeared that Millen might simply keep Harrington until just before the roster bonus became due. Harrington last month reached a tentative two-year agreement with the Dolphins, which prompted Millen to suggest that Miami officials had acted improperly. The NFL Management Council, the league's labor arm, ruled that there was no impropriety, and that Harrington was free to deal with teams because the Lions had granted him and agent David Dunn the right to seek out potential trade partners. At various times after the Lions publicly announced that Harrington would not return in 2006, and that they would attempt to trade him, various franchises indicated interest in the former University of Oregon star. He visited with the Cincinnati Bengals and there were indications that the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs had varying degrees of interest as well. None of those teams stepped forward, however, with the kind of conviction the Dolphins demonstrated. The Dolphins covet Harrington as an insurance policy against the possibility that starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper, who is still rehabilitating from surgery to repair three torn ligaments in his right knee, might not be available at the outset of the regular season. Acquired from the Minnesota Vikings in a trade for a second-round draft choice, Culpepper is said to be ahead of schedule for his recovery, but there are still doubts about when he will be completely rehabilitated from the severe injury suffered in October. If Culpepper cannot open the season, Harrington would be the Dolphins' starter. Harrington, 27, started 55 games for the Lions and posted a record of 18-37. He completed 986 of 1,802 passes for 10,242 yards, with 60 touchdown passes and 62 interceptions, for an efficiency rating of 68.1. Harrington started 11 games in 2005, was benched at one point in favor of Jeff Garcia, and then regained his starting job. He reportedly asked Lions officials earlier in the spring, including Millen and first-year head coach Rod Marinelli, to either trade or release him. Detroit has signed a trio of veteran quarterbacks -- Jon Kitna, Josh McCown and Shaun King -- in the offseason. Kitna and McCown will compete for the starting job.</div><div align="center">Source</div>Finally. I would say this was a good trade for us, considering our starting QB at the moment is Cleo Lemon. We desperately needed an experienced veteran to come in and add some depth at QB while Culpepper is recovering.
I don't want a 50% Culpepper so I think this was a good pick up.Lets face it he was an underachiever in Detroit but seriously there team sucked and had no receivers.Now in this draft the first 3 rounds receivers are taken after you know your starting QB most likely isn't going to be back for next season,what a way to draft.
I like this deal for the Dolphins because Joey's going to learn some pointers from Daunte and he should be a solid backup
I hope he does ok because then maybe we will get the 5th rounder. I'm glad to see him go he was a downer to the organization and wanted too much mone.
Yes! He is gone! Now he can show the world that it wasn't just our line that made him look like he sucked, and that it was acctually him all along.
I like this pickup for the Dolphins, a player with starting experience that never lived up to his potential. I think half the reason he was so horrible is that his arm is more of a long ball, gun slinger type arm, and the west coast offense does not allow for him to be a gun slinger it is more short range controlled passes. In Miami i think he will do well if Culpepper can't go, as our offense has better talent than than the Lions offense, and the Dolphins coaching staff is better than the Lions so he has better teachers. He will also be able to gun the ball down field with the Dolphins style of offense. This was a smart move by the Dolphins.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pistonfan11 @ May 13 2006, 08:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes! He is gone! Now he can show the world that it wasn't just our line that made him look like he sucked, and that it was acctually him all along.</div> :worthy: PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD! the Lions did two good things. first, Millen did something productive while getting rid of this piano playing-bad QB YESSSSS!and i have the right to Caps lock only when it has to do with ripping harrington! i like him, but not as a lion, good luck in Miami and say Dolphins fans. Joey, you might be filling in for Culpepper when he's back and healthy, but atleast you may actually have a carreer there.
Good move by the Dolphins, they give up literally nothing for him too. A 6th or 7th round pick...not a bad deal. Culpepper may never be the same after that injury he had, he was very mobile as big as he was and I guess he may have lost a step or two. That's not a bad backup to have behind Daunte. Good move Dolphins.
Dolphins are gonna make the playoffs man, Culpepper will play like a Pro Bowler again, he has 3 good recievers to throw it to and our defense isnt as good as it once was but is still strong enough to allow us to win.Anyway, about the trade. It is a good move for the Dolphins cuz it gives us a decent QB to fill in for Culpepper as I heard he might miss the first 3or so games cuz of that leg injury. Hope he can do good those first couple of games.
I don't really care about this because Joey Harrignton is going to fade into obscurity. He's had his time to learn, and he's made no progress. I don't see this changing anything
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bleeding Green @ Jun 1 2006, 02:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Dolphins will suck either way.</div>This coming from a Jets fan.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LightsOut @ Jun 1 2006, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This coming from a Jets fan. </div>hahahaha ya rly, a fan of a team that will be a celar dweller in the AFC East for the next decade....
hahaha, it's funny how the nfl values picks so much. Didn't dante culpepper get traded for like a second or third rounder? lmao.
