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NFL News: Atlanta QB Carousel Keeps Spinning
You again? Joey Harrington is once again the starter in Atlanta. (AP Images)
It's the NFL job that nobody wants: starting QB for the Atlanta Falcons.
For the fourth time in five games, the Atlanta Falcons have switched starting quarterbacks, with coach Bobby Petrino turning the job back over to Joey Harrington for the Thanksgiving night matchup against the Indianapolis Colts.
Harrington, 29, has started eight games for the Falcons this season and has posted a record of 3-5, including two straight victories before being replaced by Byron Leftwich last week.
The move is bizarre considering that most pundits - who are guessing at this point anyways - assumed Petrino made the move to Leftwich to evaluate the former Jacksonville signal-caller. But now it appears as though winning football games is once again Atlanta's main goal.
Currently, the Falcons are listed as +12.5 point home underdogs on Thanksgiving Thursday against the visiting Colts.