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Petrino: QB Leftwich will start when healthy

Atlanta Falcons
11/15/2007 12:42 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Byron Leftwich will be the Falcons' starting quarterback. It is just a matter of when — and that could be Sunday against Tampa Bay. "If we were going today, Joey [Harrington] would start because you don't know how Byron's health is, but I don't want to put myself in a corner where if Byron's at 100 percent healthy we wouldn't [start him], because we might," coach Bobby Petrino said. "To be honest with you, we made the decision awhile back that Byron was the starter and Joey was the backup. Right now it's just a health issue, how is he health-wise." Read more