Comments on: Matt Leinart doesn't want to be a backup quarterback

By: ejmat

ejmat — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:54:10 +0000

JimmySmith says:
September 1, 2010 10:49 AM
I mean Childress thinks T Jack Off is a real QB, why not Matt Leinart? He at least sucks equally bad.
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Got to love it. Do you just go into every article and make a negative Viking remark? What about the packers? Who is there back ups again? TJ has probably done more in his 4 years in the league than either of the Packer backups will do in both their careers combined. That’s pretty sad. Maybe the Pack should go after Leinart.

By: runtheball

runtheball — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:19:10 +0000

Is he really worse than:
VInce Young
Jason Campbell
Alex Smith
AJ Feeley
Matt Moore
Jake Delhomme
He really hasn’t gotten an opportunity.

By: Actlikea2yrold

Actlikea2yrold — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:58:25 +0000

ECS – Brougham Boys 74 says: Leinart never had a shot in Arizona. The REAL problem was that he never had an O-line, never had a good run game, and played for a handful of NFL coaching rejects who couldn’t win games if they were playing college teams every week.
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Ok, now your stuck on the cough syrup. How would you explain Kurt Warner’s success in the same system, with the same O-line, same run game blah blah blah??? Are you kidding, better than any QB in college huh? You have got to be canadian, that is the only legitamate excuse for the drabble you spill. He was surrounded by talent on both sides of the ball in college, that made him shine, no doubt he did a good job, but the crutch he had at USC made him good. Carson was the last QB to come out of there that could hold his own without the huge supporting cast. He is Capt Checkdown, you check the film, and he will never get a chance to start a whole season with great WR like Boldin and Fitz because he sucks and cant use them, instead he will not take a chance and check it down to a inferrior TE, or a RB out of the back field, and that hasnt worked since Gannon. So dont waste our time with the BS that he never got a chance. Every coach he has had since he has been there has seen they needed someone else, and what now? are they all idiots? Just STFU, this guy is done, move on. Next story dumbass.

By: bubbaskins

bubbaskins — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:18:13 +0000

Just watch Leinart in the interviews right after losing to Texas and Vince Young. You could tell he was a spoiled bratt and wouldn't deal well with adversity. He couldn't even bring himself to say he got outplayed. The interview later in the locker room was worse calling Vince Young a freak. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jy9pKvaViI

By: DirtDawg55

DirtDawg55 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:54:15 +0000

Glazer misheard him. Or is that misremembered? Leinart did not say “I have done enough”. What he said was “I am done, … Enough!”, as in leave me alone, my career is finished.

By: intrepidbullitt

intrepidbullitt — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:04:38 +0000

He won’t have to worry about being a backup.
Unless he goes to Oakland, he’ll be free to roam USC asking, “Do you know who I am?”

By: ECS - Brougham Boys 74

ECS - Brougham Boys 74 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:44:54 +0000

Leinart never had a shot in Arizona. Never understood it myself, he was a better college QB than Carson Palmer or Matt Sanchez or David Carr or any other QB you could think up. I just assume it’s because Arizona’s front office is one of the longest-running jokes in the NFL.
I’ve watched Leinart play, and he’s not nearly as bad as people think. The REAL problem was that he never had an O-line, never had a good run game, and played for a handful of NFL coaching rejects who couldn’t win games if they were playing college teams every week. Even worse, those INTs he racked up generally weren’t his own fault. Go ahead, go back and watch the tape (or feel free to just look at numbers on a piece of paper and assume it’s the whole story). You’ll see that most of his INTs were due to receivers missing routes, bobbling easy passes into the air, etc. You can’t blame that on a QB. It’s not like this kid actually got to play a full season or two with Boldin and Fitzgerald in their prime. No, that honor fell to one of the luckiest “right place at the right time” QBs in the history of the NFL.
Arizona and Whisenhunt, however, are both so colossally stupid and inept that they have basically publicly announced their intention to cut Leinart, eliminating any possibility of a favorable trade. Who’s going to give you a first-rounder AND take on that $50m contract, when everyone knows you plan to cut him in a week? What a bunch of bumbling amateur-hour morons. No wonder Arizona is the toilet bowl of the NFL. Poor coaching, worse ownership.
Pete Carroll is going to go after Leinart, but he’ll either wait for Leinart to restructure his contract with the Cards (a la Leroy Hill), or just wait for him to get cut and pick him up on the cheap. Thanks to the countless morons who’ve coached AZ, and the countless media pundits who judge Leinart by his stats, Seattle will be able to pickup Leinart on the CHEAP and pull another Mike Williams restoration project. Pete Carroll has to be loving life right now.
Just like I love being an NFC West fan. You can always count on Arizona to make the worst moves possible and never be a serious threat. The only question now is how long Fitz will tolerate the circus in Arizona before demanding a trade to a team that might actually win a few games in the next decade.

By: superb owl

superb owl — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:32:00 +0000

as of the middle of the 2008 season warner surpassed leinart in winning percentage in az.

By: PackerFanTastic

PackerFanTastic — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:56:12 +0000

He’s done enough in this league to get booted out on his rear end. What an idiot!

By: TFormation

TFormation — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:39:00 +0000

Love the reference to Kordell Stewart… although it makes me nervous… with Caleb Hanie still hurt, I can see the Bears front office salivating over Leinart… oblivious to Leinart’s mouth/character/entitlement/horrible stats… possibly picking Leinart up off waivers, or worse, trading something for him.
Leinart fits right in with the Rex Grossman/Kordell Stewart/Rick Mirer/(Jay Cutler?) pattern of Bears QBs with lots of potential that fizzle on the field…

By: Bwa Ha Ha

Bwa Ha Ha — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:09:40 +0000

Is he available in Madden? He can start there.

By: mwcarolina

mwcarolina — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:58:17 +0000

(“He likely could start for the Panthers.”)
WRONG, guess again. i think Leinart has potential to start in Seattle.
(“Matt Moore cant play now that teams have had a chance to see his tendencies.”)
i could agree there.
(“Clausen likely wont be able to play simply because there hasnt been a NFL caliber QB come from Notre Dame since Steve Beurlein.”)
Now you lost me. So Clausen cant do well because he went to Notre Dame. Yeah and Tee Martin is lighting it up in the NFL because of Tennessee and Mark Sanchez WILL bust because of Matt Leinart not doing well, quarterbacks do NOT bust because of their schools, I think Clausen will have a good, not great NFL career.

By: dlmcc0909

dlmcc0909 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:57:34 +0000

People also believing this kid should start, also need to keep in mind that he has lost the faith of the guys in the locker room. This is a veteran team and when that happens, its time to put the white flag up.

By: INTENSEG

INTENSEG — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:55:15 +0000

Matt all I can say is, If you didn’t want to be the backup, you should have played like a starter every time you got the ball. You didn’t so you lose your job to a guy who actually sucks as bad as you. The only one to blame is yourself Matt.

By: Rhapsody

Rhapsody — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:52:41 +0000

There are a few morons on this site that think they are smarter than the Cardinals coaches. With Leinart running his mouth in the press, he would reveal if there was any single recent event that caused him to get benched, It wasn’t his stats. It was his inability to execute the playbook. If the play is a 30 yd fade, a checkdown is the last resort, not the first option taken. In other words, Leinart has no guts, no glory blood in his veins. He is playing for himself, his own stats, and not for the team. He is playing scared, and his teammates and coaches can sense it. He has either lost his confidence, or never had it.

By: dlmcc0909

dlmcc0909 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:51:07 +0000

This guy has the same crap attitude JaMarcus Russell had. He expects to be a starter, but doesnt put the effort in to improve. He has been awful. These guys have been coddled their whole lives and now they cant understand why life isnt as easy as it once was.
It amazes me to see some apologists on here for him. There is no team in the NFL that wants to deal with a kid lacking in talent and maturity. I understand Delhomme sucks over in Cleveland. But he has a track record at least. Leinart has never done anything and expects hes going to just walk on the field and be the starter like hes Brett Favre? Come on.

By: Meat Tuperello

Meat Tuperello — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:49:01 +0000

It’s clear that Whisencunt doesn’t like Matt. It was clear when he had one bad pre season game and other wise outplayed Kurt Warner and was benched. Up until late last season he had a better winning % in Arizona than the overrated Warner.
It’s even more clear that he isn’t Whisencunt’s guy.
There are teams that he easily could/should start for and numerous others that he is better than the starting qb, but the teams have made an investment in the player and would not make the change(St. Louis, Detroit, etc.).
I hope he ends up in the NFC west, he could easily start for any of those teams outside of say Hasselbeck in Seattle, but with his injury history he would start half the games in Seattle.
Enjoy your 4-12 record Arizona…

By: hemry27

hemry27 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:44:16 +0000

“Matt Leinhart doesn’t want to be a back up”
Me either. Hey Matt, let’s go coach at USC! We’ll be great. Dueche-bag.

By: mattgso

mattgso — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:35:28 +0000

When this guy he wanted another year in college to continue “being a kid”, that should have sent up red flags.
This is the pros. You gotta want it.

By: Pottsville Maroons = 1925 NFL Champs

Pottsville Maroons = 1925 NFL Champs — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:26:22 +0000

Has this guy ever had a real shot to be a starter? Whisenhunt must really have an axe to grand with Leinart. As someone posted previously, the coach has absolutely no alleigiance to him because he didn’t draft him. But, is DA really the future of the Cardinals? That’s the question the HC has to ask himself. This division is certainly still winable, so he must think DA gives them the best chance at it. NFC West has the worst set of starting QB’s in the league by far, and I say that because Bradford is unproven, Hasselbeck is past his prime, and Smith can be decent, but relatively unproven.
Point being, it’s time for a fresh start somewhere else, Leinart.

By: SDW2001

SDW2001 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:14:01 +0000

Dude…what a clown. Totally agree with this statement: “He doesn’t realize what stage of his career he’s reached.” LOL. Right on.

By: Resolution

Resolution — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:06:54 +0000

Leinart is Carr?! The _only_ way thats true is they both want to start. Carr is better than Leinart in almost every meaningful and valuable way. Show me a person who wants Leinart over Carr and I’ll show you someone who doesn’t know much about Football, or care for team morale.

By: CYGNUS X-1

CYGNUS X-1 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:04:58 +0000

I don’t blame him,he has been a backup since whisenhunt came and wants his chance to start.if he was good enough to start his first 2 years which were ended by injuries then whisenhunt should give him a fair shot which he has not.he may well suck but how do you know for sure?first he rotates him with warner then gives warner the job because he is the veteran.ok that worked out for them and leinart did not bitch and moan about it but then he gives the job to anderson because leinart did what was asked of him?just say he did not fit your philosophy or whatever and let him go. if he sucks then nobody will want him right?and isn’t standing up for yourself showing passion which is what florio keeps saying he doesn’t have?what more can he possibly learn by going to a new team and being a backup?

By: trickbunny

trickbunny — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:03:04 +0000

somebody said:
“I’m amazed the Cards still think Anderson is a better option after seeing what he did in Cleveland the past few years.”
Except that he didn’t have people like Larry Fitzgerald and Steve Breaston to catch the ball in Cleveland. He had Braylon “Stonehands” Edwards and Syndric “Who?” Steptoe and the like. Yes, Edwards was an asset in 2007 when DA put together a Pro Bowl year, but that was before he was suddenly afflicted with the inability to catch. That came out of nowhere in 2008.
I think the chances are just as good as not that DA might be able to get back to being a decent QB having the help he does now. Let’s face it- the last couple years in Cleveland, he had ZERO talent around him to work with.

By: yardbarker

yardbarker — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:59:43 +0000

they say people in hades don’t want to burn also.

By: thetechnocrat

thetechnocrat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:58:29 +0000

I’m good enough to take a snap and checkdown. Can I be a starter too? I’ll take the rookie minimum and even put in the contract to take my issues to the coach and not the media.
Beat it honkeytain! Go get ready for the welfare line in 5 years or less.

By: andyprough

andyprough — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:57:51 +0000

Matt has clearly reading the Kordell Stewart playbook on how to ruin your value as a qb in the NFL. Now, if only “super-agent” Leigh Steinberg can find some schmuck owner stupid enough to sign him for a long-term deal with tens of millions in guaranteed money, he will complete his transformation from a semi-talented qb to an untouchable pariah who can only get a job on Joes vs. Pro’s.
Good luck on that Matt. Usually works out well for guys.

By: petro

petro — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:50:44 +0000

That picture of him on the bench with his arms strectched out, sums that dude up perfectly.

By: nstarqb

nstarqb — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:50:36 +0000

Dude has 3 incompletions this preseason and no picks. I dont get why the cardnials wont give him a shot in the season and see if he can do it. If he is terrible for 2 meaniful games then make the switch. He doesn’t have to throw for 4,000 yards and be kurt warner all he has to do is manage the game and have the team win.

By: JungleClone

JungleClone — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:41:22 +0000

I don’t blame him, he’s too good for that….HAHA!!!