Give me a break, they didn’t “stop playing” for Leinart, Leinart just clearly wasn’t ready to step in today. I’m not hating on #7 or anything, I’m actually really excited that he wants to stay here and he wants to get better. He’s been nothing but humble and respectful while sitting behind Warner, and I’m proud of him for that. But when you step in and don’t get the ball to the open receivers, that’s kind of on you. And Leinart doesn’t have the rapport with the receivers that Warner has. Todd Hailey made Warner just trust his receivers and take the shots down field to them, even when they were covered. Also thevanilla play calling has very much to do with it. We play the Rams twice a year, and they know all about the Cards, and vise versa. So when they’ve been game planning for Warner’s Cards and learning his plays and his tendencies, of course they’re going to eat Leinart up. They’re playing against a decent inexperienced Qb who’s running basic, conservative schemes. But you have to give Leinart credit for not turning the ball over. And having Leinart in the game further proves that we desperately need to upgrade the offensive tackles. Lets face it, Warner makes the line look way better than it really is. We need to promote Keith or Johnson (both?) and use the 1st round pick on a tackle. But they have improved in the run, but that goes more to the interior linemen.

I’d put a lot on the coaching staff for not putting more of an emphasis on developing Leinart. I love what they’re doing here, and I’m glad they’re preparing our guys to win, but developing Leinart is very crucial right now. Warner’s only here one more season, Leinart HAS to be ready when he retires.

although i dont think it was AS BAD as you “effing” make it sound. I did notice a drop off in effort when Leinart came in and was very dissappointed as well as bothered by it. That wasnt the only reason for his struggles. He had some overthrown balls, a miscommunication which are all products of zero reps. the play calling also went ultra conservative. none the less he didnt play necessarily bad. He definitely needs to improve as does the team in effort

I can see where scsa69 is coming from and give him props for standing up for our back up QB. But when you think about it, stepping in at that position is not like hopping back on a bike after 10 years of not riding and you can’t put all the blame on others. He’s still young, slightly inexperienced and not in synch with everyone. Where as Warner’s been around how long? Played with this group of receivers how many games? He still has a lot of room for growth and I can see moments of brilliance “doucet reception”. But no apology would really be necessary. He just needs to shut the nay sayers up when it comes his time…. which when it’s his time we’ll probably have some struggles to start but it’ll pay off. Oh yea, I did notice a little less enthusiasm when he took over too. So others need to put in a little more effort.

Is that you?

…that statement is completely false. lol But hate away…