As most of you probably know, I am one of the Cardinals fans who thinks that Leinart has a lot of upside, and we should try to let him get some gametime whenever it is possible, but after seeing how it looks like Warner's hip injury is bothering him more than he is saying it is I'm wondering if it is time to let him get his shot.

Don't get me wrong, Kurt Warner is one of my favorite football players of all time, I have been a fan of him since I first saw him with the 1999 St. Louis Rams, and I think that he still has the talent to play well, but I'm starting to get concerned. As we saw on Sunday, even though Kurt is capable of some amazing things, he will occasionally lay an egg and make some mind boggling mistakes. But he has had a career that should guarantee a spot in the Hall of Fame.

He is still doing well with the short and medium length passes, but it looks like the hip injury is limiting how well he can throw the deep ball, or maybe it is just the coverage that our receivers have gotten, but the passing game hasn't been as explosive as it once was. I think that he still has a year or two left in him, but some of what has happened with us this year is concerning.

Luckilly, we have Matt Leinart, who I believe is one of the best backups in the NFL and he could be a starter on several teams in the NFL right now. Even though he had a good rookie year on a Cardinals team that was nowhere as good as it was last year [and seemingly never recovered from the infamous Monday Night Game that made Denny Green lose it], the Quarterback Rotation and the broken collarbone screwed over his entire second year. Thank God that Kurt put up some amazing numbers after Leinart went down, or Whisenhunts first year would have been crap.

It also seems like the year off after the injury may have helped him. From what I have seen, Leinart looks more mature now, and he had a great Preseason, including the near comeback against the Packers in the second half that almost made that game bearable.

I believe that Leinart could be like Aaron Rodgers, it is almost the same situation, except Leinart has been a starter for an entire season while Rodgers didn't do much until Brett Favre "retired", and it is pretty obvious to me that sitting behind Favre helped out Rodgers a lot. Hopefully, Leinart being with Warner for the last couple years could help him do the same thing for the Cardinals that he did with the Trojans.

Just so I can be clear with what I think, Leinart should get some time in the games when we have a lead, especially when we play the Rams, but I don't think he should take over yet this year unless Warner has some kind of meltdown over the next couple of games. I do think that he will take over sometime next season.

What does everyone else here think?