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Question Of The Day: Does Matt Leinart Get Cut By The Arizona Cardinals?

The question of the day is simple and one I'm sure Rod Graves and Ken Whisenhunt are deliberating about as we speak. Do you cut Matt Leinart? Vote in the poll and share your opinion in the comment section below.

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Does Matt Leinart Get Cut By The Arizona Cardinals?
Yes
309 votes
No
109 votes
He'll be traded
152 votes

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close vote so far....

I voted yes cuz I can’t see how he can stick around after all the drama.

by shazzon1 on Sep 3, 2010 10:44 PM MDT reply actions  

He is to valuable as a back up to straight cut him

But I just can’t see how everyone could coincide after everything that has gone on. Who knows maybe The Whiz is screwing with everyone and names Matt the starter and trades Anderson to Pittsburgh. That would sure get people talking.

Remember no matter where you go in life...there you are!

by McCards010 on Sep 3, 2010 11:12 PM MDT reply actions  

The drama that is going on is between Matt and the staff, not the players.

The team may not have confidence in him, but he is still part of the team. Go back to the Redskins game and you will see Matt giving Max an enthusiastic High-5 after his touchdown run. If he were bitter with his teammates, I doubt if we would have seen that. Not that I want him to stay or go, but I don’t think the relationship is unrepairable.

Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.

by hevchv on Sep 4, 2010 5:40 AM MDT up reply actions  

As long as he shut's up and contributes...

I say keep him around. He’s already been paid so we’ll have to just eat that portion of it and he might be servicable as a back up. Who knows, maybe later in the season when we are clicking with D.A. we’ll be able to trade Leinart away to a team in dire need of a QB from an injury or something.

Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!

by boogatt66 on Sep 3, 2010 11:17 PM MDT reply actions  

you forgot

to mention a bag of dicks.

by KDean75 on Sep 4, 2010 6:40 AM MDT up reply actions  

I can understand why they're dragging their feet on this decision

For whatever Leinart isn’t he’s still an ideal back-up in case of any kind of disaster. With that in mind, I can’t see carrying four QB’s and it makes no sense at all to run the very real risk of losing Skelton by attempting to sneak him on to the P.S. Especially when the likelihood of Leinart being back in 2011 is virtually nil.

I think the Whiz has to let go of the side of the pool on this one and let the rookies swim. I know that’s a lot of big talk from someone who needs binoculars to even see the water but to me keeping him is, by the narrowest of margins, is riskier than letting him go.

by Long Beach on Sep 3, 2010 11:18 PM MDT reply actions  

Whisenhunt will give Leinart some time to find another team.

His contract will prevent a team from making a trade. No one will want him that badly. In the end he’ll be cut. If he’s not playing like a guy worth 12 million, and he hasn’t, he won’t be kept for 2011 anyway. His presence would be a poisonous distraction within the team. It’s time for the Cardinals to move on, for better or worse in 2010.

by hadrarius on Sep 3, 2010 11:33 PM MDT reply actions  

Next year he would make about 12 million.

That’s why I said they won’t keep him for 2011 if he doesn’t play up to that money. If he’s not the starter this year then he obviously won’t be worth 12 mil. It’s been my opinion since Warner retired that Leinart would have to play up to his contract this season. Instead he’s losing the job to Derek Anderson. No way he stays beyond 2010, if he even lasts the weekend.

by hadrarius on Sep 4, 2010 11:42 AM MDT up reply actions  

Keeping 4 QB isn't that preposterous

With as many players that have already been cut holding onto all of them until an injury or someone truly unexpected gets cut wouldn’t be a bad idea. Insurance at the most important position cant hurt. The only position i see taking precedent over it would be LB. Running a little thin and not to mention old after all the cuts.

Remember no matter where you go in life...there you are!

by McCards010 on Sep 3, 2010 11:39 PM MDT reply actions   1 recs

got to disagree with you there

two of the six guys we have to keep inactive each week would be QB’s, it takes away valuable depth from another position, takes one more player away from ST, and it slows the development of Hall and Skelton. If the third QB gets to do virtually nothing throughout the week what is the fourth going to do, pass out gatorade?

by Long Beach on Sep 3, 2010 11:44 PM MDT up reply actions  

I don't see them keeping 4 all year

Just for the first week or so. Give it more time to shop him or wait and see what position needs more depth.

Remember no matter where you go in life...there you are!

by McCards010 on Sep 4, 2010 12:06 AM MDT up reply actions  

problem is

someone else has to go by tomorrow and whoever that is may not get to come back. I’m not saying it’s impossible for that to happen but I can’t see taking the risk for what little upside it would offer. At the end of the day he’s either comfortable with Hall as his back-up or he isn’t but keeping four around isn’t going to make that decision go away.

by Long Beach on Sep 4, 2010 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions  

Its a great point and I agree

If it was easy it would of been made already.

Remember no matter where you go in life...there you are!

by McCards010 on Sep 4, 2010 12:24 AM MDT up reply actions  

i have to disagree with as this team needs two vets at qb and hall or skelton don't work. the value is in when anderson falters gets injured etc. you need a matt leinart.

this is my last post on leinart and the qb bullshit ’10. if leinart is cut, traded etc. the cardinals organization is going to regret the decision period and to this i have no doubts.

by az78true on Sep 4, 2010 2:22 AM MDT up reply actions  

I still see a chance in Matt Leinart starting next Sunday

The Cardinals have invested too much money in him. He’s also done nothing wrong, really. He hasn’t thrown any interceptions. He hasn’t had a breakdown in front of the media, and he hasn’t gotten overly angry at Coach Whiz and the Cardinals. For the little amount of time he’s played, he done fairly reasonable. Maybe he’s been to cautious, but that’s because there’s so much pressure on him. He’ll probably loosen up once he’s surrounded by starters throughout the game.

Coach Whiz already said that he finds nothing wrong in Matt’s attitude and that he understands why he’s angry. That comment pushed all thoughts, as small as they were, of Coach Whiz throwing the team because he doesn’t like Matt Leinart personally from my head.

by Skii on Sep 3, 2010 11:40 PM MDT reply actions  

Ya because it's retarded...

Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!

by boogatt66 on Sep 4, 2010 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions  

Retarded definitely comes to mind

but as I’m not “officially” out of the woods yet in regards to my bet with Toolman for writing the “why I’m a dope” article. I don’t want to have to re-use too many adjectives in describing myself should the utterly impossible notion come to pass.

by Long Beach on Sep 4, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions  

Saying that he was benched for personal reasons sounds like he was overly ****** off at Coach to me...

That being said, if DA struggles or gets injured I’d rather have Matt go in than Max Hall who is still a rookie. I’ve heard that he thinks his best chance to become a starter is if he stays here, and if he is behaving now I think they could keep him.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.

by JoeCB1991 on Sep 4, 2010 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions  

Having 2 rookie backups is not unheard of.

Green Bay did it a few years ago when Rodgers took over and they drafted two rookies after letting Brett Flaver go. Be it they had Mr. Accurate in Aaron, but they obviously weren’t worried about him getting injured either. Could happen. I don’t care. 8 days till game day. Let’s get, let’s get, let’s get, let’s get, let’s get!

Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.

by hevchv on Sep 4, 2010 5:49 AM MDT up reply actions  

FO ?

Maybe the FO said play him at least 1 game, so that we know, it’s our money ?

by scsa69 on Sep 4, 2010 2:12 AM MDT reply actions  

I say No

There are other possibilities

by KholdStare88 on Sep 4, 2010 2:28 AM MDT reply actions  

I guess Matt won't be going to the Giants as they just got Sage Rosenfels from the Vikings for a draft pick.

Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.

by hevchv on Sep 4, 2010 5:50 AM MDT reply actions  

I will be absolutely stunned...

if Leinart is NOT cut. Whisenhunt has already laid it all out in his coded language. He said the question is can Matt handle being the backup QB? he implied that he doubts Matt can be effective in that role. As such, Leinart has no value anymore to the staff.

http://www.reverbnation.com/chrisfarmer

by Undrafteds on Sep 4, 2010 7:49 AM MDT reply actions   1 recs

He just got released

by cardsfannc on Sep 4, 2010 12:17 PM MDT reply actions  

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