The Word On The Street
The boiling point may have finally been reached.
Jay Glazer is reporting that he's heard from several sources some members of the Cardinals spent the day shopping Matt Leinart. Its nice to see someone other then Schefter break a story, and Jay must have heard from Matt. If you don't remember Jay is the one that trained Matt on some mma skills in the offseason and the video is here. So is Whiz just doing this to see how Matt reacts, or is he going to be gone before the season starts?
We are in a tough spot here now. There is no possible way we can get fair value out of this deal. Matt has the chance to be a good quarterback in this league, and everybody knows we may have to cut him now depending on how the talk went and if he will be a good teammate if he doesn't start. If we can get a 2nd round pick then it would be surprising. Our best hope is that a bidding war breaks out among potential suitors.
Who wants this reformed Hollywood party boy? The obvious choice is Pete Carroll in Seattle, but the last thing we want to do is trade him within the division. We will take a lesser trade than have to face him twice a year. This is the order of interest as I see it, and as an fyi I have zero inside information just speculation.
Washington Redskins - Shanahan is new, and he only has McNabb under contract for 1 year and McNabb is hurt right now. Matt is a better option then Sexy Rexy as a backup. I imagine Washington will want to re-work Matt's deal to get 2 years of service out of him and not have to deal with that balloon he has in his contract for next year.
New York Football Giants - Jim Sorgi just went on IR for the year, and the G-Men don't have another legit backup quarterback. They could use somebody like Matt, but the value would be less to them because they have Eli as the starter. It would probably be only a 1 year thing.
New England Patriots - Bill Bellichick is one crafty dude. If he can get a steal on Matt I think he may take it. Brady and Leinart are friends as well, and Billy can make anyone a winner.
Pittsburgh Steelers - Are they really going to start Byron Leftwich for 4 games?
Cleveland Browns - Jake Delhomme, really?
Kansas City Chiefs - Maybe Todd Haley will do Whiz a favor.
Minnesota Vikings - The bonespur in Brett's ankle is not good news for Chilly.
There could be a dark horse that comes in to play as well. Our best hope is a bidding war between a few teams, otherwise we are looking at a conditional late-round pick.
We don't have anything to worry about yet. Whiz is the captain of this boat, and he will take the SS Birdgang through the stormy waters. I think we can start Max Hall and still win the division because of Whiz's brilliance in game planning. When Big Ben was a rookie the Steelers went 14-1 with him including the playoffs. From what I heard then, Whiz just had to dumb down the playbook for him and give him less reads or only half the field to work off with since he was younger.
I think our D can carry us no matter who the quarterback is. We have a stable of running backs that are all studs. We have the best receiver in the league, and three young receivers that are all ready to break out. The quarterback just has to manage the game and the get the ball near those guys. I think we'll be ok no matter what. I also think Leinart is going to be a good quarterback, so we need to get some type of fair value if we part ways with him. I just hope the situation hasn't detiorated so bad we have to take a deal for no value.
In Whisenhunt we trust,
Ozzy
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