Aug 24th 2008 10:41AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: AZ Cardinals, NFC West, NFL Fans
Matt Leinart had a nice little game against the Chiefs last week, coming off the bench to complete 6 of 9 passes for 54 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. After the game he said something about not living in fear of losing his job if he makes an errant throw, a bad read, or doesn’t execute a textbook three-step drop. “That’s not the way I approach it,” he said. “No one is perfect. No one is going to make the play every single time. Obviously, there’s going to be bad plays. No one is perfect. You are not going to throw a great ball every time. If I worried about that I wouldn’t be playing football.” Well, he may not be worried about it, but he could have plenty of time to contemplate his soon-to-be Sunday afternoon fate: standing on the sidelines pretending to hope Kurt Warner, newly installed Cardinals starter, doesn’t throw a pick-six on his next attempt. You see, Leinart, who’s had a horrendous record against the Raiders, made his way to Oakland for a Week 3 preseason game and promptly laid an egg.

He finished the evening 4 of 12 for 24 yards, no touchdowns and three interceptions. On the upside, the Cards still managed to win the game. Still, the ’s Kent Somers suspects that such an outing won’t do much for Leinart’s shot at the full-time gig. Shocking, I know.Continue Reading