Aug 25th 2008 2:35PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: AZ Cardinals, NFC West, NFL Media WatchIt’s not that we hate Chris Mortensen here at FanHouse. We really don’t, I swear. It’s just that this Cardinals QB situation perfectly illustrates how we think he sometimes just makes up his scoops from out of the clear blue sky.

Consider:

- Matt Leinart plays horribly Saturday night in what all coaches regard as the most important preseason game. He had been neck and neck with Kurt Warner up to this point. So it would seem that Warner’s going to win the job.

- The next day, Mort reports that he has a “source” that told him Warner will be named the starter.

- A beat writer for the Arizona Cardinals acknowledges Mort’s scoop and keeps digging … only to find nothing concrete.

- Now this: “I haven’t read the paper today or seen the Internet,” (Head Coach Ken) Whisenhunt said. “Do we have a quarterback? … It seems like Chris Mortensen is making the decision on our quarterback for our football team. … But nothing has changed.”Also contained in the above article was that no decision on the starting QB in the desert has been made, and that Leinart’s pathetic display Saturday night would not be a huge portion of the ultimate decision.Continue Reading