nerdmann
14 years ago
A year or two under MM and this dude would be rehabilitated. We'd trade him for a first, maybe a 2nd, just due to his age.



http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/13/matt-leinart-wants-another-opportunity 

Matt Leinart wants another opportunity

Matt Leinart, the 2004 Heisman winner and the 10th pick in the 2006 draft, will be a free agent whenever the lockout ends. And hes hoping to find a chance to get his career back on track.

Or, as the case may be, to get it on track for the first time.

I am not going to give up, Leinart recently said, according to The Daily Trojan, via NFL.com. I am not going to say it has been unfair, but I am just hoping for the opportunity to come.

But opportunities only come for NFL quarterbacks when injuries strike and warm bodies are needed. Otherwise, quarterbacks need to make their opportunities.

So far, Leinart hasnt.

My career has been like a roller coaster, Leinart said. You never know what is going to happen next.

Roller coasters entail ups and downs. Leinart has had very few high points since being drafted.

And though it didnt help that the coach who drafted him was fired after only one season, Leinart simply wasnt able to hold off Kurt Warner in Arizona. Then, after Warner retired, Leinart couldnt beat out Derek Anderson. Leinart spent 2010 at the bottom of the Texans depth chart.

As Rams G.M. Billy Devaney told PFT Live on Tuesday and as The Brady 6 documentary makes clear, its impossible to know whether a guy can perform at the NFL level until its time to perform at the NFL level. Some guys believe getting drafted in round one represents the pinnacle of their careers, and theyre not willing to put in the extra work and effort and sweat necessary to become star players. Other guys, fueled possibly by sliding into round six, develop an unrelenting determination to become the best.

With Leinart, the fact that he has struggled isnt a surprise. When he decided to remain at USC after winning the Heisman and the national championship, scouts began to wonder whether he truly had the desire to compete at the highest level, or whether he simply wanted to be a celebrity. Through five NFL season, he has lacked the desire or the ability or both to compete in the NFL.

Though plenty of teams need quarterbacks, we simply dont see an opportunity coming for Leinart. And we definitely dont see him making an opportunity for himself.

But, hey, he can always try to prove us wrong. Tom Brady sure would.

"PFT" wrote:


“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”
Greg C.
14 years ago
I think you're forgetting that Ted Thompson, not Mike Sherman is the Packers' GM now. ( Thank God.)

This won't happen in a million years, and no matter what becomes of Leinart, it is extremely unlikely that he'll ever be traded for a first or second round pick. He's not a very good QB.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago
Leinart is not a "football" player in my opinion. Yes, he's in the NFL, but I'm speaking like A.J. Hawk. Maybe this sums it up better, I think football is something Leinart does, not who he is. That's the opposite of what Ted and the Packers aim for.
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Tezzy
14 years ago
"...but I am just hoping for the opportunity to come.
On top of every beard grows a man.
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dhazer
14 years ago
Why would you trade a 1st or 2nd for a guy that was cut from the team? Also why trade for a guy as a backup that came in the league 1 year later than Rodgers. I just don't see any logic at all in this. I thought he was over rated and over hyped coming out of college. Remember he was on basically an NFL team at USC with all the recruiting violations. He never was a great qb and I don't think he ever will be.
Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Why would you trade a 1st or 2nd for a guy that was cut from the team? Also why trade for a guy as a backup that came in the league 1 year later than Rodgers. I just don't see any logic at all in this. I thought he was over rated and over hyped coming out of college. Remember he was on basically an NFL team at USC with all the recruiting violations. He never was a great qb and I don't think he ever will be.

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I believe the Packers would TRADE Leinart FOR a 1st or 2nd is what he's saying. Not trade FOR Leinart, rather pick him up, groom up, train him up and ship him off to get something in return.
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bozz_2006
14 years ago
Yeah, he's a FA (he will be, rather).
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millertime
14 years ago
The whole idea about flipping a QB doesn't really seem to work. You could argue that it has happened in the past: Shaub, Cassel, Hasselbeck, etc; but it seems like teams rarely get a good return on their investment.

Look at the Eagles. They traded a future 1st round pick to Dallas for the second round pick they used on Kevin Kolb. Now they are looking to shop Kolb 4 years later for a 1st or 2nd round pick. They really didn't gain any et value besides having a decent back up for the past couple seasons.

Besides, the only way Leinart would play was if A-Rod went down. Let's pray that doesn't happen.
Packers_Finland
14 years ago


Besides, the only way Leinart would play was if A-Rod went down. Let's pray that doesn't happen.

"millertime" wrote:



I'd rather be ready in the event that it happens than just pray that it doesn't.

That said, Leinart is not the answer.
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Yerko
14 years ago
Ewwww.

That is all.
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