Matt Leinart

Is Carson Palmer the Answer to the Arizona Cardinals' Quarterback Carnival?

The Arizona Cardinals landed quarterback Carson Palmer in a trade, which sounds way, way better than the prospect of Drew Stanton being the Cards' top QB.Though Palmer appears to be an improvement on the surface, he might not be the one who ends the Cards' quarterback carnival.See also:-Cardinals Ge ... More >>

Matt Leinart Actually Played Football Yesterday

​For the first time since 2009, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback/2004 Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart played in a professional football game. By halftime, Leinart was back on the bench, which is where he's likely to remain for the rest of the season.In what was to be Leinart's latest chance ... More >>

Red Alert

For the Birds

Winner takes control of the NFC West

Derek Anderson to Start at Quarterback for Arizona Cardinals Sunday

Derek Anderson will start Sunday against the Vikings...for now.​Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt is smack-dab in the middle of a game of musical quarterbacks -- and he loses almost every time the music stops.Whisenhunt announced this morning that Derek Anderson will make the start at quarter ... More >>

Morning Poll -- Which is (Ahem) Cooler: Dungeons and Dragons or Going to a "Computer Role-Playing Convention?"

www.cnet.com​It appears we've struck a nerve with some fans of the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons.Yesterday we wrote about a Glendale man, who, after attending a computer role-playing conference in Atlanta, allegedly tried hooking up with a 16-year-old girl.In our report, we suggested that ... More >>

Morning Poll: Are the Arizona Cardinals Better Off Without Matt Leinart?

www.mmaathletics.comFormer Cards quarterback Matt Leinart​Arizona Cardinals quarterback Derek Anderson had his first test in a Cardinals uniform yesterday and he passed -- barely.The Cards eeked out a 17-13 win against the St. Louis Rams but it certainly wasn't pretty. And Anderson, the recently a ... More >>

ABC 15 Writes Matt Leinart's Arizona-Cardinals-Related Obituary; We Agree

Matt Leinart​Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart was scratched as the starter in last weekend's pre-season game, leading many to wonder whether he'll be holding the clipboard for most of the season as Derek Anderson, the guy brought in to back up Leinart, takes the majority of the snaps.Lei ... More >>

Life After Warner

The Matt Leinart era begins. Sigh?

The Red Bird Brawlers: Who Would Win If These Cardinals Sqaured Off?

iconseeker.com​ On Sundays this fall, the Arizona Cardinals will go to battle on the gridiron. However, the only fighting the Cards' players have done so far this off-season happened at training camp yesterday, and it was amongst them themselves.Multiple scrums broke out, one of which nearly invo ... More >>

The Arizona Cardinals: Questions Aplenty As Training Camp Starts Tomorrow

ssur.orgWill the Cardinals make the playoffs for the third-straight year? ​ After being a doormat in the NFL for decades, the Cardinals have put together back-to-back solid seasons that even included a trip to the Super Bowl two years ago. But the roster turnover between this season and last has ... More >>

ESPN Report Finds Health Violations At Valley Sports Stadiums

dailyspeculations.comChase Field: Where some employees don't wash their hands. ​ A recent article produced by ESPN has opened some eyes and may leave some people hunched over a trash can. The article focuses on stadium foods and health inspections in all 107 stadiums used by the four major sports ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Ranked 15th On ESPN Off-Season Rankings

Matt Leinart will be feeling the heat this season​ With NFL training camps set to start up soon, ESPN has released their off-season Power Rankings. This list, which ranks all 32 NFL teams from top to bottom, has the usual suspects at the top. But another predictable team is your Arizona Cardinal ... More >>

Madden 2011 Rankings: Breaking Down The Arizona Cardinals

​It's a date that has been circled on the calendars of video game and football geeks for months: August 10, 2010. Why? That's the release date of Madden 2011, pretty much the most successful video game ever. Since some nerds will be lined up to buy their copy at midnight, we thought we'd break d ... More >>

Marc Bulger the Cardinals' Next Kurt Warner? That's the Rumor, Anyway

www.theredzonereport.comMarc Bulger to the Cards?​After dropping $7.25 million on signing Derek Anderson to play backup to Matt Leinart, the Arizona Cardinals are rumored to be in the beginning stages of making a run at signing former St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger.The word on the street i ... More >>

Kurt Warner Ends Rumors of Return With Exclamation-Point-Filled Tweet

www.gaullet.com​Yesterday, NBC sports analyst Mike Florio planted the seeds for rumors of former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner's triumphant return to the gridiron.When Warner retired at the end of last season, we thought he made it pretty clear that he had no intention of pullin' ... More >>

Ben Roethlisberger an Arizona Cardinal? That's the Rumor, Anyway

www.thebssportsreport.com Ben Roethlisberger in Glendale?​Now that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has emerged from his second round of sexual-assault accusations in two years legally unscathed, he may be saying buh-bye to his job in the Steel City. According t ... More >>

Derek Anderson Inks Deal With Arizona Cardinals; Will He Be Competing With Matt Leinart for Starter Job?

www.blog.cleveland.com Arizona Cardinals new quarterback Derek Anderson​Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart might have some competition if he wants to be the Cards starter next season.The Cardinals announced today that Derek Anderson, the former QB for the atrocious Cleveland Browns, ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Calling on Veteran Quarterbacks to Compete With Matt Leinart

Matt Leinart​ With the retirement of the Arizona Cardinals veteran quarterback Kurt Warner, the team's quarterback situation has become more of a quarterback problem.The heir-apparent to Warner, Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, is inconsistent at best and members of the Cardinals offense ... More >>

Kurt Warner Retirement Decision Will Be Announced Friday; All Signs Point to Kurt Saying, "Sayonara"

www.allvoice.comDoes "father time" have another season left in him?​Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is keeping true to his word: he's not gonna pull a Brett Favre and let his retirement decision obnoxiously linger until training camp starts. Kurt has scheduled a press conference for Frid ... More >>

Cardinals Get Blown Out in a Disappointing Conclusion to a Streaky Season

www.zimbio.com​"[The Cardinals] defense is effing worthless" and "if Neil Rackers has a job tomorrow I'm becoming a Saints fan" were two of several utterances that could be overheard at the Cadillac Ranch in Tempe by disgruntled fans after the Cards 45-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints ... More >>

Matt Leinart Wins Award; Calm Down, Cards Fans -- Honor Has Little to Do With Football

Professional do-gooder Matt Leinart​The Arizona Cardinals' performance-plagued B-squad quarterback Matt Leinart won an award today, and it wasn't for most under-thrown receivers, or clipboard-holder of the year. Despite his follies on the field, it turns out Leinart's a bit of a philanthropi ... More >>

Cards Get Crushed by Green Bay, but the Game Meant Squat and They'll See 'Em Next Week

www.theredzonereport.com​By kickoff time for the Cardinals 33-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers yesterday, the Redbirds knew their shot at a No. 2 playoff seed was not to be. The Minnesota Vikings beat down the Giants earlier in the day making the outcome of the ... More >>

Middle-Aged Showdown May Not Happen When Brett Favre Comes to Glendale This Weekend; Cards Coach Whisenhunt Says Warner is a Game-Time Decision

ChopsRock​When NBC moved this Sunday's Cardinals - Vikings game from a locally broadcast afternoon game to a nationally televised prime time game, it was probably expecting a middle-aged showdown between two of the league's most seasoned quarterbacks. The combined age of Kurt ... More >>

Kurt Warner-Less Arizona Cardinals End Road Win Streak With Loss to the Tennessee Titans

Matt Leinart​After the Cardinals 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Matt Leinart is officially worthless. Frankly, he's worth even less than that -- Matt Leinart is worth a negative $50 million dollars over six years. Leinart got a chance to step out from behind the clipboard Sunday ... More >>

How Will a Concussed Kurt Warner Fare Against a Seemingly Sane Vince Young? All Signs Point to the Cards

www.betblog.com Vince Young​Despite suffering a concussion against the Rams last week in St. Louis, it seems as though Kurt Warner will make his 42nd consecutive start this Sunday against the Titans in Tennessee.  

Still Perfect; Cardinals Beat the St. Louis Rams to Remain Undefeated On The Road

Matt Leinart​Considering the Cardinals dismal road performance last season, did you ever think you'd hear these words: The Arizona Cardinals are now 5-0 on the road. For the first time since 1948, back when the team was the Chicago Cardinals, the nomadic franchise has managed to w ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Beat Down "Da Bears" in Chicago

www.thescroogereport.com​Kurt Warner's Jekyll and Hyde season has been nothing short of maddening. Last week, after giving up five interceptions and a fumble in the Cards' 34-21 loss to the Carolina Panthers, we were calling for Kurt's head (not to mention Coach Ken's pl ... More >>

Redbirds of Prey

Now, Super Bowl runners-up are the hunted

Larry Fitzgerald and Friends: Morton's Celebrity Waiter Night

Meat 'N' Greet

Missed tailgating and football? They’re back.

Kurt Warner Visits the San Francisco 49ers Today, No Doubt as a Ploy to Make the Arizona Cardinals Come Around

Question: How much money does Kurt Warner need?! Answer: As much as he can possibly get. Forget all that Christian stuff when it comes to big-time athlete bucks; everybody wants every million they can wring out. Warner's agent, Mark Bartelstein, wants us to believe that Kurt's too mor ... More >>

Now This on Kurt Warner: It's Unlikely He'll Be Re-Signed by the Arizona Cardinals Before the Free-Agency Deadline Tomorrow

azcardinals.com Like we've been saying all along, Cardinals starting quarterback Kurt Warner may be playing elsewhere next season. A blogger on azcardinals.com., the team's official Web site, reports that Warner and the team are still about $4 million a year apart on a cont ... More >>

If Kurt Warner and His Agent Persist in Asking for Max Dollars for a 38-Year-Old QB, Maybe the Cardinals Should Go With Matt Leinart

Didn't we predict it would come to this? Yes we did, over and over. We said Kurt Warner would seek the highest salary possible following his improbable Super Bowl run, and that the Arizona Cardinals would resist. For two reasons: Because the Bidwills who own the franchise are known to be a tigh ... More >>

Wide Receiver Anquan Boldin Throws Momentous Tantrum on Arizona Cardinals' Momentous Day

Maybe Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin should take a lesson in sportsmanship from Leinart.

The Cardinals' "Excessively Gay Celebration Dance" Becomes Hilarious Viral Video

When the Arizona Cardinals celebrated a safety against the Atlanta Falcons during the game on January 3, they probably didn't think it was going to become one of the funniest sports moments on video Web site YouTube.

Should the Cardinals Offer Kurt Warner a New Contract, or Turn it Over to Matt Leinart?

Cardinals starting quarterback Kurt Warner's contract expires at the end of this season, and according to the NFL News Feed, the Cards and Warner have made no progress toward a new one. Sports pundits like those at the Chicago Tribune are already saying their cities' teams (in this case, the&nb ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Head for the Playoffs on a High Note With a Big Win Over Lowly Seattle

Finally, we get to report good news about the Arizona Cardinals, who finished the regular season 9-7 -- just as we predicted they would when we named Ken Whisenhunt top head coach in the PHX in our 2008 Best Of edition. Our prediction was based on the Cardinals going 8-8 last season ... More >>

The Weather Was Rotten in New England, and So Were the Arizona Cardinals (Except Matt Leinart)

It wasn't the worst defeat in Cardinals history. The worst was a 49-0 ass-kicking by the Kansas City Chiefs in December, 2002. But it was an ass-kicking, all right. I know we've said it before, but the Cardinals were really pathetic this time. And it wasn't all about the weather in Foxboro, Ma ... More >>

The Greatest Show on Turf, Take 2

Common covers a lot of ground in Marquee show

Hot Links: Sarah Palin's pregnant kid, Steve Berman's latest gaffe, Matt Leinart pissed at not starting, and more.

Hot Links: Hamlet 2 disses Tucson, Shaq and Maryjane, Olympics over, Dem convention starts, Da Brat gets three years.

Hot Links: Matt Leinart parties no more, Phil Gordon a Dem again, Martian water, and D-Backs outplay L.A.

Summer Guide: Stay at one of the Valley’s luxest resorts for a fraction of the scratch

Snoop Dogg's All-Stars cream AZ team 33-14 in Snoop Bowl VI; Matt Leinart chills on sidelines as Snoop coaches his heart out.

The War for the Roses

Devils and Trojans face off with BCS berth on the line

Empty Backfield

LT doesn't do preseason, but the Cards have to

The Curse

Here's why the Cardinals have sucked forever, and why they might never suck again

The State of Her State

Few argue that Janet Napolitano has been a good governor. The question is, why isn't she great?