Larry Fitz aka the forgotten man, aka the undervalued one. (1 Viewer)

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Pinning his hopes on Derek Anderson doesn't inspire much confidence. His career QB rating is lower than Leinart's.

And J.P. Losman has a lower QB rating than Trent Edwards. That doesn't mean he can't properly use Lee Evans.

You've stated that before SSOG (in regards to the ARZ QB situation "inevitably" getting better SOON if Leinart stinks again), but what makes you so "sure" of that? A LOT OF TEAMS GET MORE THAN 16 GAMES OF POOR QB PLAY, BELIEVE ME AS A FIN FAN....In addition to the BILLS QB's - which you've openly admitted have killed EVANS for YEARS, the Titans haven't had good FANTASY QB's for years now either, the Raiders ditto, the Dolphins - post Marino (over a decade really - although us Fin fans are very hopeful with Henne now), the Lions QB's had been poor for a while (turned over almost annually, until landing Stafford who they hope will be their franchise QB), Houston (pre Schaub), Cleveland (looks like they are heading for five plus years of bad QB's), Denver may be heading down that road now, Minny (pre & post? Favre possibly), San Fran looks like it is headed for five plus years of "very avg" QB's, etc....I mean franchise QB's don't just grow on trees and sometimes teams choices can lead them to making other decisions based on the personnel they have NOW. Maybe ARZ becomes more of a running team now without Warner (ESPECIALLY in the REDZONE). I'm not at all saying that Fitzs' talent doesn't keep him in the top 3 DYNASTY WR discussion, but you don't seem open to even considering a drop due to poor QB play (or arguing him #1 OVERALL at times I believe in PPR - I know F&L did, but I "believe" you agreed - NOT putting words in your mouth though). Would Austin be in your top 5 if he played for the Bills or Titans? I don't think so. I agree that Austin isn't as talented as Fitz, but his situation is better and therefore he has moved into a lot of peoples top 5-7 (including your top 5 I believe - from the Dynasty thread).I'm just not sure that IF Leinart bombs again for 8-10 games (& they are say 4-5 - possible with that schedule) & then they switched to Anderson to try to make the playoffs & he was just avg. also, & then they went into 2011 with Skelton or a low tier FA because they couldn't land a top QB via the draft (in that division they could routinely finish around 7-9 for the next few years and never necessarily land a top QB in the draft), that mediocre QB play couldn't settle in @ ARZ for the next 3 or 4 years very easily. I know I'm making assumptions here, but I don't believe you have Leinart highly ranked from what I've read of yours in the past, & I know you don't like Anderson either. So that scenario certainly is "possible".And that would have to hurt Fitz somewhat - Right??? I think you can pull up any stats you want, & then Yudkin & Just Win will pull up theirs, but you and F & L always bring up the "pass the eyeball" test & Leinart just doesn't pass it for me. Does he for you? You've even stated that Leinart may help Fitz because Warner couldn't throw deep last year due to his injury (& I agree on Warner hurting Fitzs' YPC last year due to that). But I just don't see that with Leinart. Warner got rid of the ball so quickly & was so accurate on the 15 yarders (& in the REDZONE) that unless Leinart has improved dramatically in that area (& that certainly didn't appear to be the case in the 2009 games he played in) he has to hurt Fitz somewhat from a fantasy perspective.I don't think Anderson passes the eyeball test either, but at least he did have one Pro Bowl Year. Just curious why you assume ARZ couldn't "possibly" be in for 3 or 4 years of very mediocre QB play - because you have stated that now more than once....

I'm not saying that Arizona's QB is destined to be a top-10 fantasy uberstud. In fact, I'm not even saying that Arizona is going to get top-20 play out of its QB. I'm saying that if Leinart isn't good enough to utilize Fitzgerald, then Arizona will get a QB good enough to utilize Fitzgerald because, ultimately, "good enough to utilize Larry Fitzgerald" is not a very high standard of QBing. Matt Leinart doesn't need to be as good as Kurt Warner. He needs to be as good as Jeff Blake (who Anquan Boldin posted a WR4 season with), or as good as Dan Orlovsky (who Calvin Johnson posted a WR3 season with), or as good as J.P. Losman (who Lee Evans posted a WR7 season with), or as good as Jon Kitna (who Chad Ochocinco posted a WR3 season with), or as good as Jake Delhomme (who Steve Smith posted multiple years of uberstud production with). Or even as good as Derrick Anderson (who Braylon Edwards- BRAYLON EDWARDS!- put up a WR3 finish with). We are not talking about a very high threshold of QBing necessary in order for stud receivers to post stud fantasy numbers. Matt Leinart doesn't have to be a top-10 QB. he doesn't even have to be a top-20 QB. He just has to be a warm body. That's all it takes for guys like Larry Fitzgerald to post crazy numbers. Hell, Kurt Warner's arm fell off a quarter of the way through the season last year and Fitzgerald still put up a WR5 finish. And if Matt Leinart is incapable of being a warm body, then Arizona will find someone who isn't.Arizona knows what makes its entire offense tick. It's Larry Fitzgerald. It knows where its bread is buttered.

I think the Cardinals will be a bit more concerned about winning than getting Fitz big numbers. Of those QB/WR combos you listed, how many of their teams made the playoffs, or even finished with a .500 record? None of them but Carolina, and adding Delhomme isnt really fair because he was a good QB up until 2 years ago.

The Bengals were 8-8, the Browns were 10-6 and missed the playoffs on tiebreakers, the Bills were 7-9.

And if Drrrick Anderson wins the job and plays like he did in 2007, Fitz should put up top 3 WR numbers.