Leinart agrees to deal with Houston (1 Viewer)

[Football Critic]

Matt Leinart is about to become a Houston Texan.

Adam Shefter and Chris Mortensen of ESPN is reporting that Leinart, the free agent quarterback released by the Cardinals this weekend, has agreed to terms with the Texans on a one-year deal.

In Houston Leinart won't have any chance of unseating the starter, Matt Schaub, so he has apparently accepted the fact that he has to be a backup, at least for now. Really, he had no other choice.

 

[Eastwood]

I think he's capable of holding Schaub's water bottle. He might drop it on occasion, but overall I think he'll do a decent job.

 

[Da Guru]

Leinart has career backup written all over him. Lay in the sun and get a good tan, put the cap on backwards and hold the clipboard. Not a bad gig. Get 8-10 years in and retire with a nice NFL pension.

 

[jon_mx]

Leinart has career backup written all over him. Lay in the sun and get a good tan, put the cap on backwards and hold the clipboard. Not a bad gig. Get 8-10 years in and retire with a nice NFL pension.

QB's get injured all the time. A decent chance to get some PT. Even if there is no injury, you can always take the starter out to strip clubs hoping for some 4-6 game suspension.

 

[CrossEyed]

Schaub's been pretty injury prone, no? Houston must think Matt is capable of stepping in and playing if/when needed.

 

[Joe Bryant]

I like the move for both Houston and Leinart.

J

 

[Donsmith753]

Schaub's been pretty injury prone, no? Houston must think Matt is capable of stepping in and playing if/when needed.

At what point is he expected to move ahead of Orlovsky, if at all?

 

[identikit]

Schaub's been pretty injury prone, no? Houston must think Matt is capable of stepping in and playing if/when needed.

Plus, Orlovsky's pretty bad. Worse than Leinart IMO.Kubiak should be able to get what there is to get out of Leinart.

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

I really don't get this move. He is a lock to be a backup for the length of his time there. More so, I don't think he fits in the Houston system at all. He needs to go to a West Coast system to have a shot at doing much in the NFL.

 

[Amused to Death]

I really don't get this move. He is a lock to be a backup for the length of his time there. More so, I don't think he fits in the Houston system at all. He needs to go to a West Coast system to have a shot at doing much in the NFL.

I wonder if he'd be a good fit to back up Kolb in Philly. This is a one year deal in Houston and Vick won't be an Eagle after this year.

 

[bagger]

So Houston finally came around to their mistake on passing on him and grabbed him.

:thumbup;

 

[kutta]

GL with that Houston.

 

[humpback]

Schaub's been pretty injury prone, no? Houston must think Matt is capable of stepping in and playing if/when needed.

No, Schaub has taken two cheapshots and missed time. All this means is that they probably think Leinart is better than Dan O. Either way, if Schaub goes down, the team is still screwed.

 

[coolnerd]

I really don't get this move. He is a lock to be a backup for the length of his time there. More so, I don't think he fits in the Houston system at all. He needs to go to a West Coast system to have a shot at doing much in the NFL.

Houston runs the West coast system with zone blocking principles.

 

[Donnybrook]

So things don't really change that much other than Leinart usurping John David Booty again.

 

[Joe Summer]

I like the move for both Houston and Leinart.J

Can you explain why you like it from Leinart's perspective? He has no chance of unseating Schaub. And even if he gets a chance to fill in due to injury, he won't be stealing the job (see: Sage Rosenfels).Seems to me that Leinart is in a worse situation now than when he was with Arizona (where he undoubtedly would have been given a chance to start if he'd just kept his mouth shut).

 

[timschochet]

Can you explain why you like it from Leinart's perspective?

A few million dollars in the bank, likely earned for doing nothing other than holding a clipboard? What's not to like?

 

[Godsbrother]

I like the move for both Houston and Leinart.J

Can you explain why you like it from Leinart's perspective? He has no chance of unseating Schaub. And even if he gets a chance to fill in due to injury, he won't be stealing the job (see: Sage Rosenfels).Seems to me that Leinart is in a worse situation now than when he was with Arizona (where he undoubtedly would have been given a chance to start if he'd just kept his mouth shut).

Leinart may feel that if Schaub goes down for a game or two and he does well then he'll do better as a FA next year than if he signed with a lesser team and did poorly.

 

[FallenHero32]

Can you explain why you like it from Leinart's perspective?

A few million dollars in the bank, likely earned for doing nothing other than holding a clipboard? What's not to like?

No kidding. Check this out:For the 2010 NFL season the league minimum salary for a rookie or a player with no NFL experience is $325,000.325...and he isn't a rookie! He gets half a million a year to stand around and drink water on the sideline. I'll do that job for 10 years.

 

[Joe Summer]

I really don't get this move. He is a lock to be a backup for the length of his time there. More so, I don't think he fits in the Houston system at all. He needs to go to a West Coast system to have a shot at doing much in the NFL.

Where should a young struggling QB go, if you have any control over the situation?

1) Find a stable organization. Usually this is a place with a team philosophy and some kind of workable relationship between owner/GM/head coach. Nothing is going to hurt you more than being the subject of internal team politics over merit or choice.

2) Find a coaching staff that has some success with mentoring QBs. Mike Holmgren is a good example. He has all kinds of failures as a head coach, but the guy understands QBs. I'd rather be a practice squad guy for Holmgren than a backup for the Bucs.

3) Find a team that has a veteran QB who might be able to teach you something and is open to doing it. There are lots of fringe older players who have one foot out the playing door and hope to have one foot in the coaching door. Do you think Tony Richardson of the NY Jets helps all the rookie FBs for the pure goodness of his heart? No, he knows his playing days won't last forever and to segue into the minds of others as coaching material is important.

1. are the Houston Texans stable? Not really. (Lowest winning % of any NFL team)2. does the coaching staff have success in mentoring QBs? Not really. (David Carr, Sage Rosenfels, Brian Griese were all failures. No Texans backup has ever won a starting job elsewhere.) You can say that Kubiak brought out the best in Steve Young, John Elway, Jake Plummer and Matt Schaub, but all of those guys had already demonstrated their talent long before Kubiak ever came into their lives.

3. does Houston have a veteran QB who might be able to mentor Leinart? Ummm.....Schaub is barely 2 years older than him.

But other than that, you were spot on as usual Mr. FredGecko.