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Pros and cons of signing Matt Leinart

The Arizona Cardinals cut Matt Leinart today in the wake of Leinart's public frustration about being a backup again, especially to Derek Anderson. While it's true that Leinart's career passer rating is better than Derek Anderson's, Leinart has done little else to suggest he's a starter...unless he were to sign with Minnesota, learn this year, and replace Favre next year.

Why Minnesota?

PROS: In this preseason, Leinart has completed 70% of his passes. SEVENTY percent! We've all heard Chilly talk about how high-percentage passes are the key to the much fabled KAO, and I presume that he meant something closer to 70% than 57%. Some would say that Leinart is a proven winner who just needs a chance, so give that as much or little credit as you will. Leinart is also a lefty, which means that he is supposedly tapping into the creative side of his brain more often than most. It would mean that McKinnie and Hutchinson could continue to be the run side of the line while upgrading the RG to more of a pass pro position and hoping that Loadholt can stop of the premier pass rushers.

CONS: His preseason yards per attempt is about 4, often behind the line of scrimmage. OK, the first part of that is a con, but the second half is a pro to Chilly and Bevell, who believe that the answer is always to throw short of the 1st down marker on 3rd downs at least 80% of the time. And anyone who has failed to beat former Pro Bowler Derek Anderson for a starting job may be able to beat TJ, but do we really want that?

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