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How important is being a quarterback in the National Football League to me? Only he can answer those questions. It has to be a hunger. That desire has to be backed by a strong arm, and most pre-draft scouting reports questioned whether Leinart had the tools to succeed in the NFL.
Leinart entered the NFL in a good situation. He played 12 games for Arizona in , completing He sprained his shoulder late that season and broke his collarbone the next season, losing his job to Kurt Warner. He played four games in and eight in and was released before the season. Matt Leinart never had a chance, even when chances were repeatedly handed to him.
The Heisman Trophy winner was the tenth overall pick of the NFL Draft, a draft considered a weak quarterback class. Leinart has outperformed all except Young, Jackson, and Cutler, but not by much in cases like Gradkowski. Anderson was a sixth round draft pick in now on his third team. As I predicted upon his signing, Anderson has won the starting job as quarterback of the Cardinals. Now Leinart is crying to the media exclaiming the Arizona coaches never gave him an explanation as to why they went with someone other than him.
Leinart was known as the pretty boy in college, a guy who some were trying to put in the category of future Hall of Famer Tom Brady as far as good looks combined with winning games.
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