Matt Leinart Is A Houston Texan; I Am Confused

I’m waiting to hear what Kubes has to say on all this. I do have opinions, though and initially I think Leinart is a better QB2 than DanO.

Can’t do it.

It’s a one-year deal, amirite? I’m not sure what’s got everyone so spun up. People talk about how we need a good backup (which apparently Leinart isn’t), but which team doesn’t? QB is probably the most demanding position in any sport anywhere, and there are probably no more than two dozen guys who can play it with any degree of ability. The days of Steve Young backing up Joe Montana are over.

Maybe Leinart is better than Orlovksy, maybe not. But we need to get over this attitude that somehow we should have a starting quality QB2 when the vast majority of QB2s are just as crappy as the one(s) that we have.

Now, Leinart will assume the backup spot and Orlovsky will be demoted to the third spot.

1) Leinart has more natural talent than Orlovsky.
2) In the worst case scenario, where Leinart shows up at 350 and starts filming BangBros scenes, this move means nothing. There is nothing invested.
3) When the Texans do snag post-cuts leftovers, they’ve been able to find some decent play (Pollard, obviously, but also Wilson and Demps for a season a piece, I’m sure there are other non-safety ones that I’m forgetting)
4) Kubiak thinks he can mold him. Then again, he thought that with Orlovsky. But it did work with a guy named Matt Schaub, who also spent some time on the bench early in his career, yano.
5) Once again, there is zero investment.

I can understand why people are a little nonplussed about the signing given that he doesn’t fill a need, his recent play has been bad, and he hasn’t shown much effort. Also the USC thing, which seems to hit a lot of people.

But honestly, this is like getting a free sausage sample (pun intended) from a company that recently had food recalled at a grocery store. It might be crappy, it might be alright. Either way, it was free. Carry on with your day.

We will no longer be able to refer to Kubiak as a “QB guru”.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me Leinart……

If god help us Matt got injured and Leinart had to play, our offense would have to be completely restructured for a left handed QB, wrecking whatever chemistry we had going at the time. The signing makes little sense to me. Damn them for not signing a true veteran in the off season like Bulger.

These are not the Droids you are looking for, Move along

after all the TE jokes last year, we needed em all to make it through the season.

We got VALUE for TJ!

We passed on Reggie Bush and VY in the same year!

Dismissing all that as luck, ….If there’s one thing I’ll leave to Gary Kubiak’s judgment, its picking a QB3.

Koob goes out publicly defending the guy not even a week ago. he fires booty. now he brings in leinart who hasn’t had one day (let along a whole preseason) to digest the play book?? i’m hoping this is just to light a fire under Orlosky. i just don’t see how or where he fits into our plans. If that’s the case… then why didn’t we take a chance on Vick last year?? at least he’s waaaaaaay more mobile.

A lot of his issues in AZ were that he got it into his head (because everyone said it through his time there) that he was the heir to the starting QB job and he seemed to get a sense of entitlement. He’s coming in here knowing that he has no shot of starting and hopefully can suck it up and try to improve and make the most of his talent under Kubiak.

That being said if I’m wrong and he’s the same guy he was in AZ, what’s the harm? A couple hundred grand? A very low risk move here with decent upside if he can turn things around.

Ever since we drafted him in Arizona I wanted to see the guy succeed. He had a good rookie year, then he got injured in his 2nd season while he was trying to learn a new offense. Kubiak could get Leinart’s problems (which are more mental than physical right now) fixed up and he could play well.

so us signing Leinart means we can’t sign Schobel? Fuck.

Pat White or Troy Smith?

everyone that’s bitching about having Matt Leinart as your new back up QB are dumb as shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dan-O sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John David Booty is way better than DanO. I give Kubes credit for the Dward signing and this one. You give Kubes an accurate passer and he will make him a damn good QB.

Is currently up here with my Blue Bombers. And if he get’s snaps for THAT team the season is also lost.

After all, Leinart could be a great consultant in beer bonging, hot tubs, and jailbait. LOOSEN UP THE TEXANS

… so I guess a lot of the confusion in this topic confuses me.

I look at this as an insurance policy for Schaub getting hurt and DanO running out of the back of the endzone yet again for the short-term.

Long-term, if Leinart plays in spot duty this season and proves he’s competent, the Texans may be able to trade him to a QB needy team. Hell, look what Seattle traded for Whitehurst this offseason, or what the Texans traded for Schaub a few years back. Backup QBs can bring in picks. That being said, Leinart will still have to perform.

is the only thing that makes any sense and still not very much.

so are we goin to get him or not

Does this make us worse? It could potentially help us, but it certainly isn’t going to hurt us. I am not a big leinert fan but the guy has some talent, so lets see if Kubes can do anything with him. As tgc said above, and I’ve been saying all weekend, we need to get over the fact taht we don’t have Tom Brady as a backup. How many teams are satisfied with their backup QBs, let alone their starters? 3? 4? Not damn many.

with exactly the same argument Kubiak is using to defend his decision to keep DanO over JD………practice. I did not see one minute of camp so I cannot challenge Kubiak on who played better during practice, but clearly Dan O was substandard in game action. He is not ready to play in the NFL. He is too slow with his decisions, and the 2 INT’s vs TB were abominable. JD Booty on the other hand was not terrible, and at times looked halfway decent. Neither could be counted on to save the season if Schaub gets injured, and Orlovsky’s contract is ridiculous for a proven backup, much less one who has done virtually zip in his career. The best decision would have been to cut Dan O, keep Booty and then go waiver wire shopping.

Another factor in Minnesota was an impressive rookie camp by Joe Webb, but I still find it curious that 2 coaches both seem to value performance in practice over game action. At any position other than QB, I could maybe get on board with it, but the QB position is uniquely challenging and practice is what Alan Iverson called it.

One year deal in an uncapped year so there’s no financial ramification. Worst case scenario, Leinart sucks like DanO. Best case, Koob develops him and he stays as QB2 for long term, maybe even tradebait for draft pick.

and read the comments that comes with it, Im going for a smoke.

I don’t think im ready for this just yet.

if anybody can make this dude an NFL QB, it would be the KUBES

if schaub sucks this year and the season isn’t over and if somehow we are still in the playoff race, does kubes decide to put dan-o or leinart in? I hope this never never never ever ever happens but what do you guys think?

leinart didn’t study the playbook much in arizona, didn’t have what it took to step up and be a leader. saying that the texans is his last best shot at resurrecting his carrer. said that Dan-O was not consistent enough to have all of Koob’s confidence, and that the Texans still needed a solid #2. risk/reward in texans favor due to just a one year signing….
in other words…
relax. lol