Originally Posted by
browniebuck
http:///forum/post/3210715
Hey Trig...how about that USC quarterback playing for the Cards right now, he looks to be SOOOOOOOOOO much better than QBs from other schools (Chad Henne, Joe Flacco, either one of those Manning guys, Drew Brees, Phillip Rivers, Aaron Rodgers, etc...).
You have to be hoping that Warner NEVER retires, or at least as long as Leinart is his primary back-up! I think that it may be time to take the backing off of that "BUST" label that people have been getting ready to apply to him!!!
Ah, taking a shot at a guy while he's down....Not surprising from an Ohioian.
A. I'm a Washington Husky...But yes I like the Trojans, have always liked Pete, and Rocky Seto (D-Coordinator this year and long time Trojan Assistant) is a quasi-friend of mine.
B. For a Buckeye to pick on a Trojan QB is laughable, the greatest ever Buckeye QB is the "great" Troy Smith whom couldn't even beat out a rookie from Delaware last year.
USC has 3 starting QB's in the league, 4 next year if Warner retires, and I believe he very well might.
C. Being a backup QB in this league is sooooo hard, when a starter goes down it takes the backup 2 or 3 games to get up to speed in almost every case (Matt Cassell being a great example), you should know this from Mangini playing musical QB's this year. When Lienart was the starter before breaking his collar bone his second year, he played quite well. Last year, it went down to the last preseason game of the year for HOFer Kurt Warner to beat Leinart out, become an MVP candidate and lead the Cards to the SB. I'm hardly saying he will be great, but I look forward to Leinart getting a chance as the starter. Your basing his being a "bust on what? Being bad in "mop up duty", and getting beat out by Kurt Warner???
BTW the one game he started this year he played pretty well, it took a last second TD by Vince Young, AT TENNESSEE, while they were in the midst of a 6 game winning streak to beat him.
