Leinart's Chance

Fearless leader of the bench Matt Leinart

Can Leinart lead this team? He doesn't have to do much other than avoiding mistakes! Arian Foster and the offensive-line have shown they are more than capable of controlling the game. He's also gaining a fresh (or rusty) Andre Johnson which will definitely help him due to lack of weapons at the receiver position. While in Arizona Matt had Larry Fitzgerald who some consider along with Johnson to be the best in the league. Leinart wasn't able to get it done in Arizona where he was a cocky young player accustom to greatness at USC and not ready for the NFL. For the last season and a half he's sat behind an excellent veteran, and hopefully #8's efficiency on offense has rubbed off. Kubiak convinced Leinart to stay with the Texans rather than taking a deal with Seattle. I have to hope that Kubiak knew what he was doing because reports on Schaub's return have been undetermined. Jacksonville's defense (ranked 5th defending the pass) presents no easy task for the Texans coming of their bye week. If anyone paid attention to the Texans in the preseason Leinart played pretty well off the bench....I'm going to be optimistic.

Here are some of his stats:

College USC Trojans

			Passing								Rushing
Season	Team		GP	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT		Att	Yds	TD
2003	USC Trojans		13	255	402	63.4	3,556	38	9		32	-62	0
2004	USC Trojans **Heisman		13	269	412	65.3	3,322	33	6		49	-44	3
2005	USC Trojans		13	283	431	65.7	3,815	28	8		51	36	6
	Totals		39	807	1,245	64.8	10,693	99	23		132	-70	9

NFL Career

			Passing									Rushing
Season	Team		GP	Rating	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	TD	INT		Att	Yds	TD
2006	Arizona Cardinals		12	74.0	377	214	56.8	2,547	11	12		22	49	2
2007	Arizona Cardinals		5	61.9	112	60	53.6	647	2	4		11	42	0
2008	Arizona Cardinals		4	80.2	29	15	51.7	264	1	1		4	5	0
2009	Arizona Cardinals		8	64.6	77	51	66.2	435	0	3		9	-6	0
2010	Houston Texans		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Totals		29	70.8	595	340	57.1	3,893	14	20		46	90	2

Please give birth to the playoffs!