Matt Leinart is overrated
Yes, I hate Matt Leinart. Probably the worst thing about watching the Bears game on Monday night was the verbal love affair everyone was having with Matt Leinart. But he had a good game you say. Why is he overrated?
1. Anquan Boldin. This guy is unreal. He catches everything thrown in his general direction, and then he punishes cornerbacks for trying to tackle him. I would say Nate Vasher didn't have his best coverage night, and my guess is the coaching gameplan pretty much sucked in general for the Bears secondary, but Boldin is probably one of the top 5 receivers in the league, and you hardly ever hear about him.
2. In addition to Boldin, Leinart has a couple of other solid players helping him. One, Larry Fitzgerald, was hurt last week, which was probably even more impressive in regards to Boldin being able to get open. The second one is Edgerrin James, who really isn't all that great right now. But, he's also a solid receiver out of the backfield, one dimension the Cardinals seem to forget about (or at least seemed to on Monday night). The offensive line can't open any holes for him (except on Monday night when he had like 4 runs in a row totally something like 22 yards early in the game), but they seemed to stop the Bears rush pretty well.
3. Rarely did Leinart complete a pass over 8 yards. There were a couple in there, but most of the time he would hit a receiver on a crossing pattern underneath the Bears secondary, and the receiver would then run for 5 more yards. And when he did go longer than that, it was to Boldin. Even the first touchdown was simply a quick pass to the receiver that scored only because Lance Briggs missed the tackle. And the last drive down the field, all he did was hit guys underneath, and rather than pressure Leinart, the Bears just stayed back letting him take whatever he wanted. It was a stupid gameplan for the final drive for the Bears defense.
That's not to say Leinart can't throw the long pass. But why is everyone so in love with him now? Aside from his poise, he looked just as good in the game against K.C. It's not that I don't think he's a good QB or is possibly going to be great, but I don't know if we can really call him the class of the draft, when he's by far got the best receivers. Look at what Vince Young has to work with. Drew Bennett, while good, is probably not as good as either Larry Fitzgerald or Anquan Boldin.
So let's everybody just chill out a little bit on the Leinart love train.
1. Anquan Boldin. This guy is unreal. He catches everything thrown in his general direction, and then he punishes cornerbacks for trying to tackle him. I would say Nate Vasher didn't have his best coverage night, and my guess is the coaching gameplan pretty much sucked in general for the Bears secondary, but Boldin is probably one of the top 5 receivers in the league, and you hardly ever hear about him.
2. In addition to Boldin, Leinart has a couple of other solid players helping him. One, Larry Fitzgerald, was hurt last week, which was probably even more impressive in regards to Boldin being able to get open. The second one is Edgerrin James, who really isn't all that great right now. But, he's also a solid receiver out of the backfield, one dimension the Cardinals seem to forget about (or at least seemed to on Monday night). The offensive line can't open any holes for him (except on Monday night when he had like 4 runs in a row totally something like 22 yards early in the game), but they seemed to stop the Bears rush pretty well.
3. Rarely did Leinart complete a pass over 8 yards. There were a couple in there, but most of the time he would hit a receiver on a crossing pattern underneath the Bears secondary, and the receiver would then run for 5 more yards. And when he did go longer than that, it was to Boldin. Even the first touchdown was simply a quick pass to the receiver that scored only because Lance Briggs missed the tackle. And the last drive down the field, all he did was hit guys underneath, and rather than pressure Leinart, the Bears just stayed back letting him take whatever he wanted. It was a stupid gameplan for the final drive for the Bears defense.
That's not to say Leinart can't throw the long pass. But why is everyone so in love with him now? Aside from his poise, he looked just as good in the game against K.C. It's not that I don't think he's a good QB or is possibly going to be great, but I don't know if we can really call him the class of the draft, when he's by far got the best receivers. Look at what Vince Young has to work with. Drew Bennett, while good, is probably not as good as either Larry Fitzgerald or Anquan Boldin.
So let's everybody just chill out a little bit on the Leinart love train.
posted by Jtrouble at 7:20 AM
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Matt Whineart is a titty baby.
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