Filed under: Arizona Cardinals, Seahawks, NFC WestTake that, Denny Green.
It was Green, then the Arizona Cardinals coach, who on draft day in 2006 called quarterback Matt Leinart "a gift from heaven.''
Well, as of Saturday afternoon, he's a gift to anybody who wants him. Anybody besides the Cardinals, that is, with Arizona having let him go.
In getting down to the league mandate of 53 players, coach Ken Whisenhunt and his staff decided that Derek Anderson, picked up during the offseason from the Cleveland Browns, will be the starter and Max Hall will be the backup with rookie John Skelton No. 3
Leinart will be given a chance to find a job elsewhere. It's quite a comedown for the former Heisman Trophy winner out of USC who came to the Cardinals with huge expectations and leaves with little to show for his four years in the desert.
He started for a bit, then got supplanted for two years when Kurt Warner came in and led the Cardinals to back-to-back NFC West titles. When Warner danced off the Cardinals' stage, it was supposed to be Leinart's time. It wasn't.
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