FTRsports.com’s ‘Send Matt Leinart to Oakland’ Campaign, Show Your Support

Cornelius Wellington III    AFC West, Arizona Cardinals, NFC West, NFL, Oakland Raiders, University of Southern California     Matt Leinart Twitter, Oakland

Matt Leinart is now officially up for trade, and as a true football fan, I want to see him go to the worst run franchise in the business. He started his career in California, so let’s bring him back. Heck most USC fans are probably residents of Raider Nation anyway.

Show your support and check out all the work we’re putting into making this happen.

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Matt Leinart Blames Off-Field Reasons for His Demotion, 5 Things We Think Could Be to Blame

Cornelius Wellington III    Arizona Cardinals, NFC, NFC West, NFL, University of Southern California     Matt Leinart, NFL News and Rumors, Paris Hilton Herpes

Kent Somers, writer for The Arizona Republic, tweeted on Monday that Matt Leinart feels like he outplayed the competition during the preseason, and attributes his demotion, or as I like to call it reassignment to clipboard holder, to off the field reasons.

Well let’s give Matt the benefit of the doubt and try to come up with a list of what those off the field reasons could be.

1. He found out Paris Hilton has herpes and has been stressing out over it when he should be studying 3-4 defenses.

2. The Reggie Bush scandal at USC has had Matt losing sleep.

3.

4. Baby momma issues.

5.  He found out Paris Hilton has herpes .

Desert Curse

Michalis Hatzigiannis    Arizona Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Lakers, MLB, NBA, NFL, Phoenix Suns, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Antonio Spurs     amare stoudemire, Ben Roethlisberger, curt shilling, James Harrison, Kobe Bryant, Kurt Warner, Randy Johnson, Ron Artest, Steve Nash

No one thought the Suns would win this series, but before Ron Artest caught a Kobe Bryant air-ball to sink the game winner at the buzzer, they started to look like they had a chance.   Now the Suns have to be careful. They are heading into dangerous territory.

Teams like the Cubs have won, they just don’t anymore, and it’s quite heartbreaking.  Some teams like those in Cleveland, seem to know nothing but heartbreak.

I am aware that some how the awful Arizona Diamondbacks franchise was able to put Curt Shilling and Randy Johnson onto a team, and let them pitch their way to a world series championship, but since then…

Phoenix has watched the NBA give a grueling series between the Suns and Spurs to Tim Duncan and crew, when they suspended Amare Stoudemire for stepping his tippie-toe on the court after Robery Horry hip checked Steve Nash into the front row.  The Spurs went on to easily win a championship.

They have watched James Harrison intercept a Kurt Warner pass in the end zone with no time left in the half, which he some how very slowly returned 100 yards.  Later in the same game they would watch Ben Roethlisberger complete a pass in the corner of the end zone, with no time left on the clock, to win the Superbowl.

Now they just had to watch the least sure handed, and least deserving player on the Los Angeles Lakers take game five from them with a buzzer beater.

Just sayin’

So Long Kurt

Michalis Hatzigiannis    Arizona Cardinals, Featured, NFL     Kurt Warner, Retiring

Kurt Warner has decided to hang up his scrubs, put away his mask and hat, and set down his scalpel for the last time, putting an early end to what has been an amazing, hall of fame worthy, career.  I will always look at Kurt Warner as more of a surgeon  then a quarterback.  He didn’t have the leg speed of a Donovan McNabb, or the elusiveness of a Tom Brady, so he just stood in the pocket and took whatever teams could muster, while he sat back and dissected and carved up their defenses.

He was a 2 time MVP, and has been to three Super Bowls, he played well enough in all of them to earn victories, but was only able to get a W in one.   I like to think that he won two, considering the Patriots are cheaters and had to video tape the Rams practice in order to squeak by them on a last second field goal, but I guess that is what it takes to stop Kurt Warner.

We all know he can still play at the highest of levels, he proved that in his 51-45 arial attack over the Packers in the playoffs, but he is retiring with his legendary story, legacy, and legs, arms, and noodle still intact.

Enjoy your life and family, you deserve it.

Annual “Will Kurt Warner Retire” Press Conference Scheduled for Friday

Cornelius Wellington III    Arizona Cardinals, Featured, NFL     Kurt Warner, Kurt Warner Retiring, nfl news

Warner is a virtual lock for the football Hall of Fame, but has suffered more concussions than Tom Cable’s wife and Brian Giles’s girlfriend combined. His wife is openly pressuring him to retire, which would be wise, considering the Cardinals have no defense, and their running backs hate not fumbling.

Get out while it’s still respectable Kurt. Good choice.

DB’s from the NFC West are salivating at the possibility of Kurt Warner retiring and Matt Leinart taking the starting job in Arizona, and Friday’s announcement appears to be the beginning of the end for the Arizona Cardinals.

Here’s to you Matt!

NFL Divisional Playoff Recap

Cornelius Wellington III    Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys, Featured, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, NFL, NY Jets, New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers     NFL Playoffs

Well, the title games are in place after a great weekend of football. 3 of the most elite quarterbacks in the NFL are joined by rookie playcaller, Mark Sanchez and the upstart Jets. Here’s what went down.

New Orleans Saints – 45   |   Arizona Cardinals – 14

Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints put the hurt on Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals in a game that was only close for about 10 minutes. The Cardinals’ Tim Hightower shocked the South when he bolted for a 70-yard TD score on the first play from scrimmage, but Reggie Bush put that show on the back burner with some highlights of his own coupled with Drew Brees’s masterful dismantling of the Cardinals porous defense.

In the 2nd quarter Kurt Warner took a hit that may finally push him into retirement, likely to be a sure-fire Hall of Famer.  I can’t imagine he’d want to come back after being hit like this.

Indianapolis Colts – 20   |   Baltimore Ravens – 3

Haters beware, the Colts and their well-rested starters are headed to the AFC Title game with a full head of steam and a point to prove. Peyton Manning showed young Joe Flacco the difference between a promising future and a legendary career. Manning went completed 30 of 44 pass attempts, and rarely handed the ball off as the Colts D completely dominated the Ravens young and talented offense.

Under intense scrutiny for giving up on a perfect season, the Colts look poised for redemption as they go into the AFC Title game to face the team that handed them their first “loss” of the season.

Rumor is Curtis Painter will not even be on the sideline for this game, because as we’ve all seen, even if Rex Ryan were to sit on Peyton Manning’s head and kill him, the Colts would rather have a dead Peyton Manning taking the snaps than Painter.

Minnesota Vikings – 34   |   Dallas Cowboys – 3

This was the scene for much of the day in Minnesota as the Vikings swarmed Tony Romo all day long. The Vikings D sacked Romo 6 times, never letting the young QB ever get a grip on the game, while veteran old-timer Brett Favre played like a superstar throwing for 4 TDs within only 15 completions. One TD was late in the 4th quarter when the Vikings were already up by 24 points which pissed off some of the Cowboys defenders, who showed more aggression  yelling at Favre than they did all game trying to stop him.

New York Jets – 17   |   San Diego Chargers – 14

The San Diego Chargers are a veteran led 12-4 division champion football team. Unfortunately for them, they are veterans who are accustomed to losing big games in the playoffs to lower seeded teams, and they are the champions of the AFC West division, arguably one of the weakest divisions in the league.

Mark Sanchez never played like a star, but also never played like a bum, which is what San Diego’s placekicker Nate Kaeding did. Kaeding, the best regular season kicker in the NFL, is probably the worst playoff kicker of all time. He has managed to blow no less than 3 playoff wins for the Jets dating back to 2005, when he blew another game against the Jets, and 2007 when he blew a kick to beat the eventual Super Bowl Champion Patriots.

Norv Turner will never win a Super Bowl as a Head Coach, but this one is not his fault.