Cardinals QB Leinart does not worry about his starting job

With the retirement of quarterback Kurt Warner, the Arizona Cardinals’ next choice of starting quarterback could only be Matt Leinart unless they sign a veteran like Jake Delhomme or Derek Anderson to compete with Leinart for the starting job. That means there is still possibility for Leinart to lose his starting job; however, he seems not to worry about that much.




"It’s my time and I know that," Leinart told KTAR-AM. "I’m working my butt off to get ready. … Competition makes you better, I’m aware of that. To be honest with you, I’m not really worried about anything. I don’t know if that’s cockiness or not. I’m confident that I can do it. I’ve been in the system for three years. To me it doesn’t really matter because I’m focused on my job.”

Leinart also said that he would take the doubts from doubters as his motivation to do a better job at his position. With such confidence, Leinart is taking his time to prove his ability to be a starter in the fifth year of wearing Cardinals jersey.

Cardinals lost Monday game to 49ers

Being the second team to beat the Minnesota Vikings really caused a lot of fans to believe that the Arizona Cardinals will have a second straight NFC West crown for sure. But the San Francisco 49ers denied that belief.




With a relentless defensive attack, the 49ers forced the sloppy Cardinals into five first-half turnovers and kept Kurt Warner from finding a groove. Warner threw two interceptions in the opening half after going 130 passes without a pick.

As for the 49ers, Alex Smith threw touchdown passes after two of Arizona’s seven turnovers, and Frank Gore ran for 167 yards and another score. The 24-9 victory just made the 49ers believe more about their place in the playoffs.

Not the Cardinals need to win two of the final three games to clinch the division crown. Detroit Lions, St. Louis Rams and Green Bay Packers all do not seem difficult to win but the loss to the 49ers just proves that anything may happen, even though the Cardinals defeat one of the strongest teams of this season.

Cardinals coach will take his players to watch ““District 9”

The Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt decided to do what he did before the Super Bowl game one year ago-take the players to the movies.

Last year, Whisenhunt called off practice one day late in training camp and sent his players to the movies. As a result, the team surprisingly managed to the Super Bowl game. Something might be changed inside the players after watching the movie.


And for this year, even they just had a loss to the Steelers, Whisenhunt still decided to brace his players through a film. Whether it is superstitious or not, the players were already expecting it. Anyway, it will take them one day off the hard training camp. Whisenhunt said it wouldn’t have been pretty if he had changed his mind and tried to hold practice. And he had chosen the No. 1 box office hit alien thriller “District 9” because “it was different.”