Need an experienced back-up QB. What about a Matt Leinart or Sage Rosenfels coming to Tampa?

I doubt Arizona cuts him so it would require a trade. Maybe a straight up Rudy Carpenter trade. I wouldn’t say Leinart is experienced either. There have been rumors about his ability and understanding in and of the offensive system in Arizona. Maybe we wait and see who gets cut…. ESPN was asked the same question by bloggers and Yasinkas said New Orleans may only carry 2 QB and cut Patrick Ramsey. Now there is a journeyman with a lot of bag packing experience.

Is that Lienart and Wisenhunt dont get along, Matt is on his way out. Lienart hasnt accomplished anything worth wild and hasn’t looked good filling in for Warner last couple years. He is probably no better than JJ at this point and I dont see him being anything more than a backup. Personally I would rather keep JJ than mess with Lienart, but maybe I have a biased opinion as I have no love for the guy.

and what makes you think he could do it here?

Leinart isn’t known to be the kind of locker room guy you want around. I foresee a “Jeff Garcia syndrome” of not being able to cope with being the backup. He’s already pouting about Derek Anderson starting the last 2 preseason games. He will be doing the exact same thing if he lands here. Sure he was the back-up for Kurt Warner for 2 years and he kept quiet. But that was for an old QB who everyone knew wouldn’t be around too much longer. Now if he became a back-up for a young developing QB such as Freeman, my belief is that he wouldn’t be able to cope with being a career back-up.

Though I’ve warmed to Johnson over the past weeks.

However, Leinart would cost a lot of salary and more disturbingly: draft picks. Unless we can trade Clayton for him, he’s not worth that.

I thought for sure it was after reading the title…

“Need a large ferocious mammal. What about a penguin?”

Leinart is a bum. He might emerge and redeem himself, somewhere. But hopefully not in Tampa Bay. Let the Bills have him. I don’t want the QB controversy. This guy can’t beat out Derek Anderson, who hasnt shown much himself in the preseason. Hell Josh Johnson has had a better preseason than Lineart. Like I said before, I’m all for bringing in guys who help the team. I just dont see how Lineart does that. I’d take Jevan Snead over Lineart at this point… and i hate Snead.

and being sent off to another team may be just what he needs. A good reality check with an attitude adjustment. He has the physical tools and successfully ran a pro-style offense at USC, so all the tools are there. Fresh start wouldn’t hurt him.

or JJ, Carpenter or Snead for that matter. Not sure if that’s even very realistic given past circumstances.

With Achey breaky Farve and T. Jackson Rosenfels is a too valuable 3rd. Seriously look for Ramsey on the waiver wire saturday.

Leinart or Rosenfels wouldn’t be a backup in Tampa. Either would be better that Freeman.

any day, JJ has even looked better than him this pre season

he’s obviously not the franchise QB and he’s obviously not the best-possible back-up choice one would like for a team. But Josh has some talent, it looks this preseason he’s improved his skills over his poor performance last season, and above all he’s been with the team: he knows the guys and they know him. And for all I’ve heard, JJ is NOT poison in the locker room, which is the best possible thing you’d want in a back-up. Bringing in Leinart – who’s gonna want to prove he’s still First Round value, who’s gonna rattle the lockers and make whiny noises about how much better he’ll be than Freeman – falls under the category of BAD IDEA.
As for the other options, say Rosenfels, the other big problem with bringing in a QB is considering if he can plug in right away into the Bucs’ offensive system. It does take time, even for veterans, to get used to the playcalls, how the WRs run their routes, and how the O-line stacks up.
Try to look at it this way, guys: Josh Johnson IS a veteran of sorts. He’s been in the league a year longer than Freeman. So There. >:-)

is more than just having an experienced player to come in and play. It is also like having another coach on the field. JJ can only teach Freeman how to panic, throw untimely INTs and stall drives.