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Ch 12 Sports tonight reported that the deal is "very close" and "should" be done by this weekend based on what they are hearing.
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http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...0aug09,1,6163783.story?coll=cs-football-print
Miami signing leaves Leinart only holdout
Defensive back Jason Allen signed a six-year contract Tuesday, ending a 10-day contract impasse between the Dolphins and their first-round pick, 16th overall.
Only Arizona quarterback Matt Leinart, the No. 10 overall selection, remains a holdout among this year's first-round draft picks.
- New England signed free-agent wide receiver Eddie Berlin, who has played 62 games in the NFL, spending four seasons with Tennessee and playing five games with the Bears last year.
- Reserve center Chukky Okobi's neck injury might be career-threatening, Steelers coach Bill Cowher said.
- Cardinals receiver Anquan Boldin sat out practice with a sore hamstring for the second day in a row and might not play in Saturday's exhibition opener against Pittsburgh.
Miami signing leaves Leinart only holdout
Defensive back Jason Allen signed a six-year contract Tuesday, ending a 10-day contract impasse between the Dolphins and their first-round pick, 16th overall.
Only Arizona quarterback Matt Leinart, the No. 10 overall selection, remains a holdout among this year's first-round draft picks.
- New England signed free-agent wide receiver Eddie Berlin, who has played 62 games in the NFL, spending four seasons with Tennessee and playing five games with the Bears last year.
- Reserve center Chukky Okobi's neck injury might be career-threatening, Steelers coach Bill Cowher said.
- Cardinals receiver Anquan Boldin sat out practice with a sore hamstring for the second day in a row and might not play in Saturday's exhibition opener against Pittsburgh.
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Matt apparently is in the Valley. MJ (Thur. AM) said that Channel 3 hung out by Matt's new house and he answered the door. But as soon as he saw it was the people from the teevee, he closed the front door and did a 180 back into the house.
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NFL Network is talking about his contract now...... check it out
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MJ is saying that the Leinart camp wants this deal to be done by monday
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Bad news from ProFotball Talk:
LEINART DEAL NOT IN THE CARDS
A league source tells us that recent bargaining sessions between the Arizona Cardinals and first-round draft pick Matt Leinart have resulted in no real progress, and that a deal is unlikely through the weekend.
As of Thursday, the possibility of a breakthrough existed. Leinart is the lone remaining unsigned first-round pick.
The Cardinals launch their preseason schedule on Saturday, hosting the Steelers in the first game at the team's new stadium.
Without Leinart, who is listed third on the team's official depth chart, the only understudies to starter Kurt Warner are John Navarre, Rohan Davey, and Jeff Otis.
LEINART DEAL NOT IN THE CARDS
A league source tells us that recent bargaining sessions between the Arizona Cardinals and first-round draft pick Matt Leinart have resulted in no real progress, and that a deal is unlikely through the weekend.
As of Thursday, the possibility of a breakthrough existed. Leinart is the lone remaining unsigned first-round pick.
The Cardinals launch their preseason schedule on Saturday, hosting the Steelers in the first game at the team's new stadium.
Without Leinart, who is listed third on the team's official depth chart, the only understudies to starter Kurt Warner are John Navarre, Rohan Davey, and Jeff Otis.
Paul Calvisi just said on Maximum Cardinals that he could be signed by Monday.
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Calvisi also said that he was told by Keith Rowen that if Leinart was in camp on Monday then he would definitely play in the game against New England.
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Leinart Still in Holding Pattern
August 12, 2006
Matt Leinart isn't too Hollywood after all.
As the only unsigned first-round pick in this year's rookie class, the would-be leading man for the Arizona Cardinals is more like a top-notch independent film — smart, original, and you can't find it playing anywhere.
ADVERTISEMENTLeinart, the former USC quarterback selected 10th overall, has sat out the first two weeks of training camp and — barring an overnight breakthrough — won't be around today when the Cardinals play their exhibition debut at their new stadium.
Missing any time is dicey for a rookie quarterback, considering there's so much to learn, and non-starting rookie quarterbacks typically take most of their snaps early in camp. After that, the majority of the repetitions go to the starter, which in the case of Arizona is 35-year-old Kurt Warner.
It's worth noting that a lot of high-profile players sat out at least two weeks of their rookie camps, among them quarterbacks Drew Brees, Philip Rivers and Byron Leftwich. And Leinart, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2004, is known for being a quick study.
"He's still really in good position to be able to help the team when called upon," said agent Chuck Price, who with Tom Condon represents Leinart. "It's still early enough that [the time away from camp] wouldn't make a difference with Matt…. The opportunity is there to step in and lead the team."
When Leinart signs, he'll almost certainly enter camp as the No. 3 quarterback behind Warner and backup John Navarre, the Cardinals' No. 3 for the last two seasons.
Leinart has been traveling back and forth between California and Arizona in recent weeks, and he has committed most if not all of the Arizona playbook to memory.
To keep his passing sharp, he has been throwing to West Los Angeles College receivers on their home turf, and to free-agent receiver Az Hakim, another Price client. Among the spectators who have watched those sessions are the West L.A. receivers' parents, many of whom have brought keepsakes for Leinart to autograph.
"They'll have him sign newspaper articles, mini-helmets, footballs," Price said. "Every time he's been there, he's signed something for somebody."
What he has yet to sign, of course, is a contract. The Cardinals have hinted that's because Leinart is having a hard time accepting that he wasn't picked earlier than 10th.
"I know this: There were 10 picks," Coach Dennis Green told reporters this week. "We got our 10th pick and we got our player. We had 10th-pick money. Everybody's got to get used to being the 10th pick."
A Bell Ringer
LaDainian Tomlinson. Larry Johnson. LaMont Jordan. Across the board, no division in football has better running backs than the AFC West. In Denver's plug-and-play offense, though, it always seems to be a new guy bursting onto the scene.
This season, that new guy could be Mike Bell, an undrafted rookie from Arizona who already has worked his way up to the No. 1 tailback job. He leapfrogged Ron Dayne and Tatum Bell (no relation) last week to move into the top spot. Many observers were startled by that, and so, frankly, was Mike Bell himself.
When he was called into Mike Shanahan's office at training camp to hear the news, he was even thinking the coach might ask him to turn in his playbook.
"I was thinking the worst," Bell told reporters.
Instead, Shanahan delivered the good news. This to a player who never had a 1,000-yard season in four years as a starter at Arizona, and who never ran faster than a 4.6-second 40-yard dash for NFL scouts. Then, the phone didn't ring until after the final round of the draft.
"On draft day, I felt like quitting football," he said. "Now I'm on cloud nine."
The depth-chart shuffling is especially frustrating for Tatum Bell, who's backing up Mike Bell in practice. Tatum, who last summer accused the Broncos of "handing" the starter's job to Mike Anderson, says he feels it should have been his job to lose this summer.
August 12, 2006
Matt Leinart isn't too Hollywood after all.
As the only unsigned first-round pick in this year's rookie class, the would-be leading man for the Arizona Cardinals is more like a top-notch independent film — smart, original, and you can't find it playing anywhere.
ADVERTISEMENTLeinart, the former USC quarterback selected 10th overall, has sat out the first two weeks of training camp and — barring an overnight breakthrough — won't be around today when the Cardinals play their exhibition debut at their new stadium.
Missing any time is dicey for a rookie quarterback, considering there's so much to learn, and non-starting rookie quarterbacks typically take most of their snaps early in camp. After that, the majority of the repetitions go to the starter, which in the case of Arizona is 35-year-old Kurt Warner.
It's worth noting that a lot of high-profile players sat out at least two weeks of their rookie camps, among them quarterbacks Drew Brees, Philip Rivers and Byron Leftwich. And Leinart, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2004, is known for being a quick study.
"He's still really in good position to be able to help the team when called upon," said agent Chuck Price, who with Tom Condon represents Leinart. "It's still early enough that [the time away from camp] wouldn't make a difference with Matt…. The opportunity is there to step in and lead the team."
When Leinart signs, he'll almost certainly enter camp as the No. 3 quarterback behind Warner and backup John Navarre, the Cardinals' No. 3 for the last two seasons.
Leinart has been traveling back and forth between California and Arizona in recent weeks, and he has committed most if not all of the Arizona playbook to memory.
To keep his passing sharp, he has been throwing to West Los Angeles College receivers on their home turf, and to free-agent receiver Az Hakim, another Price client. Among the spectators who have watched those sessions are the West L.A. receivers' parents, many of whom have brought keepsakes for Leinart to autograph.
"They'll have him sign newspaper articles, mini-helmets, footballs," Price said. "Every time he's been there, he's signed something for somebody."
What he has yet to sign, of course, is a contract. The Cardinals have hinted that's because Leinart is having a hard time accepting that he wasn't picked earlier than 10th.
"I know this: There were 10 picks," Coach Dennis Green told reporters this week. "We got our 10th pick and we got our player. We had 10th-pick money. Everybody's got to get used to being the 10th pick."
A Bell Ringer
LaDainian Tomlinson. Larry Johnson. LaMont Jordan. Across the board, no division in football has better running backs than the AFC West. In Denver's plug-and-play offense, though, it always seems to be a new guy bursting onto the scene.
This season, that new guy could be Mike Bell, an undrafted rookie from Arizona who already has worked his way up to the No. 1 tailback job. He leapfrogged Ron Dayne and Tatum Bell (no relation) last week to move into the top spot. Many observers were startled by that, and so, frankly, was Mike Bell himself.
When he was called into Mike Shanahan's office at training camp to hear the news, he was even thinking the coach might ask him to turn in his playbook.
"I was thinking the worst," Bell told reporters.
Instead, Shanahan delivered the good news. This to a player who never had a 1,000-yard season in four years as a starter at Arizona, and who never ran faster than a 4.6-second 40-yard dash for NFL scouts. Then, the phone didn't ring until after the final round of the draft.
"On draft day, I felt like quitting football," he said. "Now I'm on cloud nine."
The depth-chart shuffling is especially frustrating for Tatum Bell, who's backing up Mike Bell in practice. Tatum, who last summer accused the Broncos of "handing" the starter's job to Mike Anderson, says he feels it should have been his job to lose this summer.
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Radio is reporting deal to be done soon and Leinart expected to play saturday
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nidan said:
Jurecki also said that Condon came with an offer on Friday, Graves said that he had to go speak to Bill, Sr., and didn't get back to him until Sunday.
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Ben Maller on Fox Sports is reporting that talks were set to resume with urgency and the cards want the deal done ASAP.
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Chris Mortensen was on ESPNews and said that while the deal could potentially make him the 4th or 5th highest paid player in the draft that Condon says the structure of the deal was considered "unacceptable."
He also seemed to point to both sides trying to get the deal done by the end of the day but if it doesn't it could be "a battle of wills" that could last into the season.
He also seemed to point to both sides trying to get the deal done by the end of the day but if it doesn't it could be "a battle of wills" that could last into the season.
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Adam Schefter of the NFL Network said despite Denny's heated words he expects a deal done this week. He also said that he expects it to be done in the earlier part of this week.
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PFT: LEINART DEAL DONE(for what is worth)
Its profootballtalk.com so take it with a grain of salt.
Its profootballtalk.com so take it with a grain of salt.
They just said on Monday night football that there is breaking news on the Leinart deal. They will talk about it at half time.
40yearfan said:
I hope it's good news! (You never really know.)
he signed
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BigRedRage said:
Woo hoo!
Should see some snaps next weekend, right?
