It would almost help us defensively in the long run if Leinart ate us alive. Then they would believe what Horton is telling them about nobody's job being safe and a general lack of fundamentals etc. This defense doesn't respect Leinart at all. If he torches them it may be the best thing for our team as a whole. It would shame our defense and our offense completely. The press will go crazy. Leinart will give a lot of cool interviews in our home state. And it will last all. week. long.
I don't want us to play poorly, but if we do I hope we get ass-whipped in spectacular fashion. There's only a few more weeks to get this thing right, and I'd rather have the shame now and a chance to fix it before the real games start.