Ryan Lindley, starter vs Rams

[Seandonic]

Ryan Lindley is just another lamb to the slaughter behind the worst O-line in the NFL. Poor kid.

 

[Snakester]

Skelton just had a good game against Greenbay so all this bull about him being a bad QB is bull. Whiz wanted to show that he would bench anyone including the QB. What he did is lose the game for us by putting in Lindley and now he is going to start him. We will lose out the rest of the year because of this. If whiz wanted to lose he should have done it last yeae when we could have drafted Luck or Griffin.

 

[LarryStalling]

I am going to be so glad when Whiz is gone. Nothing else matters.

 

[Mainstreet]

Not sure what to think. So Skelton sucks and we bench him because Lindley may suck also but we haven't seen absolute proof of this yet.

Oh this is just great.

I think you summarized it quite nicely. It's like in baseball where a pitcher is getting hammered and there is nothing to lose by going to the bench.

 

[az1965]

Lindley has a arm that can make the NFL throws. Max Hall had a itty bitty highschool arm but Lindley suffers from...wait for it...had some accuracy problems when in college if you look at his percentages. Hopefully it was a byproduct of a lack of talent around him.

Sounds like... John Skelton!

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Skelton just had a good game against Greenbay so all this bull about him being a bad QB is bull. Whiz wanted to show that he would bench anyone including the QB. What he did is lose the game for us by putting in Lindley and now he is going to start him. We will lose out the rest of the year because of this. If whiz wanted to lose he should have done it last yeae when we could have drafted Luck or Griffin.

This.

 

[desertdawg]

Ryan Lindley is just another lamb to the slaughter behind the worst O-line in the NFL. Poor kid.

When he runs for his life, he will get blamed for it. If he tries to make something happen, he will get blamed for it. When he stares down the only quick route, he will get blamed for it. Whiz's way out vs the Rams..."rookie QB made some mistakes and we didn't make plays as a team". Same old song and dance, it's really sad this D has no chance at a full on blow out. Lindley might not make it the whole game, I give him a 50/50 chance between injury or Whiz yanking that choke chain again. Choke chains suck.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Sounds like... John Skelton!

It absolutely does. This was the reason Skelton and Lindley did not go early in the draft...you cannot cure such blatant inaccuracy, it does not matter who their QB coach is. You can polish it up some but if they are that inaccurate in college, forget about it.

 

[27Veer]

Max Hall #2. Skelton will be in by the second half and try very hard to resurrect his career.

 

[Broseph]

As Jaworski stated on Burns and Gambo... the benching of Skelton had less to do with what actually took place on the field in the Falcon game, and much more to do with the broader perspective Whiz has gained since mini-camp, training camp and practices... Jaws is convinced that Skelton just wasn't doing enough to buy him the slack needed to overcome his craptastic play in the Falcon game.

Jaws also said that since the Cards are done, they NEED to find out what they have in Lindley - I agree!

Agree, season is over, lets see what we have in Lindley.

 

[Shane]

Skelton just had a good game against Greenbay so all this bull about him being a bad QB is bull. Whiz wanted to show that he would bench anyone including the QB. What he did is lose the game for us by putting in Lindley and now he is going to start him. We will lose out the rest of the year because of this. If whiz wanted to lose he should have done it last yeae when we could have drafted Luck or Griffin.

Bunk. Skelton is beyond AWFUL!

 

[Duckjake]

lol... Skelton Haters. If you think I'm one of those, you haven't been around here much considering I was dubbed a Kolb hater earlier in the season when I said Skelton, through no real great shakes of his own, should be the starter.

The idea that ANY Cardinals fan likes Kolb or Skelton at this point is high comedy to me, but that's beside the point.

The QB debates here remind me of the 4-8 Cards (who had just lost 6 in a row) v the 3-9 Lions in 2002. We had real trouble trying to figure out what to yell at the few Lions fans walking to the stadium and finally had to settle on "Your team sucks worse than ours!"

Starting Lindley should make Gee happy because Ryan's not a Gee redneck. Of course anyone who knows anything about El Paso knows that's nowhere near as Redneck as Stephenville Texas which is where Kolb is from.

 

[AZCardsWin]

just announced

Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt says rookie Ryan Lindley will start at quarterback for the team Sunday against St. Louis.

Awesome News! The exciting rookie that SI's Peter King called one of the best QB prospects to come out in this years draft. Lindley, a healthy Beanie Wells get Cardinals back on track this week vs Rams. Kolb back practicing too so hopefully he's back for the Jets game.

~Tim in NJ

 

[football karma]

Lets be honest here

Statistically, the odds of a QB taken after round 1 or later (including UDFAs) turning into a solid NFL starter are really, really low

Usually guys like that get a couple seasons learning the ropes before starting, not 11 weeks

The odds of Lindley playing well this week are really low.

This feels like Whis holding a 2 and a 6 and hoping to draw three cards to an inside straight. He's got nothing, so what the heck.

 

[Shane]

Lets be honest here

Statistically, the odds of a QB taken after round 1 or later (including UDFAs) turning into a solid NFL starter are really, really low

Usually guys like that get a couple seasons learning the ropes before starting, not 11 weeks

The odds of Lindley playing well this week are really low.

This feels like Whis holding a 2 and a 6 and hoping to draw three cards to an inside straight. He's got nothing, so what the heck.

The odds of Skelton playing well are pretty low too. So time to see the rook!

 

[WarnerHOF]

Has any other NFL coach started as many late round rookies at QB as Whiz? His number right now stands at 3.

 

[desertdawg]

Has any other NFL coach started as many late round rookies at QB as Whiz? His number right now stands at 3.

Is that counting undrafted rookie QBs too?

 

[imaCafan]

Hype surrounds Arizona Cardinals rookie QB Ryan Lindley

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/car...arizona-cardinals-rookie-qb-ryan-lindley.html

 

[PJ1]

I think you summarized it quite nicely. It's like in baseball where a pitcher is getting hammered and there is nothing to lose by going to the bench.

Well, I have never seen a pitcher taken out when leading a game to bring in a rookie who has never thrown a pitch. Not sure your analogy works.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Well, I have never seen a pitcher taken out when leading a game to bring in a rookie who has never thrown a pitch. Not sure your analogy works.

I have certainly seen a young pitcher, up to the 'Bigs' for the first time, coming in relief of a starter with a lead.

 

[PJ1]

I have certainly seen a young pitcher, up to the 'Bigs' for the first time, coming in relief of a starter with a lead.

A 10 run lead or a late September meaningless game possibly. A QB and a pitcher not a good analogy at all in my opinion.

 

[TruCard]

I predicted at the start of the season that Lindley would be the starter by week 8. I was wrong.

 

[b8rtm8nn]

I predicted at the start of the season that Lindley would be the starter by week 8. I was wrong.

Was that based on Lindley being good or the other options being bad/injured?

 

[Crazy Canuck]

A 10 run lead or a late September meaningless game possibly. A QB and a pitcher not a good analogy at all in my opinion.

Nope. Saw it this summer, a left hander from Double A brought up by the Blue Jays... when they were still in contention. But, agree the analogy is weak.

 

[PJ1]

Nope. Saw it this summer, a left hander from Double A brought up by the Blue Jays... when they were still in contention. But, agree the analogy is weak.

Canadian teams do silly things.