The Seattle Seahawks QB position has changed drastically in the past 24 hours. Longtime signal-caller Matt Hasselbeck is out. Tarvaris Jackson was signed early on Tuesday and former USC and Arizona Cardinal QB Matt Leinart will be joining him.
Matt Leinart Joins Tarvaris Jackson In Seattle, Signs With Seahawks
Leinart will now be reunited with with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, who coached Leinart to a Heisman Trophy and National Title at USC. Leinart is also hoping to get back some of that former glory as his NFL career has been a disappointment. Leinart fizzled in Arizona, where he was drafted in the first round, and spent 2010 as the Houston Texans' backup.
The folks at Seattle blog Field Gulls are keeping their mind open about The Leinart Experiment:
I wrote earlier that I wouldn’t necessarily count Leinart out of the equation, and here we are. As I said, he can run the approximate system Pete Carroll wants to run - and won the Heisman doing so. Yes, he had all-world talent around him and a first-class line and run game to help him there, but somewhere down the line NFL level scouts and front offices determined he had the talent to warrant a top-10 pick. Not that those people are always right, but he has shown flashes of that talent amid the terrible play, and If that talent could be put to use in the right system, he could succeed.. theoretically.
According to Chris Mortensen, Leinart chose the Seahawks over the Washington Redskins, amongst other choices.
Head on over to Field Gulls to talk about the ever-changing Seahawks QB situation.
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