<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Cards, Leinart at impasse after three days of talksBy Len PasquarelliESPN.comWith first-round draft choice Matt Leinart scheduled to be throwing to Arizona Cardinals receivers on Monday, the initial day of training camp practice, the agent for the former Southern California quarterback instead threw in the towel on contract negotiations.At least for now."We've been [in the Phoenix area]since Friday and couldn't get it done," agent Tom Condon said Sunday night, after three days of face-to-face negotiations failed to produce an agreement for the 2004 Heisman Trophy winner. "We're hung up on a lot of issues. It's time to go home."The 10th overall choice in the draft, and probably a bargain in that slot after he posted a brilliant 37-2 record as the Trojans' starter for three seasons, Leinart missed the team's Sunday evening deadline for reporting to training camp at Flagstaff, Ariz. The Cardinals' first practice is Monday morning, and it will take a major change in the two sides' bargaining positions for him to be on the field for that session.Leinart has been in Phoenix for the past few days and has actually spent time throwing with some Arizona receivers. It is not known if Leinart, who wanted to be in the vicinity in the event of a contract accord, plans to stay in the area with the negotiations seemingly at an impasse.Cardinals coach Dennis Green implied Sunday that the reason for the impasse rested more with Leinart's people than the Cardinals organization."I would assume that an inability to get the contract done is just some continuation of looking at what possibilities are from their end," Green told The Associated Press.Leinart wouldn't be the first high Cardinal draft pick to hold out. But Green defended the team's dealings with recent first-round selections."Larry Fitzgerald got a very good deal, and he was our No. 3 pick a few years ago," Green said. "Antrel Rolle got a very good contract last year at the No. 8 pick."We have to understand that Matt Leinart, who we are very high on and feel is going to be a very good quarterback for us and have a great impact on the National Football League, also would have been offered a very good contract," Green said. "We've signed every other player, so there's only a certain amount of money that's available."Leinart is expected to battle two-year veteran John Navarre for the backup job behind starter Kurt Warner. The consensus is that the Cardinals chose Leinart to groom him as the team's quarterback of the future.During his celebrated college career, Leinart completed 807 of 1,245 passes for 10,693 yards, with 99 touchdown passes and 23 interceptions.Condon would not discuss areas of disagreement in the talks. But one is believed to be the length of the contract, with the Cardinals holding firm on a six-year proposal and Leinart preferring five years. Teams can sign players chosen in the top half of the first round to contracts with a maximum term of six years.Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2534837
Still can't strike a deal...<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Deal, no deal? Leinart, Cardinals can't get togetherBy Len PasquarelliESPN.comFive days into training camp, and with no significant progress in the negotiations between the Arizona Cardinals and the representatives for first-round draft pick Matt Leinart, the two sides on Friday swapped letters but not contract proposals.The message of the missives faxed between Cardinals vice president of football operations Rod Graves and agent Tom Condon of CAA remains unknown. But judging from Condon's demeanor Friday evening, one might surmise the two sides weren't exchanging pleasantries, or any other verbiage that might move them closer to an accord."There's really nothing to report," said Condon, who last week spent three days in face-to-face bargaining before leaving the Phoenix area without a deal. "I guess you could say we're talking, in a sense, but it really hasn't been anything you could call progress. It is what it is."Leinart is one of just three first-round selections who remain unsigned, with safeties Donte Whitner of the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins' Jason Allen joining the former Southern California quarterback in being absent from their respective training camps. Defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley, the first-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles, agreed to terms on Friday afternoon after missing two weeks of camp.It's believed the Cardinals have made about three different proposals to Leinart but, obviously, either the numbers, the terms or the structure was not amenable to the former USC star.The 10th overall choice in the draft and probably a bargain in that slot after he posted a brilliant 37-2 record as the Trojans' starter for three seasons, Leinart was in Phoenix for several days last week and actually spent time throwing with some Arizona receivers. But when he missed last Sunday evening's deadline for reporting to camp and then Monday's opening practice, Leinart returned home to the Los Angeles area.The 2004 Heisman Trophy winner, Leinart is expected to battle two-year veteran John Navarre for the backup job behind starter Kurt Warner once his contract is resolved. The consensus is that the Cardinals chose Leinart to groom him as the team's quarterback of the future.During his celebrated college career, Leinart completed 807-of-1,245 passes for 10,693 yards, with 99 touchdown passes and 23 interceptions.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2540041
Ouch.Someone to tell Matt to stop banging Paris Hilton and to strike a deal already. You werent a top 5 pick, get over it. lol
Oh come on man, it's not Paris' fault. Didn't you hear she is giving up sex for a year, and exclaimed that she's only let 2 guys bone her and rarely even HAS sex?Matt's just pissed he didn't enter the 05 draft, where he woulda struck a much bigger deal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ Aug 5 2006, 08:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Oh come on man, it's not Paris' fault. Didn't you hear she is giving up sex for a year, and exclaimed that she's only let 2 guys bone her and rarely even HAS sex?Matt's just pissed he didn't enter the 05 draft, where he woulda struck a much bigger deal.</div>I believe that about as much as I believe that the Redskins are actually going to win the Super Bowl. Im sure hes regretting the decision now, but the reality is that he was a #10 pick and not a top 5 pick and he needs to get over it and sign the deal based on where he was drafted. Not where he thinks he should have gone.
For the first thing you said, no comment.2nd thing: I completely agree. He's thinking last year way too much and isn't looking at this year's picture.
Another day and still not even close...<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Cardinals | Still no progress in signing LeinartSun, 6 Aug 2006 11:32:49 -0700Darren Urban, of the East Valley Tribune, reports the Arizona Cardinals and QB Matt Leinart's agent, Tom Condon, still have made no progress in getting the team's first-round pick signed.</div>http://www.kffl.com/hotw/nfl
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (7th sign @ Aug 15 2006, 01:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>heard he accepted a 51$M/6 years + 14 $M guarenteed contract</div>Heres an article on it:<u>Leinart, Cards finally make a deal </u> Quarterback Matt Leinart, the last of the 2006 draft's unsigned first-round picks, reached an agreement with the Arizona Cardinals on a six-year contract that includes a $14 million signing bonus and a maximum value of $51 million, agent Tom Condon said Monday night. Leinart was the No. 10 overall pick by Arizona, but missed two weeks of training camp because of the long-running contract talks. "We're happy to be done and Matt's happy," Condon said. The agreement came only hours after Arizona coach Denny Green had made comments critical of Leinart for holding out. However, Condon said he was unaware of Green's comments and that the impasse was resolved after the team changed its position on how Leinart could achieve a number of incentive clauses. Condon declined to reveal any of the clauses, but he said Leinart could achieve some increased salary by meeting a play-time standard in only one of his first three seasons. The Cardinals had at one time asked that in order for Leinart to reach the first level salary increase he had to play either 60 percent of the downs in his first four seasons, 70 percent in 2007, 2008 and 2009 or 80 percent in 2008 and 2009.Jason Cole is a national NFL writer for Yahoo! Sports.http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ys-c...=yhoo&type=lgns
