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Report: Logan Thomas won’t start for Cardinals, Ryan Lindley will
Posted by Josh Alper on December 25, 2014
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Cardinals rookie Logan Thomas had a rough opening to his first practice since being named the team’s Week 17 starter, but both he and coach Bruce Arians said that things got better as the session went along on Wednesday.
It appears that they didn’t get good enough for Thomas to hold onto the starting job until Sunday, however. Kent Somers of the Arizona Republicreports that the Cardinals have decided to go back to Week 16 starter Ryan Lindley for their regular season finale against the 49ers.
When Arians made the call to go with Thomas earlier this week, he said that he wouldn’t hesitate to pull the rookie if things weren’t going well and that Thomas’s practice performance could lead him to change his mind before Sunday. That makes Thursday’s report less surprising, if not particularly positive for an Arizona team that was likely hoping Thomas would prove to be a better option than Lindley in the event that Drew Stanton doesn’t heal in time to play in their postseason opener.
The Cardinals practice on Thursday, although Arians isn’t expected to meet with the media to discuss the latest twist at quarterback for the Cardinals until Friday.
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AZ is going to be looking for another BU QB (or two) during free agency and/or the draft. That’s painfully obvious! The difference between #1, and #2/#3 is light years apart. You need a much better #2 at minimum.
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The magic is running out for Bruce Arians. One and done: great work by him to get this far anyway, but Lindley is a legitimate scrub and Stanton isn’t good enough win in the playoffs.
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I am betting Glennon is an AZ Card next year
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Kurt Warner on line 1…..
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Might try keeping an extra blocker around so that you don’t have to go through the injured QB thing every year.
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Brett Favre on line 2…….
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Keep in mind that after Palmer was injured, there was a 4 to 5 week span before Stanton got hurt.
Steve Keim could have gotten several experienced NFL QBs who could have used that time to become familiar with BA’s offense. In fact, Keim could have made sure the Cards did not have to depend on Lindley. Unfortuanately, Keim wiffed and when stupid with Lindley on the idiotic thinking that Lindley was OK since he “knew” the offense.
What a joke and now this will cost the Cards everything.
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Rex Grossman just finished Kite Surfing and is on line 8.
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How can Thomas be worse than Lindley? That isn’t humanly possible.
There must be a WR, RB, or DB on their 53-man roster that can play QB better than Lindley, no?
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This is why Arians should quit popping off like he’s some genius. We’ll all find out he’s MEDIOCRE.
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It’s funny that people think the cards are any different than any other team. You lose your qb your team is in trouble bottom line!
Report: Logan Thomas won’t start for Cardinals, Ryan Lindley will
Posted by Josh Alper on December 25, 2014
Cardinals rookie Logan Thomas had a rough opening to his first practice since being named the team’s Week 17 starter, but both he and coach Bruce Arians said that things got better as the session went along on Wednesday.
It appears that they didn’t get good enough for Thomas to hold onto the starting job until Sunday, however. Kent Somers of the Arizona Republicreports that the Cardinals have decided to go back to Week 16 starter Ryan Lindley for their regular season finale against the 49ers.
When Arians made the call to go with Thomas earlier this week, he said that he wouldn’t hesitate to pull the rookie if things weren’t going well and that Thomas’s practice performance could lead him to change his mind before Sunday. That makes Thursday’s report less surprising, if not particularly positive for an Arizona team that was likely hoping Thomas would prove to be a better option than Lindley in the event that Drew Stanton doesn’t heal in time to play in their postseason opener.
The Cardinals practice on Thursday, although Arians isn’t expected to meet with the media to discuss the latest twist at quarterback for the Cardinals until Friday.
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AZ is going to be looking for another BU QB (or two) during free agency and/or the draft. That’s painfully obvious! The difference between #1, and #2/#3 is light years apart. You need a much better #2 at minimum.
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The magic is running out for Bruce Arians. One and done: great work by him to get this far anyway, but Lindley is a legitimate scrub and Stanton isn’t good enough win in the playoffs.
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I am betting Glennon is an AZ Card next year
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Kurt Warner on line 1…..
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Might try keeping an extra blocker around so that you don’t have to go through the injured QB thing every year.
---------
Brett Favre on line 2…….
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Keep in mind that after Palmer was injured, there was a 4 to 5 week span before Stanton got hurt.
Steve Keim could have gotten several experienced NFL QBs who could have used that time to become familiar with BA’s offense. In fact, Keim could have made sure the Cards did not have to depend on Lindley. Unfortuanately, Keim wiffed and when stupid with Lindley on the idiotic thinking that Lindley was OK since he “knew” the offense.
What a joke and now this will cost the Cards everything.
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Rex Grossman just finished Kite Surfing and is on line 8.
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How can Thomas be worse than Lindley? That isn’t humanly possible.
There must be a WR, RB, or DB on their 53-man roster that can play QB better than Lindley, no?
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This is why Arians should quit popping off like he’s some genius. We’ll all find out he’s MEDIOCRE.
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It’s funny that people think the cards are any different than any other team. You lose your qb your team is in trouble bottom line!
