Source: Giants Have No Interest in Leinart
Written by playerpress.com, Thursday September 02 2010
Despite reports from ESPN that the Giants, Bills and Raiders were interested in trading for faltering Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart, sources say that all three teams deny wanting to sign the former USC star.
Leinart has seen his star drop dramatically the last couple years as he has been unable to secure the starting job in Arizona, where he was beaten out first by greybearded Kurt Warner and now, inexplicably, by journeyman Derek Anderson.
If he’s not careful, Leinart will be known best for pictures taken of him in a hot tub with coeds instead of his gridiron accomplishments.
Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News reports that that the Giants have no interest in Leinart.
The Giants especially have no interest in Leinart under his current contract, which pays him more than $10 million the next two seasons. It's possible that the Giants could become interested if Leinart were willing to take less money, but considering that Leinart doesn't want to be a backup, it's hard to see why he'd agree to take less money as part of a trade to the Giants, where he has no chance of beating out Eli Manning for the starting job.
Jay Glazer of Fox Sports tweeted Wednesday that the Giants aren't interested in Leinart and want a veteran quarterback who is content with being Eli Manning's backup.
