Leinart Prepares For First Start

The starting call has come earlier than expected for Matt Leinart, who went through his first practice as an NFL first-string quarterback on Wednesday.

Leinart capped the session with a little extra work on the field with Edgerrin James, then pronounced himself confident for his first start for Arizona on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, although he acknowledged, ``They're probably licking their chops with a rookie quarterback coming in.''

Leinart has impressed coaches and teammates since he came to the Cardinals after a surprising drop to the No. 10 pick in the draft.

''I think you've got to understand who Matt Leinart is,'' Green said. ``As far as college football is concerned, I don't know if there's a quarterback in the history of the game who has had as much success on that level.''

Not much else could go wrong for the Cardinals at this point, why not throw Leinart in to see if he can take care of business. We know he will do a fine job just like when he took care of Paris Hilton.

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