QB Matt Leinart, Oakland Raiders

HT: 6-5, WT: 217, Born: 5-11-1983, College: USC, Drafted: Round 1, Pick 10

2013 Projections

2013 Schedule

2012 Game Summaries

Week 10 - In mop up duty late in the fourth quarter, Leinart handed the ball off outside of one pass attempt. He threw an accurate slant route to Heyward-Bey that was broken up by the defensive back.

Week 16 - In Palmer’s stead came seventh year pro Matt Leinart, who was uninspiring throughout and contributed very well in the way of positive, daring plays. Leinart’s mechanics and footwork let him down time and time again as he struggled to establish a rhythm early on. With the Raiders’ rushing attack stymied by Carolina repeatedly, Leinart was asked to make throws into tight windows in a blanket of zone coverage on third down – a feat he could not pull off very often. However, he managed to hit Rod Streater and Denarius Moore with pinpoint passes on quick slants to keep a couple of possessions alive. The offense stalled in the red zone, with Leinart the primary culprit. Sometimes he would simply throw the football away instead of escaping the pocket and buying time for his receivers to come open. He threw an ill-advised pass against the aforementioned zone coverage of Carolina which resulted in a Luke Kuechly interception; the linebacker read Leinart’s eyes and jumped in front of a passes which had no right to be thrown in the vicinity of three Panthers defenders.