Matt Leinart Bio & Career Stats

Jersey: #7
Position: Quarterback
Career: 5 Years
Height: 6-5
Weight: 232
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Additional Bio Information

Birth Date: May 11, 1983
Birth Place: Santa Ana, CA
High School: Mater Dei HS [Santa Ana, CA]
College: USC
Drafted: 2006 Arizona Cardinals (Round: 1 #10)

Fantasy Projection

Quarterback Rankings:
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Position Projections:
QB | RB | WR | TE | K | Draft Kit Index

* Average Games Played the Previous 3 Years
** Player Missed More than 8 Games the Previous Season Due to Injury

Matt Leinart 2011 Fantasy Projection
2011 Pts		2011 Avg	Depth Chart	*Avg Games Played		2010 Avg	2010 Fantasy Ranking		2010 Consistency
12.11		3.52	2	8.00		--	--		--
2011 Bye Week	Team Change	Head Coach Change	**Coming Off Injury	Depth Chart Change	Higher Fantasy Avg then League	Harder Schedule in 2011	Better Defenses in 2011	Better Pass Defenses in 2011	Better Against Sub 500 Teams
11	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No

Matt Leinart Previous Years Stats
Year	Team	Gms	Recs	Rec Yds	Rec Tds	Pass Yds	Pass Tds	Rush Yds	Rush Tds	FGs	XPs	Fan Pts	Fan Pts Avg
2010	Texans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
2009	Cardinals	8	0	0	0	435	0	-6	0	0	0	21.15	2.64
2008	Cardinals	4	0	0	0	264	1	5	0	0	0	16.70	4.18

Matt Leinart 2011 Fantasy Analysis
Career Synopsis: Matt Leinart has been below his fantasy projection 4 straight years. His best fantasy QB ranking was #25 in 2006. Fantasy Trends: Leinart's fantasy game average per year has been going down for 4 years. Career Experience Outlook: Leinart is entering his 6th year in the NFL. Over the past 15 years, on average, QBs in their 6th year have seen an increase in fantasy pts per game of 0.24 from their 5th year. Position Outlook: Throughout his career Leinart has averaged 8.51 fantasy pts per game less than the league QB average. The average fantasy pts per game by QBs in 2010 was 15.34. Depth Chart Change: Leinart has moved up from 3rd to 2nd on the depth chart. Player Turnover: At the Quarterback position: Matt Schaub (2010 Avg: 18.33 Pts/Game) has been added to the starting lineup. At the Running Back/Full Back position: Arian Foster (2010 Avg: 18.74 Pts/Game) has been added to the starting lineup. At the Wide Receiver position: Andre Johnson (2010 Avg: 8.45 Pts/Game) and Kevin Walter (2010 Avg: 3.82 Pts/Game) have been added to the starting lineup. At the Tight End position: Owen Daniels (2010 Avg: 3.23 Pts/Game) has been added to the starting lineup. Along the Offenisve Line: Chris Myers, Wade Smith, Eric Winston, Duane Brown and Darius Morris have been added to the starting lineup. At the Kicker position: Neil Rackers (2010 Avg: 7.75 Pts/Game) has been added to the starting lineup. Schedule Difficulty: Based on the winning percentage of the teams on the schedule Leinart played last year (111 - 98 - 0 0.531%) were more difficult compared to the teams on the schedule for the upcoming season (108 - 100 - 0 0.519%), but last season's teams gave up more points (4,745) compared to this season's teams (4,400) so this could mean less fantasy points. Performance Against Sub 500 Teams: There was not much difference last year in the fantasy average Leinart had against winning teams (0.00 pts/game) and losing teams (0.00 pts/game), so there are no clear trends to be learned from the winning percentage of the schedule. Defenses: From a defensive standpoint, Leinart will face defenses that are stronger this year (Avg. Total Yards Against Ranking: 16.69 - 3 Top 10 Defenses and 2 Top 5 Defenses) compared to last season (Avg. Total Yards Against Ranking: 17.69 - 4 Top 10 Defenses and 3 Top 5 Defenses), but this season's teams gave up more passing yards (277 yds/game including 5 Top 10 Defenses and 3 Top 5 Defenses) compared to last season's teams (276 yds/game including 4 Top 10 Defenses and 3 Top 5 Defenses). In Season Trends: Throughout his career Leinart has been a slow starter, but has had his best 4 game stretch during the third quarter of the year (15.56 pts per game), followed by the 2nd quarter (10.71 pts per game), 4th quarter (9.33 pts per game) and 1st quarter (5.16 pts per game). His best weekly fantasy average has been in week 12 (17.13 pts per game), week 11 (12.48 pts per game) and week 5 (12.03 pts per game), and his worst weekly average has been in week 3 (1.60 pts per game), week 4 (3.78 pts per game) and week 2 (6.30 pts per game).	Chart. Chart. Chart.