Andrew Joseph

azcentral sports

Ken Whisenhunt is ready to move on from a quarterback drafted in the top 10 after just a few seasons.

Sound familiar?

It did for former Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart.

News started circulating out of Nashville that Whisenhunt plans to start rookie quarterback Zach Mettenberger on Sunday, pointing to the end of the Jake Locker era with the Titans.

Leinart then tweeted about the situation with FOX Sports' Clay Travis.

When Travis tweeted that the Locker era was over, Leinart responded with it "will be for someone else in a year or two as well. Same story."

When Travis asked who the Titans should draft to address their issues, Leinart simply said, "a new coach."

And even though Leinart has his reasons to be bitter, he also isn't wrong.

Locker was taken with the eighth pick in the 2011 draft but has been unspectacular, throwing for 26 touchdowns and 19 interceptions in his career.

Whisenhunt's tenure with the Cardinals was riddled with instability at the quarterback position, and it appears to be more of the same with Tennessee.

When Whisenhunt took over the Arizona job in 2007, Leinart was already drafted. He was supposed to help mold Leinart into a star quarterback, but instead favored an aging Kurt Warner. The next season, Warner remained the starter and led the Cardinals to the Super Bowl.

Even after Warner retired, Whisenhunt had all but given up on Leinart. And the Cardinals would roll out more quarterbacks than any other team as Whisenhunt looked for his guy.

Remember Derek Anderson, John Skelton, Max Hall, Ryan Lindley, Kevin Kolb and Brian Hoyer? Yeah, it wasn't a good time for Whisenhunt and the Cardinals' quarterbacks.

Leinart's football career is over, and if Whisenhunt doesn't learn from his mistakes, his won't last either.

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