In somewhat surprising news Sunday, reports surfaced that Cardinals QB Kurt Warner will be named the team's Week One starter. This comes after Matt Leinart's horrendous performance in Saturday night's preseason contest, in which he completed 4-of-12 passes for 24 yards and three interceptions. Yikes.

Although Arizona's coaching staff has publicly backed Leinart as their No. 1 QB all offseason, word is that privately they've been unhappy with his play in both training camp and the preseason, and Saturday's debacle was apparently the straw that broke the camel's back. Remember, Ken Whisenhunt's coaching regime was not the one that drafted Leinart back in 2006.

The way I see it, this QB change doesn't have a huge effect on the Cards' skill players. Larry Fitzgerald can't really get much higher in the rankings than he is already, and I'm hesitant to move up Anquan Boldin because of the uncertainty with his trade demands. If his contract situation gets resolved, though, I might bump him up a couple spots. And we have Edgerrin James as a low-end No. 2 RB right now; that's still about what I think he is.

The place where your draft board is going to see some shifting is with the QBs themselves. With Warner's promotion, he becomes a decent No. 2 QB option. We now have him as roughly the 20th-ranked QB. If we knew for sure that the Cards were committed to Warner and wouldn't have him on a short leash, we'd probably rank him about five spots higher, but too much is up in the air at this point. The former MVP definitely has starting value in leagues that start two QBs, though. Don't forget that he threw for 3,417 yards and 27 TDs in '07.

As for Leinart, it's difficult to peg where he should be ranked now. We still have him in the top 30, but I don't think I'd bother drafting him in most leagues. It wouldn't shock me if he were starting before the season is over, but you'd probably be able to scoop him off the waiver wire if that does happen.