Somehow, the Cardinals don't strike me as an opportunity to root for the slobs. I just don't get it, I'm still stuck on how in the world they got to this place. The playoffs have been completely weird this year.
From the first thing that came up on google:
From the Edmonton Sun:
"Kurt Warner's story isn't new but it never gets old, an inspiration, really, to anyone who is ready to give up on himself. The Coles Notes [whuut?] version is that Warner graduated from that noted football factory, the University of Northern Iowa, in 1994. The football world yawned, but the Packers invited him for a training camp look.
That's all it was, a look, and Warner moved back home to Cedar Rapids and took a job in the local supermarket, stocking shelves for $5.50 an hour. He eventually landed a quarterbacking job with the Arena Football League Iowa Barnstormers. After three years there, he caught on with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe, beating out Jake Delhomme for the starting job.
Warner parlayed that into a backup role with the St. Louis Cardinals [it was the Rams] in 1998 but when starter Trent Green was injured during the 1999 pre-season, Warner became a star faster than you can say Wally Pipp. At 28, during that 1999 season as the pitch man for "The Greatest Show on Turf," Warner passed for an astonishing 43 touchdowns and the first of three consecutive 500-point seasons. He capped it off with a victory over the Tennessee Titans in the Super Bowl and, of course, was named Super Bowl MVP.
After three superior seasons, the wheels came off the St. Louis track team [whuuuuuuuuut?] and he was eventually dismissed by the Rams after the 2003 season. After a year with the Giants, Warner appeared set to play out the string [whuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut?] as a backup when he signed on with Arizona in 2005. When Josh McCown stumbled, Warner once again was at the controls, only to lose the job the next year to rookie Matt Leinart.
In 2007, Leinart began the year at No. 1 but Warner was quickly summoned to right the ship after five games, starting the final 11 games. This past off- season, Warner won the starting job again against Leinart and hasn't looked back, passing for 30 TDs and 4,583 yards.
Already with more playoff wins (two) than any quarterback in 60 years for Arizona, Warner will try to make it three in a row against a tough Philly defence today.
If Warner is able to get back to the Super Bowl for the third time, and perhaps win his second, it will be hard to keep him out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame when his time comes. [I wouldn't take this writer's word on this point, but it's a great story.]"
