Let's think about Kurt Warner this way, he is an amazing drive combined with an amazing catch and an Adam Vinatieri field goal away from having three super bowl rings. I don't think that people really think about Kurt Warner that way. We all know the story of how he stocked the grocery store aisles and came up from the Arena League, but I think people are too busy trying to make this guy a feel good story to realize how good he really was. In his first full season, where he was thrown into the fire due to injury, he ends up setting the world on fire and leads the lowly Rams to a Super bowl win. He has a decent second year where there were some injuries and they get to the playoffs with not much else. Now in his third year, he has a season for the ages, where he almost throws for 5,000 yards and they lose the Super Bowl, in which he throws for 365 yards to the NE Patriots 270 yards of total offense and lose the game. This can only happen if your coach is Mike Martz and you are up against Bill Belichick, who came up with a great game plan and Martz's ego did all the rest.
Dick Vermeil, also under rated in my opinion, was his coach in the first year where they won the Super Bowl. Had he decided to stay, I think they win at least one more and at the least Warner does not fade away into oblivion like he did in St. Louis as did the organization after a couple of decent years. Not until he lands in another NFL dungeon, the Arizona Cardinals in 2005 does he begin to show his skills where he eventually gets them to the Super Bowl only to lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers on a great Roethlisberger drive that culminated with one of the greatest catches in Super Bowl history to Santonio Holmes. Another myth about Warner, is how good is receivers are, something you have probably heard about Peyton Manning as well. In my opinion, in both of these instances it is the quarterback making the receivers look better. Outside of Larry Fitzgerald, the rest have been good but have developed great chemistry with one of the best quarterbacks that we have seen come through this league. Just ask Anquan boldin!
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