The improbable run of the Arizona Cardinals into the Super Bowl has got me thinking of the perhaps even more improbable run of Kurt Warner, a man who has spent his entire career making Chad Pennington look like a model of consistency. Perhaps a year by year analysis of his professional career (with the help of the ever trustworthy Wikipedia) could help illustrate my point.
1994: Kurt Warner sucks. He does not get drafted and gets cut by the Green Bay Packers pre-season.
1995-1997: Kurt Warner is the man. In the Arena Football League. Which is held in slightly higher regard than the XFL.
1998: Kurt Warner sucks. He plays in one game for the St. Louis Rams, completing just 4 of 11 passes.
1999: Kurt Warner is the best quarterback in football. In what was essentially his rookie season he wins both league and Super Bowl MVP. Eventually the author (that's me) stabs himself in the spine everytime the TV folks show his wife and mom in the stands.
2000: Kurt Warner is average. He passes for a lot of yardage but breaks his hand and his interception ratio isn't good.
2001: Kurt Warner is the best quarterback in football. He wins the league MVP and the author (that's me) is not subjected to further images of family members. That's good because the author can do without the sap story, thank you very much.
2002: Kurt Warner sucks. 6 starts, 11 INTs, 8 fumbles, and a broken finger.
2003: Kurt Warner sucks. 1 start, fucking 6 fumbles.
2004: Kurt Warner is pretty good. He starts the first 9 games for the New York Giants and posts 5 wins (the Giants won only 4 games in all of 2003). He is inexplicably benched in favour of Eli Manning, who is not a particularly good quarterback unless it happens to be the 2008 calendar year.
2005: Kurt Warner sucks. After early struggles and an injury, he is replaced by Josh Fucking McCown. Josh Fucking McCown sucks. He is replaced by Kurt Fucking Warner. Kurt Warner is pretty good until he pops his MCL. And 9s replaced by Josh Fucking McCown. Kurt Warner is broken.
2006: Kurt Warner sucks. He is benched in favour of Matt Fucking Fucking Leinart, who needs at least twice as many expletives in his name as Josh Fucking McCown.
2007: Kurt Warner is awesome. He plays in relief of Matt Fucking Fucking Leinart a few times early in the season before taking over the starting job, throwing for over 3000 yards and 23 TDs in 11 starts.
2008: Kurt Warner is the best quarterback in football. Peyton Manning wins the league MVP with very similar numbers but this playoff run puts Warner over the top for this year.
Be sure to read again for the next edition of the Super Bowlers... an exclusive interview with Troy Polamalu's hair.
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did realize there was ANOTHER post... you've officially been bookmarked!
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