The 38-year-old quarterback announced his retirement from the game on Friday after a dozen years in a league that at first rejected him, then revered him as he came from nowhere to lead the lowly St. Louis Rams to two Super Bowls, winning the first of them.
Written off as a has-been, he rose again to lead the long-suffering Arizona Cardinals to the Super Bowl a year ago.
AdvertisementWarner walked away with a year left on a two-year, $23 million contract, knowing he still had the skills to play at the highest level.
He had one of the greatest postseason performances ever in Arizona’s 51-45 overtime wild card victory over Green Bay on Jan. 10, but sustained a brutal hit in the Cardinals’ 45-14 divisional round loss at New Orleans six days later.
Warner leaves the game with a legacy that could land him in the Hall of Fame even though he didn’t start his first game until he was 28.
Class act. Though I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see an even older QB back on the field (possibly for another team) this fall.
Do you really think that there is another team that #4 could go to that is better positioned for a run than the Vikings?
I’d like to see him come back and win. Just for the rest of us 40 year olds…
For that matter, I would have liked to see Kurt Warner win one more. He’s a good guy.