Kurt Warner

Biography

University career

It carried out its university career with the team of Northern Iowa, university rather modest on the plan of American football. Indeed, this university does not evolve/move in the best division of NCAA since it belongs to the Division I-AA of this one. With the image of its career, it appeared there only on late, becoming titular only at the time of its fourth and last academic year. But that did not prevent it from making watch of its talent incipient while becoming the best frontier runner from its conference with the level launched yards and evaluation. He was elected besides better offensive player of his conference for the university season 1993. The short price of its university and its little of experiment explains partly why Warner was not draft E by a team of NFL at his exit of the university.

Professional path

Arena League Football and NFL Europe

Having been retained by no team lasting the draft NFL of 1994, Kurt Warner then decided to try his chance at the time of the camps of summer organized by the teams of the league, even if this kind of camp seldom leads to a recruiting. Thus it was found with the camp of drive of the Packers de Green Bay but the latter decided not to preserve it.

Not renonçant to make career in American football, Warner canvassed then the teams of the Arena Football League, competition spring of American football in room. Meeting more success in this company, it signed with the beginning of the year 1995 a professional contract with a team of its area, the Iowa Barnstormers. During three seasons, it will prove its talent within this frankness, leading this one to two ArenaBowl. It will be honoured besides by the league while by being twice selected in the team-type with the season, in 1996 and 1997.

In 1998, it tries its chance in the European subsidiary company of the NFL, NFL Europe, hoping for this manner being located by a frankness from the league mother. He then played with the Amsterdam Admirals during one season when he marked the spirits while being leader of the league on the level of the launched Yard S (2 101) and of the master keys of Touchdown (15).

Saint-Louis Rams (1998-2003)

1998

Having convinced the Rams of Saint-Louis, it signs with them a professional contract with orée of the season 1998. It will however be only the third quarterback manpower and will not play that a few minutes at the time of the ultimate meeting of the season against the 49ers of San Francisco, benefitting from the wound of the holder Tony Banks and the setting at rest of its substitute Steve Bono.

1999

At the time of the following intersaison, Tony Banks left to the Ravens Baltimore and Steve Bono stopped its career. However, the leaders of the frankness from Saint-Louis did not trust Warner to hold the reins of the team and made sign Trent Green, coming from the Redskins of Washington. From now on second quarterback, Kurt Warner did not take however a long time to press the lawns of the NFL, Green being wounded during the pre-season. He then proved immediately his potential, contributing largely to superb the season 1999 of Rams, establishing for his first season as a holder of the resounding statistics with 4 353 yards launched (2nd of the NFL over the season) for 43 touchdowns (1st) and an evaluation of 109,2 (1st). Elected official MVP of the regular season, it punctuated this remarkable season by leading his team to the victory at the time of the Super Bowl with the key 414 yards with the master key for 2 Touchdown S and a title of MVP of the match. Whereas Rams was with equality with the Titans of Tennessee at two minutes of the end of the match, a master key of touchdown 73 yards launched for Isaac Bruce allowed him this evening to give the victory to his.

2000

Within sight of his fulgurating rise which had seen it passing from the state of person of obscure repute to that of hero of the country, Warner was very awaited during the resumption of the season 2000. The confirmation of its statute was not made wait. Indeed, it began the season by equalizing the record legendary Steve Young while launching more than 300 yards to the master key lasting the first six matches of the season. During this amount of time, it launched for 19 touchdowns. During a match against San Diego, it was even the first quarterback of the history to reach the perfect mark of 158,3 with the evaluation for the second time. A fracture with the auricular right intervened on October 22nd against the Chiefs of Kansas City however will put a crushing argument at its season which started almost perfectly, Warner having beaten several records and very being hitherto well placed to establish others and to carry out one of best of them if it is not the best season of the history of the NFL for a quarterback. Of return at the beginning of December after having missed five matches, Warner then pained to find the exceptional rate which it had at the beginning of the season in spite of very good services. With a record of 10 victories for 6 defeats, it took along its team to the playoffs for the second consecutive year but in spite of an excellent performance of its share and all the offensive section, Rams were inclined at the time of the first turn of Wild Cards against the Saints of New-Orleans because of an extremely permissive defense.

2001

At the time of the season 2001, continued on the two former seasons impetus by maintaining a level of high play which made best the quarterback of it league. It was thus first of the NFL for the number of supplemented master keys (375), the number yards to the master key (4 830) and the number of master keys for touchdowns (36). 4 besides 830 yards launched to the master key constitutes the second best total of all times, just behind daN Marino which had launched for 5 084 yards during the season 1984. It unfortunately also continued on its impetus of the end of season 2000 while still launching many interceptions (22), even if this did not affect really its evaluation (101,4; 1st of the NFL) have regard toits rate of supplemented master keys (68,7%; 1st of the NFL) and with its 36 touchdowns launched. November 11th, against the Panthers of the Caroline, celebrating her 36e match in NFL, it was the fastest quarterback of the history to reach the bar of the 10 000 launched yards. Its level of play as as of its partners of the attack but also those of found defense made it possible Rams to carry out one of the best seasons of the history by a team by recording an assessment of 14 victories for only 2 defeats. Its statistics once again impressive combined with the results on the ground pled largely in its favor at the time of the vote for the MVP of the season. It thus took down this distinction for the second time, joining a very closed circle of great champions. It led its team to the finale of Super Bowl XXXVI. In spite of its 365 yards launched for a touchdown, a touchdown with the race and an impressive increase in last quarter-time, its two interceptions had been expensive Rams before which had to be inclined vis-a-vis the Patriots of the News England on a victorious kick of Adam Vinatieri in all end of match.

2002

The season 2002 mark another turning in the career of Kurt Warner. This season marks the beginning of the forfeiture of this champion and his team. During the pre-season, Warner appears a little slower than with accustomed, in particular in the release of his master keys, which was however its force during its glorious seasons. With a line of blockers and a play of race in fall, Rams lose of their superb, involving Warner in their fall. This last is wounded besides in the fourth match of the season against the Cowboys of Dallas, letting the young person Marc Bulger support the weight of a fourth consecutive defeat. But this one will astonish then by its performances and will relegate Warner on the bench to his return of wound, this last undergoing the history which had seen it shining with back. It will dispute however still two matches as a holder during this season, these two meetings showing defeats and services very in on this side practices of Warner. Besides it will finish the season with a starveling evaluation of 67,4 points, having launched only 3 touchdowns for 11 interceptions. That will not however prevent it from beating new records cumulated while becoming the fastest quarterback of the history of the NFL to make a success of its 1 000e passes in only 47 meetings and 1 487 attempts. It will be also fastest to reach the 1 500 attempts, preceding great names like Joe Montana and daN Marino.

2003

The season 2003 remains worst which Kurt Warner knew. Finding its place of holder to the detriment of Marc Bulger which however left a beautiful season (evaluation of 101,5), it will dispute only two matches of which only one as a holder, i.e. the first of the season during which it will be wounded, having undergone multiple shocks which had with the insufficiency of its line of blockers. The wound of which he suffers is a concussion and he will not return before the ultimate match where he will return to play some actions. During its absence, Bulger will not be free from all reproaches but it is young person, more mobile, more solid and especially much less expensive than Warner who loses at the end of this season the confidence of his leaders.

New York Giants (2004)

June 1st, 2004, Rams of Saint-Louis lay off Warner to remain in lower part of the wage ceiling imposed by the NFL. Feeling the wind to come, Warner had already contacted several teams and, two days later, engaged with the Giants of New York which sought a reliable quarterback to replace unstable the Kerry Collins. He began the season as a holder. He then seemed to find confidence within a team which gained five of her the first seven meetings. But the beautiful series was stopped by two consecutive defeats and the trainer Tom Coughlin, known for its lunatism and subjected to the pressure of result of the demanding public new yorkais, decided more not to make play Warner and to replace it by the Rookie Eli Manning, the brother of Peyton, quarterback of the Colts of Indianapolis. It will remake only one short appearance during the thirteenth week of competition. Warner will finish the season with correct statistics (62,8% of supplemented master keys and an evaluation of 86,5). Giants, which was with 5 victories for 4 defeats under the control of Warner, will finish the season with 6 victories for 10 defeats and are thus deprived of the playoffs. This will not prevent Coughlin from regarding Eli Manning as the future at the station of quarterback for Giants, which means that the contract of Warner will not be renewed.

Arizona Cardinals (2005-2006)

2005

March 6th, 2005, being from now on free agent, it signed a one year old contract with the frankness from the Cardinals of Arizona. After a camp of convincing drive, it was indicated like quarterback titular to begin the season. But the wounds quickly remembered to its memory; at the time of the third match against the Seahawks of Seattle, it undergoes a small elongation on the level of the groin and must then miss two matches during which its substitute and old titular of Cardinals Josh McCown succeeds of beautiful services and especially to gain the first match of the season. On his return, Warner sees repeating the scenario of 2002. He is indeed thorough on the bench by his young substitute and some think whereas a not very glorious end of a career for the double MVP of the league is profiled. But McCown does not confirm and Warner is recalled as a holder at the time of the eighth week and will not leave any more this station up to two matches of the end of the regular season since it will be wounded again. Cardinals will in any event not go further considering their weak assessment (5 victories for 11 defeats). But this season is imortante for Warner because, extremely of rather correct statistics (evaluation of 85,8 and 2 713 yards launched) and from a time of important play, it prolongs its contract with Cardinals at the conclusion of the season.

2006

Kurt Warner announced at the beginning of the season that it would take certainly his sporting retirement at the end of this season 2006. He is not titular any more indisputable besides within Cardinals, having been replaced at the time of the fifth week at the titular station of quarterback by the young person Matt Leinart, just arrived within the NFL but considered as one of best the quarterbacks university of all times. Warner pays the expenses of an irregular beginning of the season and a lack of victory, even if since Matt Leinart did not make much better because of a line of blockers disastrous allowing of many sacks. During the sixteenth week, Leinart was wounded, thus leaving the free field to Warner who benefitted from it to lead his team to the victory against the San Francisco 49ers and to a defeat tightened at the time of the last match of the season, finishing the season on the personal level with a correct evaluation of 89,3 points.

On the whole, after his matches of 2006, Warner disputed 80 matches of NFL and cumulated 20 591 yards with the master key for 125 touchdowns. He exceeded three times the 3 000 yards with the master key (in 1999,2000 and 2001). He holds in addition a record NFL as for the percentage of master keys supplemented on the whole of a career (65,6%). He also has the second best evaluation of all times on the whole of a career behind Steve Young (96,8) with 93,8 points.

Prize list

Victorious of the Super Bowl XXXIV with Rams
Finalist of Super Bowl XXXVI with Rams
MVP of the NFL in 1999 and 2001
Selected three times at the Pro Bowl: 2000,2001,2002

See too

Records NFL (individual)

External bonds

Card espn.go.com
Statistical nfl.com
Statistical pro-football-reference.com

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