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Warner, Big Red would be a match made in heaven
By Bernie Miklasz
Of the Post-Dispatch
03/05/2005
Sports Columnist Bernie Miklasz
If there is a god of football, then surely Kurt Warner will sign a free-agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals. The greatest quarterback in St. Louis NFL history will join hands with Bill Bidwill in a plot to overthrow the Rams and take over the wide open NFC West.
Warner as a Cardinal would be delightful, delirious entertainment for football fans in St. Louis. And for some, such an arrangement would spark intense, conflicting emotions.
How many Warner fans here would defect from the Rams to the Cardinals? How many of red, No. 13 "Warner" jerseys would be sold in St. Louis stores?
Warner doesn't always hold onto the football, but he still has a firm grip on many fans here. They seem convinced that Warner can, in fact, walk across the Mississippi River. And when the Rams defense and special teams got squashed in the playoffs by Atlanta, the Post-Dispatch ran letters that pinned the loss on Marc Bulger, who replaced Warner as the Rams' starter in 2003.
Warner's more zealous fans resent Bulger and seem to believe Mike Martz was sent to earth by the forces of evil and darkness to destroy Warner. So imagine the Rams and Cardinals playing twice a year, with Warner setting up to throw against the Rams' shaky defense at The Edward Jones Dome, the scene of St. Kurt's greatest football glories.
Imagine . . .
Warner riding in a Popemobile-type vehicle through the streets of downtown St. Louis, waving to weeping fans, as he makes a triumphant arrival at The Ed ... Martz being hung in effigy from lamposts outside the Dome ... hustlers selling Bulger voodoo dolls outside the stadium ... Warner leading Arizona to victory, with the home crowd turning against the Rams, and cheering for the Cardinals as if the clock had been turned back to 1974 ... Brenda Warner sitting in her former seat at The Ed, leaning over the rail to give Kurt a kiss as he leaves the field ... Bidwill and Warner hugging in the Arizona locker room.
This catastrophe would ruin Martz's mood, and quite possibly his career. Day-after talk show callers would speak in tongues and demand Martz's resignation.
Our town would tingle over the revival of Martz vs. The Warners. Warner isn't yet a Cardinal but he's already stirring the cauldron, making cryptic comments about the untold story of his demise in St. Louis.
"It's hard, because the media has made so many determinations on what's wrong with me and why I'm not in St. Louis anymore," Warner told media while visiting the Cardinals' facility last week. "Nobody knows the whole story. It's not something I'm going to talk about, but I know the reason I'm not in St. Louis is not because I can't play this football game."
The Cardinals are a nice fit for Warner, who has drawn interest from Chicago and Detroit. Coach Dennis Green isn't sold on his young quarterback, Josh McCown, and the Cardinals are aggressively recruiting Warner. Chicago and Detroit aren't as willing to commit to Warner as the starter, and Warner says he doesn't want to be a backup.
The Cardinals are an improving team with money to spend and have three gifted young wide receivers in Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin and Bryant Johnson.
Warner was 5-4 as a starter for the New York Giants last season, but he was benched after becoming shaky in the pocket. In his final four starts with the Giants, Warner was sacked 24 times and fumbled eight times. But in New York, Warner showed flashes of the impressive passing style that helped him win two league MVP awards in St. Louis.
Please make this happen.
Warner vs. Martz in a battle for the NFC West, with the winner also capturing the hearts of many St. Louis football fans.
If Bidwill signs Warner, he'd have more fans in St. Louis now than he did when the Cardinals played here from 1960 through 1987.
And that would be Warner's first miracle in the desert.
By Bernie Miklasz
Of the Post-Dispatch
03/05/2005
Sports Columnist Bernie Miklasz
If there is a god of football, then surely Kurt Warner will sign a free-agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals. The greatest quarterback in St. Louis NFL history will join hands with Bill Bidwill in a plot to overthrow the Rams and take over the wide open NFC West.
Warner as a Cardinal would be delightful, delirious entertainment for football fans in St. Louis. And for some, such an arrangement would spark intense, conflicting emotions.
How many Warner fans here would defect from the Rams to the Cardinals? How many of red, No. 13 "Warner" jerseys would be sold in St. Louis stores?
Warner doesn't always hold onto the football, but he still has a firm grip on many fans here. They seem convinced that Warner can, in fact, walk across the Mississippi River. And when the Rams defense and special teams got squashed in the playoffs by Atlanta, the Post-Dispatch ran letters that pinned the loss on Marc Bulger, who replaced Warner as the Rams' starter in 2003.
Warner's more zealous fans resent Bulger and seem to believe Mike Martz was sent to earth by the forces of evil and darkness to destroy Warner. So imagine the Rams and Cardinals playing twice a year, with Warner setting up to throw against the Rams' shaky defense at The Edward Jones Dome, the scene of St. Kurt's greatest football glories.
Imagine . . .
Warner riding in a Popemobile-type vehicle through the streets of downtown St. Louis, waving to weeping fans, as he makes a triumphant arrival at The Ed ... Martz being hung in effigy from lamposts outside the Dome ... hustlers selling Bulger voodoo dolls outside the stadium ... Warner leading Arizona to victory, with the home crowd turning against the Rams, and cheering for the Cardinals as if the clock had been turned back to 1974 ... Brenda Warner sitting in her former seat at The Ed, leaning over the rail to give Kurt a kiss as he leaves the field ... Bidwill and Warner hugging in the Arizona locker room.
This catastrophe would ruin Martz's mood, and quite possibly his career. Day-after talk show callers would speak in tongues and demand Martz's resignation.
Our town would tingle over the revival of Martz vs. The Warners. Warner isn't yet a Cardinal but he's already stirring the cauldron, making cryptic comments about the untold story of his demise in St. Louis.
"It's hard, because the media has made so many determinations on what's wrong with me and why I'm not in St. Louis anymore," Warner told media while visiting the Cardinals' facility last week. "Nobody knows the whole story. It's not something I'm going to talk about, but I know the reason I'm not in St. Louis is not because I can't play this football game."
The Cardinals are a nice fit for Warner, who has drawn interest from Chicago and Detroit. Coach Dennis Green isn't sold on his young quarterback, Josh McCown, and the Cardinals are aggressively recruiting Warner. Chicago and Detroit aren't as willing to commit to Warner as the starter, and Warner says he doesn't want to be a backup.
The Cardinals are an improving team with money to spend and have three gifted young wide receivers in Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin and Bryant Johnson.
Warner was 5-4 as a starter for the New York Giants last season, but he was benched after becoming shaky in the pocket. In his final four starts with the Giants, Warner was sacked 24 times and fumbled eight times. But in New York, Warner showed flashes of the impressive passing style that helped him win two league MVP awards in St. Louis.
Please make this happen.
Warner vs. Martz in a battle for the NFC West, with the winner also capturing the hearts of many St. Louis football fans.
If Bidwill signs Warner, he'd have more fans in St. Louis now than he did when the Cardinals played here from 1960 through 1987.
And that would be Warner's first miracle in the desert.
!!!!!
