Kurt Warner Announces His Retirement From Football

I’m eternally grateful for what he did to football here in AZ and the unforgettable memories. I also think it’s great that he played here longer than with the Rams, I’d love to see him go down into the HOF as a Cardinal. He deserves to be on the Ring of Honor at UofP Stadium.

Warner, I hope you enjoy retirement. You were great!

Over twice as many wins as losses? 31 touchdown passes in only 13 games when everyone’s watching? The guy may not have had the lengthy regular season career and success of many of the greats, but DAMN he takes a backseat to nobody when it really counts. He may not have won every big game, but when you have the most prolific passing day in super bowl history, and oh yeah, the next two as well, you’re the man I’d want for the job any day of the week.

Thank you so very much Kurt. You were the reason my first favorite team (Rams) and my home team (Cards) have had any reason to celebrate anything in my entire lifetime. For that I will be eternally grateful. I will never forget what you did for the GSoT or the Red Sea.

God bless.

Well I just woke up from a really wet dream that the Cardinals were one of the top teams in the NFL. Guess the dreams over, it was nice while it lasted. Thanks for the memories Kurt. After hangin out with the ol lady and kids starts to get old, please come back

That post above where it says, “Oh noooo! We suck again” is an understatement.

Whizenhunt will keep the team strong relative to how it was in the pre-Warner years, but I doubt playoffs are anywhere in our near future.

Sad day indeed

Warner was the classiest player in the NFL

Ever humble, and always gave credit to God as well as his coaches, owners, and teammates

Of all the Super Bowls in history, the top 3 QB performances were all by Kurt Warner

I think if he were single he would have returned for the challenge

But after seeing his 7 children, I finally understood why Kurt retired

Not worth risking more concussions or other serious injuries when you have so many young ones to care for. Would be a shame not to be able to be there for them if he took more shots to the head and wound up like so many sadly disabled NFL vets

I wish they would change the rules and eject and suspend the cheap shot artists and their coaches and owners – hate to see players like Kurt forced out

The way Warner went out was as classy as it gets, even to the point of dropping hints along the way so people wouldn’t be devastated when it happened. He didn’t want his last year to be dominated by all the attention that would be given because everybody would know it was his last game in each stadium he played in.

I remember in 1998 I was in Chicago watching a pre-season game between the Bears and Rams when Warner entered the game in the second half. It was immediately obvious to me and the others who saw the game that there was something special about Warner, a presence, poise, and command that stood out very clearly. How scouts could not have recognized Warner’s ability before that is amazing. Imagine the stats Warner would have compiled if he’d started his NFL career about six years before he did. He probably would have broken most all-time QB records and who knows how many championships there would have been. All we can do now is rejoice in what he has accomplished and thank him for providing the most compelling personal story maybe ever in the NFL. What a fantastic player and person.

Warner turned the Cardinals into one of the top offenses in the league

With some big-time help from Coach Whisenhunt. Warner struggled mightily when he first came to the Cardinals, ultimately losing the start to Leinart. Warner didn’t start again until Leinart broke his collar bone in ’07.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Warner’s resurgence happened at the same time Whisenhunt came along. Hopefully, he can work another miracle with Leinart, especially with a full off-season to get ready.

I don’t mean to rain on Warner’s parade; I’m sorry to see him go. But it’s not right to make it sound like he made the last three years happen single-handedly.

As a football fan, I would dearly miss Kurt Warner. He gave so many memorable games to watch. He makes the NFL exciting watch: the Green Bay-Arizona playoff was probably the playoff game of the decade, last year’s Super Bowl was one of the most exciting game ever. Football fan, Rams’ fan, Cardinal’s fan would absolutely miss you Kurt.

The years in which Warner was successful we had Whiz as a head coach and finally had a running game. Leinart has not had his chance yet in those conditions and has sat behind one of the greatest quarter backs to play the game for the past few years. He has learned a lot while watching Warner and has even adopted Warners trademark throwing glove! Arizona sports fans are so terribly pessimistic (especially suns fans who are only interested in trade talks). It is not time to jump ship yet, lets see what Leinart can do with the improved coaching and a newly found running game. Chill out everyone and cheer on your Cardinals with optimism like true fans. GO LEINART, GO CARDINALS!