Hilarious Kurt Warner Retirement Video

Hilarious Kurt Warner Retirement Video

St. Louis Rams Arizona Cardinals Matchup

For the second straight week the St. Louis Rams face a high-powered NFL offense as Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals come to town. This is another awful matchup for the St. Louis Rams. On paper it looks like another long day for the St. Louis Rams down at the Edward Jones Dome.

Whenever the Rams play a team that can light up the scoreboard I do not like the matchup. Even though the Rams played well last week let's not forget that they actually lost. The Rams allowed 28 points and 420 total yards to the New Orleans Saints. Fans may think that is progress and maybe it is but these Rams are not going to win a single game when they allow 28 points, it's just not going to happen. The Saints gashed the Rams for 200+ yards rushing and they don't really have a #1 RB. The Rams also allowed 60% third down conversions, a trend that continues.

On to this week where matchups on both sides of the ball are frightening. The Arizona Cardinals score 25+ points per game and have been hot of late winning 5 of their last 6 games and they are undefeated on the road. Now with a healthy Anquan Boldin the Cardinals feature the best trio of wide receivers in the game and the Rams are very think and inexperienced at cornerback. The Rams will have no answer for Larry Fitzgerald who continues to be the best wide receiver in the NFL. The Rams need to pressure Kurt Warner into mistakes, and since they are 29th in sacks they will need to come of with some plays to get to him. In addition to these facts the Cardinals are starting to work Beanie Wells into their running game and he has been running hard. If they can supplement their passing game with any rushing at all they will put up 30+ points today.

When the Rams have the ball they will once again have to rely on Steven Jackson for production. The Rams lack of downfield passing makes them a sitting duck week after week. The Cardinals are 30th in pass defense but that is not the Rams or Marc Bulger's strength. The Cardinals play down hill all of the time and are super aggressive. Look for them to play 10 players within 10 yards and sometimes 5 yards of the line of scrimmage to shutdown Jackson. The Cardinals are 5th in sacks and will get pressure on Bulger throughout the game. Darnell Dockett is a beast and they will have to block him with Jacob Bell. Bell has no shot at blocking Dockett, the Rams need to play a fullback more often today. Adrian Wilson who usually eats the Rams alive only has half a sack on the season, look out for him today. Steven Jackson will have to do a great job in blitz pickup today. The Cardinals will lock down on Donnie Avery and Brandon Gibson with tight man to man coverage from Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie & Bryant McFadden. Over the top they will have Adrian Wilson and Antrel Rolle both will be looking to shut down Steven Jackson. You can get big plays against the Cardinals but they will keep coming.

The St. Louis Rams just do not have the type of offense to hang with Arizona Cardinals. The Rams will have to be at least +3 in turnover differential to hang in this one. I liked how hard they played last week but let's face it you only get 16 chances to win you should play hard 16 times. This whole thing is a complete mismatch.

Prediction Arizona Cardinals 30 - St. Louis Rams 10

St. Louis Rams Sellout Game Against Cardinals

For the second week in a row the St. Louis Rams asked for an extension to sellout their game. This week the Rams were forced to purchase over 4,000 tickets to the Arizona Cardinals game to avoid a TV blackout. The Rams state they will give the tickets to local charities and youth groups. Even the NFC West leading 6-3 Arizona Cardinals and Kurt Warner were not enough to sellout this game. This will be the 5th straight home sellout of the year for the Rams which is a little surprising since they are 6-33 in their last 39 games. Tickets sales have been bolstered by having some great QBs come to town. This season the fans have gotten to see Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, and now Kurt Warner with the division rival Arizona Cardinals. By the way those five teams have a combined record of 37 and 8!!! That may be lucky for tickets sales but as not been good for the Rams as they are 1-8 for the season and 0-4 at home.

Rams Fall 32 Yards Short Of Paydirt

It was actually very fun today at the Edward Jones Dome as the St. Louis Rams played their best game of the season, but lost 28-23 in the end to the 9-0 New Orleans Saints. Bad clock managment forced Marc Bulger to throw up a prayer into the right corner of the end zone from the Saints 32 yard line as time expired. The prayer went unanswered and fans could only feel what could have been if the Rams could have pulled this one out. It was a great effort from the Rams who hopefully will continue to play for 60 minutes as they did today.

Steven Jackson continues to be a beast for the Rams. Jackson who touched the ball 35 times today was just the man in the first half as the teams exchanged touchdowns and the game was tied at 14 at halftime. Jackson who leads the Rams in receptions with 33 had 176 total yards in the game and a rushing TD. Jackson has rushed for over 100 yards three straight games now, as he had 131 yards today. In the first half he basically looked like he told the team to climb on his back and he would take them to the promise land.

Marc Bulger actually played ok today but he had a costly interception and his clock management on the last drive was awful. Marc continues to dump the ball off as if he is afraid to try and throw the ball down field. The two times he threw it down field to Donnie Avery both plays resulted in TDs. I am not sure at 1-8 why this team continues to dump the ball off on 3rd and long. There is also a disturbing lack of play action passes for a team that has Steven Jackson. This was the best game of he season for Marc as he completed 26 of 40 passes for 298 yards, with two TDs and one interception. It appears very obvious that Marc lacks a NFL caliber arm strength at this point in his career.

The Rams defense which battled the highest scoring team in the league continues to be very inconsistant. On one hand they held the Saints to only 21 points as the Saints scored one TD on a kickoff return to start the second half. On the other hand they did allow the Saints to roll up 420 yards of offense, and 203 yards rushing. In addition they continue to be unable to get off the field as the Saints converted 60% of their 3rd down conversions. The pass rush is also still anemic as the Rams managed only one sack on the day, by Chris Long as he bull rushed the Saints linemens ass into Brees forcing him to fall over. The Rams rarely even touched Brees. Again on the plus side the Rams seemed to hit harder than usual and they forced two interceptions and a fumble that resulted in a touchback. Overall inconsistant is still the best way to describe them.

The Rams will now have to get ready to take on Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald and the high flying Arizon Cardinals next week at the Edward Jones Dome. The Cardinals already with a two game lead in the NFC West will look to pick apart the young Rams linebackers and secondary. This will be another tough test for the Rams. Hopefully the Rams will continue to improve and give us another good game.

Kurt Warner Enters Hall Of Fame Again!

Last year as the Arizona Cardinals were making their run to the Super Bowl there was a lot of debate if Kurt Warner should be in the NFL Hall of Fame. Well have no fear Kurt Warner has now been selected to the Hall of Fame 5 times! Last week Kurt Warner set an NFL record by going 24-of-26 for a 92.3 completion rate against the Jacksonville Jaguars, beating the previous mark set by Vinny Testaverde of the Cleveland Browns back in 1993. Testaverde was 21-of-23. Kurt's jersey and a football from that game will now be placed in an exhibit within the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton Ohio. Kurt already has four other items in the Hall of Fame from his previous feats:

Game ball signed by Kurt from Super Bowl XXXIV victory over the Tennessee Titans
Kurt's game worn jersey from Super Bowl XXXIV
Kurt’s game worn jersey and a football from game against the San Diego Chargers on Oct. 1, 2000 when he became the second QB in history to record a perfect passer rating of 158.3 twice!
Kurt’s game worn jersey and the football he threw against the N.Y. Giants on Nov. 23, 2008 when he reached the 40,000 yard mark of his pro career (includes NFL Europe, Arena Football, and NFL passing yards).

There is no doubt or debate Kurt Warner is a NFL Hall of Fame QB. Kurt will surpass the 30,000 yard mark by midseason this year and that should be the last stat needed.

Kurt Warner Makes New York Times Best Seller List

We all know Kurt Warner is great on and off the field. Now Kurt is climbing his way up the New York Times Best Seller list. Kurt and Brenda Warner's book First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner is #6 on Amazon.com in the Football Biographies & Memoirs section. This is a great book for anyone. There are more stories about raising children then raising a championship flag but that is Kurt. It is all about family. This is a book about life lessons. If you liked Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life by Tony Dungy you will love this book.

The Numbers Don't Lie - Kurt Is In The HOF

HTML clipboard Kurt Warner - Career Highlights

• A two-time NFL MVP (1999 and 2001); was also named Super Bowl XXXIV MVP after leading the Rams to a victory over the Tennessee Titans (1/30/00)

• A three-time Pro Bowler, has led the NFL in passing yardage, completion percentage and average gain per attempt three times each, has had the highest quarterback rating and led the league in touchdown passes twice

• Career completion percentage of 65.1% entering 2008 ranks #2 in NFL history behind only Chad Pennington (65.5%)

• Entering 2008, his career QB rating of 93.2 ranks #3 in NFL history behind only Steve Young (96.8) and Peyton Manning (94.7)

• Warner’s 4,830 passing yards in 2001 represent the second-highest single-season total in NFL history (Dan Marino, 5,084 in 1984)

• Recorded nine 300-yard passing games in both 1999 and 2001 (NFL single-season record is 10 by Oakland’s Rich Gannon in 2002)

• Holds a share of the NFL record for most consecutive 300-yard passing games with six in 2000 (shares with Rich Gannon, 2002, and San Francisco’s Steve Young, 1998)

• Has twice posted a perfect passer rating of 158.3 (10/1/00 vs. SD and 10/3/99 @ Cin); became the first player in NFL history to record two “perfect” games with a minimum of 20 passes attempted. Peyton Manning has accomplished the feat three times

• Playing in his 76th career game on 9/24/06 vs. St. Louis, became the second fastest quarterback to reach 20,000 yards in NFL history (Dan Marino, 74).

• Became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 passing yards, accomplishing the feat in his 36th career game

• Has 41 career 300-yard passing games including three 400-yard passing games.

Great Debates: Matt Leinart or Kurt Warner?

I know we are a St. Louis Rams fan site, however we always have to keep in touch with Kurt Warner. We would like to thank Anthony over at MVN.com for asking us our opinion on the starting battle between Matt Leinart and Kurt Warner. You can read all about it here.

Who would you start?