Kurt Warner in his "early days"
The answer is a resounding yes!
To me, Kurt was deserving of enshrinement even before his current tenure with the Cardinals. The last 3 years have all but guaranteed himself a spot in the Hall of Fame in 2015. From 1999-2001, Kurt led one of the most feared offenses of this generation: “The Greatest Show on Turf”
His career stats provide an example of just how efficient of a quarterback he was. He has a passer rating only eclipsed by 5 quarterbacks.
- 32,344 career passing yards
- 65.5% completions
- 208 touchdowns
- 128 interceptions
- 93.7 career passer rating
These statistics are simply incredible for a guy who came into the league so late.
Even with all of these gaudy statistics, there is one thing that impresses me more about Warner’s career. He was able to turn around not one, but two pathetic franchises and turn them into Super Bowl contenders. This, to me points out the pure talent he possessed. Tenured quarterbacks in the NFL have a huge advantage over newcomers. It takes a true player to succeed in more than one location. Look at the trouble Jay Cutler had in his transition from Denver to Chicago this year. Not everyone can do what Warner did. In fact, Warner is only the second quarterback in history to take 2 different teams to the Super Bowl and pass for 100 touchdowns with two separate teams.
Lastly, Kurt was one of the better stories of the past decade or so and really seems to be the nice guy on and off the field. His stats warrant a trip to the hall of fame, but if there was ever a guy who should get a boost from his character, Warner is that guy.
You will be missed Kurt.
5 reasons why people should think twice:
Torry Holt
Isaac Bruce
Larry Fitzgerald
Anquan Boldin
Amani Toomer (for one year only though)
they say great wrs can make fairly good qbs into great ones…obviously he was a good qb but we should all consider that hes been passing to hall of fame wrs his entire career
I certainly understand where you are coming from. Good receivers can shape a quarterback (in this case great receivers).
I just don’t think we can discredit what a quarterback has done throughout his career because of the talent placed around him. Should Steve Young be completely discredited because he had the best receiver of all time on his team throughout his career? What about the Jim Kelly to Andre Reed combo?
To me, if Troy Aikman is a first ballot Hall of Famer, so is Kurt Warner.
not suggesting, just saying