It seems that Kurt Warner has made alot of believers out of his haters/disbelievers. Yet some still refuse to give him any credit. Excuses excuses. They say oh that was a bad team or oh they slept through the Giants but the results don\'t lie.
As for you Warner haters who say dont mention Manning in the same sentence as Warner, well, lets see. Peyton Manning in his 6th season is 1-2 in the playoffs, including a 41-0 loss and a 3 INT loss, I dont think he ever led the league in TD passes, and has only coMVP honors. Not to mention he has played with those recievers for 5+years now and has the maybe the best 1-2-3 reciever combo in the NFL. They seem to be wide open on every play. Sure, Warner\'s receivers got open alot too, but look at the stats he layed down. Considerably better than Mannings
Kurt Warner on the other hand
First season as a starter led league in TD passes, won the super bowl, and league mvp honors.
Third season once again led the league in TD passes, won MVP honors, came back from a deficit in the 4th qtr to tie the game with 2 minutes left only for his defense to blow his chances for MVP by letting and a second superbowl in 3 years by letting Brady get a field goal.
2002 was a tough season, like the season Favre is going through now. But unlike Favre, everybody said Warner is washed up. But as for Favre everybody says oh he;ll be fine. Very Bias.
2003 Warner throws for 342 yds. The game is marred byhim fumbling 6 times in the first half after receiving a concussion. After half time he is fine, doesnt fumble, and goes something like 17-23 for 200 yds. Yet he is benched for the player favorite, Bulger.
2004: QB rating over 90 (he is the NFL\'s highest rated passer in history) only 1 int and a completion percentage of 65%.
Hes getting it done
Also Warner has a better personality than Manning, Peyton. Manning rolls his eyes at recievers when they drop the ball, etc. And he seems to only spend time with Marvin harrison, always setting next to him on the bench etc. Not to mention Mike Vanderjagt\'s comments on how he didnt really care when the Jets whipped him 41-0 in the playoffs.
As for the green bay refs, I spoke about them a year ago in a post like this. They played the vikings at home. I said the refs are bias at home to green bay and my comments where shrugged off. Trust me, lambou advantage is really the referee advantage.