Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you know that Kurt Warner announced his retirement yesterday. All season long, there has been a great deal of discussion about whether or not Warner deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and I think its silly that's there's even a debate about this. So, even though this is a UK blog, I wanted to take a brief moment to make the case for Warner, and then we'll move on to Vanderbilt.Here's a list of Kurt's accomplishments. Take a look and then you make the call...
:: Three Super Bowl Games (1 Victory)
:: Four Pro-Bowls
:: Three MVPs
:: Has the highest completion percentage in a single game during the regular season, at 92.3 percent (24/26)
:: Has the second-highest completion percentage in NFL history (trailing only Chad Pennington), with a career percentage of 65.4%.
:: Highest completion percentage in a single game (regular season) - 92.3% (24/26) (9/20/09)
:: Most Yards Passing, Super Bowl (Game) - 414 yards vs. Tennessee Titans (only QB to pass for 400+ yards in the Super Bowl; also owns 2nd and 3rd highest yardage total in Super Bowl with 377 against the Pittsburgh Steelers and 365 against the New England Patriots).
:: Most Yards Passing, Super Bowl (Career) - 1,156
:: Most Yards Passing, Playoffs (Single Season) - 1,147 (in 2009).
Most touchdown passes in a single postseason - 11 (in 2009, tied w/Joe Montana, who did it in 1990).
:: Highest career completion percentage, Playoffs - 66.5%
:: Highest rate of games w/300+ yards passing (min. 100 games played) - 41.9% (52/124)[38]
:: Most Yards Passing in the first two games of a season (2000) - 827
:: Most Consecutive Games w/300+ Yards Passing - 6 (tied w/ Steve Young and Rich Gannon)
:: Most Games with a perfect Passer Rating, Career (regular season only) - 3 (tied w/Peyton Manning and Ben Roethlisberger)
:: Only NFL quarterback to throw 40 touchdowns and win a Super Bowl in the same season (1999).
:: Only quarterback to throw for over 14,000 yards with two different teams (St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals)
:: One of only 2 players in NFL history to throw 100 touchdown passes with two different teams (Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton is the other)
:: Tied Dan Marino as the fastest player to pass for 30,000 yards. He accomplished this in 114 games.
:: Tied Johnny Unitas with 4 consecutive games with a passer rating over 120 (against Brett Favre and the 10-1 Vikings on 12/6/2009)
:: Highest average passing yards per game on Monday Night Football - 329.4 (min 7 games)
:: Tied Daryle Lamonica with throwing 5 touchdown passes in two different playoff games.
:: Warner is the second quarterback to make Super Bowl starts with two different teams joining Craig Morton (1970 Dallas Cowboys and 1977 Denver Broncos).
:: He became the third quarterback in NFL history to win a conference championship with two different teams, following Craig Morton and Earl Morrall.
Kurt deserves to be in the Hall of Fame... period. Now that that's off my chest, we can move on.
No Doubt Warner belongs in the HOF.
ReplyDeleteYou guys know what I think. Kurt is definatley headed to Canton.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, I believe Leinart will do alot better that people are anticipating. It is HIS team now, and he knows it and can prepare for the 2010 season knowing that with confidence.
He'll do well. Possibly another NFC West Championship on the horizon, though I believe Arizona will become a running team first now, until Matt proves he's ready to carry this team on his back.
(he's a sleeper in the upcoming fantasy draft, wait and see)