I love everything Kurt Warner stands for, and all he accomplished, but this would have been a train wreck.
With Carson Palmer done for the year and Drew Stanton nursing an MCL injury, for Cardinals and Rams great, Kurt Warner, told NFL Network he considered coming out of retirement to rescue the Cards.
On NFL Network, Warner admitted that he considered coming out of retirement after Stanton suffered a knee injury on Thursday night. Warner said that he quickly dismissed the idea of coming back, realizing he’s five years older and slower than he was during a 2009 playoff run that started with a game for the ages against the Cardinals and ended with a game against the Saints that may have aged Warner five years in just a couple of hours.
Still, it was hardly a passing thought for the undrafted free agent who bagged groceries and played Arena Football before a torn ACL suffered by Trent Green opened the door for an out-of-nowhere rise to stardom.
“It amazed me I thought about it as much as I actually thought about it,” Warner said.
Warner hasn’t played since a 2009 playoff game that saw the New Orleans Saints batter him into retirement. Warner needs to just enjoy his cushy network job and leave the story where it is.