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Hall of Famer Kurt Warner recalls doubting he would ever get a chance


Hall of Famer Kurt Warner recalls doubting hed ever get a chance

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 15, 2017, 8:45 AM EST

Kurt Warner has just been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and he has a story unlike any other Hall of Famer: Warner wasnt just undrafted and overlooked, but he was a guy in his late 20s just trying to make it in Arena football, and he doubted the NFL would ever give him a chance to show what he could do.

Warner said this morning on PFT Live that he didnt doubt his own abilities, but he did doubt that anyone in the NFL would recognize his abilities for long enough to give him a real chance.

I wasnt ready to give up playing football. I probably would have kept playing Arena football for a while because it was fun and it was a great living and I was taking care of my family, Warner said.

But it was like, whos really going to give a 28-year-old rookie a chance to play in the National Football League?

Its hard enough to develop a quarterback the way it is, so when youre that late in the game, whos going to do that?

So I had moments like that when I thought Im just not ever going to get that true opportunity.

Warner admits that he asked himself, Why me? Why cant I get a shot? But he didnt quit, and now hes glad he went down the path he went down.

Youre thankful that youre the one who did it this way and no one will ever have a story like you have, Warner said.

It really is a unique story, unlike any other in the history of American sports: From the guy who famously stocked grocery store shelves to the Hall of Fame.

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I'm glad he got in. Great story and a good guy even though I hate the Rams.

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That sums up Kurt Warner to a tee.

Being an native Iowan I have followed him from high school through college to the NFL and now to the Hall of Fame.

Great story, great player, great person.

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Great story, great player, great person.


Agreed. Best rags-to-riches story in NFL history. From undrafted, grocery store clerk to Super Bowl MVP and Hall of Famer. It's just unfortunate that the Cheatriots cheated him out of a 2nd Super Bowl championship.


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It's just unfortunate that the Cheatriots cheated him out of a 2nd Super Bowl championship.


lol it has to bother you that even if your right, even if the patriots did cheat, no one cares or remembers

lol It has to bother you that No one said after The SB last week, "Ya The Patriots might have won this one fare but not the rest"

instead, The complete narrative is "Tom Brady's Greatness""Bellichek's Greatness"and "The Patriots as a Dynasty"

lol you may in fact be rightThe Patriots may have cheated to win A SB or Multiple SB's.But thats not narrativethats not Brady's Legacyand simply put that has to bother you most.

sure you know deep down that your exaggerating The Patriots cheating, You know your doing to it just to troll, You know and I'm sure you dont actually expect anyone to really agree with you or Adopt your exaggerated opinionsBut deep down you do know There is evidence of The Patriots cheating(Not nearly to your exaggerated claims) but There is some evidence thereand that has to kill you most that "cheating" is not the narrative with The Patriots, You have to be sitting at home watching TV listening to everyone call "Brady The greatest of all time" and be thinking to yourself "why aren't these people mentioning The cheating", how can they all say "He's the greatest" when The Patriots have a history of cheating

lol basically your now unequivocally in a small, almost non existent minority Ah Fanafter This 5th SB win by The Patriots and Brady, Its just over, The "cheating" Narrative is over, Brady's legacy is literally set in stone and That Legacy is The GOAT and not The "Tainted Legacy" you so badly push for.

your more than with in your rights to always feel Brady and The Patriots Legacy's are taintedUnfortunately for you though, The Overwhelming Majority completely disagreesand that for you is the worst partYou hate knowing and listening to everyone Praise The Patriots and Brady, all you want is for Everyone else to feel like you feel, to feel The Patriots and Brady's Legacy's are tainted, but after the 5th SB and how they won they game, The Narrative is ONLY about Greatness.Nothing about TaintedYour just going to have to learn to deal with itnow and forever, Brady Is The GOATThe Overwhelming Majority when they hear or think Brady, they now think The GreatestNot Tainted.

when they think about Brady's SB win over Kurt WarnerThe Just think "Brady's first SB win" or "The first out of The his record 5"

You think Tainted, and thats fine, But The Majority doesn't and thats now how it will always be.and that kills you most!




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And the refs cheated him out of a third SB ring.

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Too bad that when you play in the Arena League, you get an Arena League quality wife.

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Re: Hall of Famer Kurt Warner recalls doubting he would ever get a chanc

My god, stop sucking this guys dick. He is a Pentecostal religious fanatic you know.

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It's one of the better NFL stories.

We hear about it all the time here in Iowa, but we never tire of it.


"Every time I walk into my office I walk past 5 Lombardi Trophies not 5 rushing titles" .

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apparently kurt's son just committed to Nebraska as a preferred walk-on. people here are very excited about it for some reason. I don't even think he was a qb though if i'm not mistaken.

Where did you get those clothes, the toilet store?
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