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Speaker 3: Take it Ober, Here's Paul Calvic.

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Speaker 2: I'm ready.

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Speaker 6: I'm one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you I'm ready.

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Speaker 6: And Ron Wolfley.

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Speaker 2: It doesn't get any better than that.

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Speaker 6: Kurt Warner isn't just a Cardinals Ring of Honor player,

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Speaker 6: not just a team record setting quarterback. As if that's

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Speaker 6: because Kurt set plenty of those. We're talking about if

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Speaker 6: the book was a Cardinals Big Red Dictionary and you

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Speaker 6: looked up the word culture, there'd be a picture of

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Speaker 6: Kurt Warner, Paul calvic here, Ron Wolfley there and wolf

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Speaker 6: you were there every game of Kurt Warner's career. A

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Speaker 6: change you want to see? Kurt Warner was basically that

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Speaker 6: It just took a while to figure it out as well.

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Speaker 6: You know, we'll hear from Denny Green with some all

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Speaker 6: There's no doubt about it. And it's interesting because not

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Speaker 6: Calvic and his current Warner has always liked to say

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Speaker 6: It's why Kurt's life story literally became a movie script

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Speaker 6: American Underdog. By the Way, great watch as the Saint

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Speaker 6: When the Red Sea witnessed see change in their football fortunes.

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Speaker 8: Very few quarterbacks are able to go from place to

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Speaker 4: And Kurt Warner brings the Cardinals back from the dead.

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Speaker 9: I mean he changed the team mentality inside out.

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Speaker 8: I don't think there was any doubt in six of

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Speaker 10: It in Arizona. Cardinals select Matt Lioner quarterback.

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Speaker 9: We kind of honed in on what he did well,

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Speaker 13: Here's some things that took place that were very well

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Speaker 13: Matt a start next week.

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Speaker 6: And Warner the mentor was all too familiar with that role.

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Speaker 8: You know, I'd been there before, you know, Mark Roger

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Speaker 8: Always in the back of my mind, I never lost

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Speaker 6: And Kurt's career was about to get yet another reboot.

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Speaker 6: All that changed last off season, well more change was

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Speaker 6: listening to a special Cardinals Folktales edition of The Big

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Speaker 6: Red Rage Kurt Warner Renaissance Man, presented by Emergency Air,

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Speaker 6: and we hope you're enjoying this special Cardinals Folktales edition

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Speaker 6: of The Big Red Rage presented by Emergency Air. On

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Speaker 6: Paul calvic Our title, Kurt Warner Renaissance Man went the

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Speaker 9: Young quarterbacks that have a bright future like he does,

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Speaker 4: onto the field. Your thoughts on this decision, Wolf.

443
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 9: Wow, we started running some no huddle offense and we

444
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,480
Speaker 9: kind of let Kurt take the reins with that just

445
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,399
Speaker 9: because he had more experience. Matt did it, but you know,

446
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,280
Speaker 9: obviously checks at the line, communication with players, you know,

447
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,000
Speaker 9: those were things that you just didn't want to put

448
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 9: on Matt's play.

449
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,160
Speaker 8: You know, if there's anything that I do, well, let's

450
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,159
Speaker 8: drop back and throw the football and be able to

451
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:06,640
Speaker 8: you know, kind of run the show at the line

452
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 8: of scrimmage. And so they were giving me an opportunity

453
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,719
Speaker 8: to show everybody what I was capable of, even if

454
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 8: it was for two minutes here or three minutes there,

455
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 8: or the end of the half or whatever that was.

456
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:18,880
Speaker 8: I was going in to do what I did.

457
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,880
Speaker 4: Wanner back to throw and his pass over the middle

458
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,360
Speaker 4: cart boldon forty yard line, forty five midfield and finally

459
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,199
Speaker 4: wrapped up with the forty five in Baltimore, territory.

460
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Speaker 1: Oh boy, welcome to the ball game. Kurt Warner lit

461
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 1: up like Jojo the circus boy, and yet stands there

462
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,879
Speaker 1: and throws the ball on time.

463
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 6: That was Kurt's very first play, thirty seven yards day

464
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,200
Speaker 6: in Kwon Bolden. Kurt was cooking, but there was still

465
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 6: confusion as to why there were two chefs in the

466
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,920
Speaker 6: kitchen until we got the scoop down on the sideline.

467
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 6: Let's end some speculation. He goes coach ken wizen On

468
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 6: telling the sideline reporters at halftime that the appearance of

469
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,479
Speaker 6: Kurt Warner was part of a package. As he those

470
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 6: are his words, he said. If he's similar to as

471
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 6: if you would bring in two tight ends. He likened

472
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 6: it to a two tight end set. It was by

473
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 6: design and it was planned, according to head coach Ken Wiznon.

474
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,119
Speaker 6: In the third quarter, Liner played almost one hundred percent

475
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,639
Speaker 6: of the snaps, bought down twenty three to six. To

476
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 6: start the fourth, Warner checked in and clicked in to

477
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 6: MVP mode.

478
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 4: Warner takes the snap, drops the throw, pumps fires over

479
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:28,960
Speaker 4: the middle, touchdown, and Kwan Boulden and the Cardinals had

480
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 4: their first TV of the game.

481
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,440
Speaker 1: That was a great job by Kurt Warner of looking

482
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: off the receiver and credit.

483
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,160
Speaker 4: The Cardinals coaching staffer sticking with right now the guy

484
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,880
Speaker 4: that gives him the best chance to move the ball

485
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 4: to Kurt Warner.

486
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 9: Kurt did really well with that. You know, he was

487
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 9: a naturally, he had the experience, so it really kind

488
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,639
Speaker 9: of got your attention. Wow, this guy still got some juice,

489
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,400
Speaker 9: you know, and he can help.

490
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:54,159
Speaker 7: Us the temple.

491
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 4: You can tell, even though they're going no huddle is better.

492
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 4: Even Warner on his drops quicker dropping back to throw

493
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 4: the liner was shotgun snapped to Warner, three step drough

494
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 4: looking firing.

495
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 6: Over the middle.

496
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:05,360
Speaker 4: Boldon there cought.

497
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 7: Ten five folded down. It's a touchdown. Kurk quant polden.

498
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,400
Speaker 4: And here come the Cardinals and Kurt Warner.

499
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 2: Oh that was a big time throw by Warner.

500
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 4: Kurt Warner brings the Cardinals back from the dead within

501
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 4: three of Baltimore. Kurt Warner on the last two drives

502
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,400
Speaker 4: seven for seven, two touchdowns, both to number eighty one.

503
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 1: Kurt Warner is a six to six man right now.

504
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: He is in the zone.

505
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 4: Kurt Warner is balling.

506
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,560
Speaker 8: The positive for me was I got to play in

507
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,399
Speaker 8: the two minute offense. Like when I went in, it

508
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,360
Speaker 8: was the no huddle offense, and I got to run

509
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,600
Speaker 8: the show. And so you know, not only you know,

510
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,679
Speaker 8: was it probably a little bit unfair to match, but

511
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,800
Speaker 8: it allowed me to go, Okay, I get you to

512
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,200
Speaker 8: show you me at my best.

513
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,160
Speaker 6: Cardinals didn't get the win, ultimately falling in Baltimore by

514
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 6: a fuel goal, but did they find the winning formula.

515
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,199
Speaker 1: Anytime you're working two quarterbacks into the situation, you know

516
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: a change is coming.

517
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 6: That next week, Warner and Lionerd split time in a

518
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 6: win against Pittsburgh. Next stop Saint Louis. Mid second quarter,

519
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 6: Kurt leads a touchdown drive the next possession, though would

520
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 6: be Linerd's last. In two thousand and seven.

521
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 4: Play fake Lioner did trouble Lionard sack back at the

522
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 4: five yard line. He got drilled by Will Witherspoon, who

523
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 4: came out of delayed blitz and Lionard banged up. He's

524
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 4: gonna have to leave the game, Lioner calling to the

525
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,959
Speaker 4: sideline for Kurt Warner and Owner's gotta find his helmet now.

526
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 4: He comes running out of the field with a play

527
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:42,280
Speaker 4: fought already at twenty five seconds, they're working on Linerd's

528
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 4: left shoulder.

529
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,040
Speaker 1: You know the way Matt Weiner came down on that

530
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 1: shoulder too, which is his throwing shoulder. He came down

531
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 1: on that thing hard.

532
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, right away he went and grabbed the shoulder as

533
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 4: soon as he was slammed down.

534
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,880
Speaker 2: Boy, you don't like to see that right.

535
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 6: There, Guys, the headline is going to read Kurt Warner

536
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 6: back in Saint Louis. Looks like the rest of this game,

537
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,439
Speaker 6: maybe the rest of the foreseeable future. Left collarbone injury

538
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 6: on Matt liner is the official word. Return doubtful.

539
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 9: We missed a pick up on a pressure against the

540
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,240
Speaker 9: Rams I think it was, and knocked Matt out. When

541
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,919
Speaker 9: that happened, it was, you know, obviously a setback for Matt,

542
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 9: but we felt, well, now we're going to see about

543
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 9: Kurt just in being able to run the offense. Which

544
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 9: you know, that's the reason that you feel comfortable about

545
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 9: having a guy like that is because of his experience.

546
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 9: So when that happened, we were disappointed for Matt, but

547
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 9: you know, obviously we felt good about Kurt.

548
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 8: I know as well as anybody. I got my opportunity

549
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 8: because somebody got injured. And you never wish that upon anybody,

550
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 8: But obviously, you know, going too Saint Louis and Matt

551
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 8: suffering the separated shoulder, was that opportunity for me to

552
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 8: get back in there and kind of run the show again.

553
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 6: Of course, it wasn't without its challenges, like the very

554
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 6: next week again Carolina and Pro Bowl pass rusher Julius Peppers.

555
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 4: Back to throat goes Warner, pressure and fumble the ball.

556
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 4: Pepper sacked him and the balls loose and Peppers has

557
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 4: it at the thirty seven yard line and Peppers fell

558
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 4: on Warner's left arm, and Warner shaking his elbow as

559
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 4: he came off.

560
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 9: You know, he was convinced that he could still play,

561
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 9: and that's the reason he's in the Hall of Fame

562
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 9: because of that mentality. He believed in himself, and you

563
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 9: know he certainly backed it up.

564
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,479
Speaker 6: Just talk to the Cardinals coaches. Kurt Warner is the

565
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 6: starter today, guys, full go until he shows he can't

566
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 6: handle the pain. Essentially, he is going to do everything

567
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,960
Speaker 6: they possibly have in the playbook as if he was

568
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 6: fully healthy until he demonstrates otherwise. In fact, look for

569
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 6: him to hand the ball off exclusively with his right hand.

570
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 6: He'll be backhanding some of the handoffs just to keep

571
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 6: some of the strain off the left arm.

572
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: The number one prerequisite to playing that position you had

573
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: to be tough. You would not be able to play

574
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 1: it well if you are not a tough individual.

575
00:29:58,800 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 2: But he was tough.

576
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 9: There was no way that you were going to get

577
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 9: him out, you know, even with the elbow. And it's

578
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 9: a credit to his toughness and his drive and his competitiveness.

579
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: You got a guy with no tendon in his left elbow,

580
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: with tape jobs and braces that he's completing passes.

581
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 6: Kirk played every game the rest of the way in

582
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 6: seven and finished the last month on fire, throwing three

583
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 6: touchdown passes in each of the final four games.

584
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 9: In the last half of that two thousand and seventh season,

585
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 9: we kind of honed in on what he did well,

586
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,960
Speaker 9: what we did well, and we became a lot better

587
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 9: as a team. We finished the year, you know, eight

588
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 9: and eight, which was big for us.

589
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 8: Things started to change for us that people started to

590
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 8: see me as the player that I was, and people

591
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 8: started to see our team and saying, this team's got

592
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 8: some pieces, this team's got a chance. You know, now,

593
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 8: that they you know, they're starting to build something that

594
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,480
Speaker 8: you know, they could turn the corner and this could

595
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 8: be a different Arizona Cardinal team than we've seen in

596
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 8: the bass. You know, I remember going in and having

597
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 8: a conversation with coach just basically saying, is this at

598
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 8: open competition? Is the best player going to play? How

599
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,479
Speaker 8: is this you know, really going to play out? I

600
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 8: just want to know for my mindset going in, do

601
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 8: I have a chance to play? And he told me yes.

602
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 9: We thought because of the way we finished the two

603
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 9: thousand and seven season that it was fair to give

604
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 9: him a chance. It was good to see how they

605
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 9: handled it. It was good to see how the competition went,

606
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 9: and you know, in all fairness, Kurt won it.

607
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 6: And the decisive moment was the all important third preseason

608
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 6: game when Liner threw three picks with a passer rating

609
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 6: of just two point eight, soon after Warner went from

610
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 6: mentor to starter.

611
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 12: You know, it was a fair chance.

612
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 2: I believe.

613
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 12: I really do believe that, and I think we both

614
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 12: played well and they made a decision with Kurt's That's

615
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 12: as simple as that. And it's my job to stay

616
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 12: focused and to prepare every single day like I'm the starter.

617
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 12: That's what I'm going to do, take advantage of the

618
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 12: reps when I do get it, and support him one

619
00:31:58,680 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 12: hundred percent.

620
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 8: I believe that I can bring something to any team

621
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 8: that I'm with. I believe I can do that with

622
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 8: this team here. I think the coaches have seen that,

623
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 8: and with that experience in what we started last year,

624
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 8: I think that probably gave me the leg up over anything.

625
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,360
Speaker 6: Up and down would describe the two thousand and eight

626
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 6: regular season. Kirk had a perfect passer rating Week two

627
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 6: against the Dolphins. Cardinals won an ot thriller against the

628
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 6: Cowboys on a block punt in the end zone. Cardinals

629
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 6: would clinch the division title early, but down the stretch

630
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 6: there was a lopside of loss at Philly on Thanksgiving night,

631
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 6: a snow game, jack stomping in New England leading to

632
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 6: that worst playoff team ever Moniker. But Kurt Warner would

633
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 6: finish with the third best passer rating in the league,

634
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 6: loss three one thousand yard receivers, and once the Big

635
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 6: Red got to the postseason, well, like Ron Wolfley says,

636
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 6: hold on to your butts.

637
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 4: It's a playflicker, Warner gonna throw deep near Sid going

638
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 4: for fans. He's in double coverage.

639
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 8: It doesn't matter.

640
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 7: He caught it anyway.

641
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 4: Touchdown Cardinals.

642
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: Kurt Warner could throw a twinkie into a toaster.

643
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 2: I mean, this guy is on fire.

644
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 4: Warner with a ton of time throwing right side, fits open, caught.

645
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 17: In the five, heading for the pylon, and he is

646
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 17: gonna be ruled e tordnal worry Fitzgerald.

647
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 4: Warner takes back to throw faith left side.

648
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 17: Fitzgerald kick on it, touchdown, his third of the day.

649
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 17: It's twenty to six Arizona.

650
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: Wow, Kurt Warner isn't in the zone. He is the zone.

651
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 8: That's it.

652
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 4: The Cordles half shot.

653
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 7: The world's raight for true.

654
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 2: The Cors have it.

655
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 4: They're going to Super Bowl forty three.

656
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 6: The QB, who was supposedly on the down side of

657
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 6: his career, showed the world how much upside there really

658
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 6: was in his game and his team were.

659
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,719
Speaker 15: Nobody else believed in us. We're nobody else believed in me.

660
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 15: You guys did, and we're going to the super Bowl.

661
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 6: A surreal moment because unlike the Cardinals franchise, Kurt he'd

662
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 6: been to the Big Game before. It's twice a fact,

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Speaker 6: not lost on fans, opponents, and most importantly, his old

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Speaker 6: locker room. They believe like ol Lyman deuced Lutui and

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Speaker 6: receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

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Speaker 8: The threat he imposed upon the defense.

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Speaker 14: I mean he had them on their toes and he

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Speaker 14: saw the magnificence.

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Speaker 1: I mean he.

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Speaker 6: Changed the team mentality inside out.

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Speaker 14: His experience, his knowledge of the game. He knows exactly

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Speaker 14: what's going on. It's hard for you to confuse him

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00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 14: because he's seen.

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Speaker 7: Every look you can throw at him.

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Speaker 2: He's seen every blitz.

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Speaker 14: His his demeanors is so I've been there before, I've

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00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 14: done this, and he is really comforting to look in

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00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,879
Speaker 14: his eyes and know that he's done this before.

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Speaker 7: And you got to do out to go out there

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00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:46,439
Speaker 7: and just make sure you do your job.

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Speaker 4: Warner the pass with time fires over the middle of

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00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 4: the fits caught it to forty five fifth day, but

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00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 4: this loose forty thirdy goodbye.

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00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 8: Harko's lead put down Larry ben.

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Speaker 5: Gerrold, you gotta be kidding me, to the holl Larry Fitzgerald,

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Speaker 5: a sixty four yard touchdown passed by Warner to mits

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Speaker 5: Gerald and the Cardinals lead Super Bowl forty three.

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Speaker 6: Of course, that's Kurt defits with just over two and

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Speaker 6: a half minutes to play. As we know how that

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00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 6: Super Bowl ended, what we did not know was that

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00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:28,320
Speaker 6: Kurt was not done and he'd yet to play maybe

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00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,280
Speaker 6: his greatest game ever.

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Speaker 4: Here comes one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL postseason history,

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Speaker 4: and that's the Cardinals signal caller Kurt Warner.

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Speaker 8: I think about the last game that I played in

696
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 8: State Farm Stadium or University of Phoenix Stadium. You could

697
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 8: argue it was the best football game that I ever played.

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00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 4: Fires over the middle, It's hot inside the ten yard line,

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00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,439
Speaker 4: inside the five. Touchdown. Early this set, Warner's got time,

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00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 4: steps up throws over the middle, gets caught by two

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Speaker 4: set at the ten.

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00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 8: Spins out of the tack with the five.

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00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 7: New set takes it up with the.

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Speaker 4: Touchdown, throwing over the middle, Fitzgerald wide over to the twenty.

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00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 7: Most of the ten bits is up.

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00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 4: Whey legend does it again. Of the flyoff, Warner hit

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00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 4: ball floats out of their diving cats.

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00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 7: Anyway by beds in the ends.

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00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 4: On touchdown, Warner's got it back to pass steps up

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00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:23,399
Speaker 4: throws over the middle.

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Speaker 17: What a catch by Christ touchdown Arizona boy.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you he has been absolutely on fire, like

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00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,320
Speaker 1: I've never seen him on fire.

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Speaker 11: Kurt Warner. He had more touchdown passes than he did incompletions.

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Speaker 11: Can you put his performance into perspective?

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Speaker 9: One of the best playoff quarterbacks ever, and Kurt was

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00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 9: in a special place and it showed up today. You

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00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 9: know he was on he was on his game, he

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00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 9: was fired up.

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Speaker 6: Kurt's last home game one of the greatest playoff performances

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00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 6: ever and maybe his best game ever where the Cardinals

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Speaker 6: beat the Packers in overtime.

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Speaker 8: I think I played as good a football those three

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Speaker 8: years with the years on the Cardinals as I did

725
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 8: those three years with the Saint Louis Rams. And yes,

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00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 8: I went to two Super Bowls and won two MVPs

727
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,319
Speaker 8: with the Rams, but I still believed in my mind,

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00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 8: I was just as good a quarterback, if not better,

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00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 8: with the Cardinals.

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Speaker 6: Those MVPs and Super Bowls led to the Cardinals' Ring

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Speaker 6: of Honor and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, not

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Speaker 6: possible without his career revival in the Desert.

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Speaker 8: I love the way my career played out. Very few

734
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 8: quarterbacks are able to go from place to place to

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Speaker 8: place and to have winning and to have culture change

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Speaker 8: followed them. That to me is what I hang on

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Speaker 8: to more than anything else.

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Speaker 6: And there you have it. Cardinals Folk Tales presented by

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Speaker 6: seventy two sold Kurt Warner Renaissance Man Special thanks to

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Speaker 6: executive producer Jim Almhandro associate producer Cody Fincher. My name

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Speaker 6: is Paul Calvic and we'll leave the last to Kurt

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Speaker 6: on what stands out the most.

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Speaker 8: There is nothing greater in team sports than being able

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Speaker 8: to be a catalyst for.

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Speaker 7: Change and to think.

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Speaker 6: Kurt admitted later that he considered retirement in two thousand

747
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 6: and six after first round rookie Matt Liner took over

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00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 6: the starting gig. Yet when Kurt did retire after the

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00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:34,759
Speaker 6: nine season, he held the Cardinals franchise records for completion percentage

750
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Speaker 6: and passer rating, as well as three hundred yard games

751
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 6: and consecutive games with a touchdown pass twenty two in

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Speaker 6: a row. In his six Cardinals postseason games, Kurt Warner

753
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,799
Speaker 6: threw four to sixteen touchdowns in only four picks and Yes,

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Speaker 6: Kurt's two thousand and eight Super Bowl season featured team

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00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 6: records in passer rating and touchdown passes and completion percentage,

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Speaker 6: and all told, Kurt actually threw four more passing yards

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Speaker 6: in Arizona than he did in Saint Louis. But Kurt's

758
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,760
Speaker 6: impact went so far beyond the box score. As a Cardinal,

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Speaker 6: Kurt earned the NFL's prestigious Walter Payton Mann of the

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00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 6: Year Award, deservedly so for all his extensive work in

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00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 6: the community. But if there was an award for culture,

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Speaker 6: Kurt's leadership in the locker room, his impact throughout the

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Speaker 6: Cardinals organization was poignant and pivotal to the Cardinals' success

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Speaker 6: ever since. Almost a permanent Big Red Reset. And when

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Speaker 6: we come back, we'll bring back former Cardinals Pro Bowl

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Speaker 6: a Ron Wolfley, who called every game of Kurt Warner's

767
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Speaker 6: Cardinals career. This is a special Cardinals Folk Tales edition

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Speaker 6: of The Big Red Rage, presented by Emergency Air. The

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Speaker 6: legacy of Kurt Warner, the Ring of Honor, member of

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Speaker 6: the Hall of Famer, not only changed the culture, but

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00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 6: he changed the game in so many ways. For the

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Speaker 6: Airs and a Cardinal, It's our very special Cardinals Folk

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Speaker 6: Tales edition of The Big Red Rage, presented by Emergency Air.

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Speaker 6: Paul Kelvic Ron Wolfley wrapping it up, think about a

775
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 6: wolf He was the point man, the trigger man for

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00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 6: the greatest show on turf, and then he was the

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00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 6: trigger man, the catalyst for change. That was the shock

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Speaker 6: the world argals. Kurt Warner didn't just lead to franchises

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00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 6: to the Super Bowl. He really revolutionized and reset a

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Speaker 6: couple of franchises into winning ways that were lasting. In

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Speaker 6: so many ways.

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Speaker 2: He really did.

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Speaker 1: Bully And you know, of course, there are always when

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Speaker 1: you talk about a football player, tangibles and there are intangibles,

785
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Speaker 1: and Kurt had them both. The tangible, very tangible physical

786
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Speaker 1: presence that Kurt had because of his incredible accuracy. He

787
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Speaker 1: was one of the more accurate quarterbacks that has ever

788
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 1: played in the National Football League. His release to Paully Boom,

789
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,800
Speaker 1: that thing would come out quick lee from Kurt Warner

790
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: in not only that, but his brain. Those were the

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00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: physical attributes of Kurt, Those were the things he really

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00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 1: brought to the football field. But the intangibles that came

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00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 1: with that. Paulie, he had one of the greatest gifts

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00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: that any quarterback could ever have, and that was to

795
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: keep your eyes down the field regardless of what it

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00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:26,360
Speaker 1: was going on around you, Paul that I'll never forget that.

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00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: Just watching Kurt, it was astounding. And I've said this

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00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: many times, Paulie, but to see the pocket collapsing around

799
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 1: Kurt Warner and suddenly you thought he was sacked. And

800
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 1: then this arm would come out, and Paul, you've seen

801
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,399
Speaker 1: this from the sideline many times. His arm would come

802
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,240
Speaker 1: out from the all of these helmets that were around

803
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 1: him and suddenly throw a strike on the deep end

804
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:55,240
Speaker 1: coming into and Kwombolden. His ability to keep his eyes

805
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: downfield just second to none, Paul.

806
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 6: The pocket was swallow up Kurt Warner, and then this

807
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 6: periscope would come out like a submarine and then boom

808
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 6: the ball's downfield. The accuracy, the anticipation, the ability to

809
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 6: read and react, all skills honed in the Arena League

810
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 6: ultra fast. You had to be really quick with your

811
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 6: mind and with the release. Think about some of the

812
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 6: all time moments too, not just the biggest moments. We

813
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 6: talked about the five touchdowns and only four incompletions, out

814
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 6: duing in Aaron Rodgers. We talked about that, the Super

815
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Speaker 6: Bowl run, But don't forget about late fourth quarter playoff

816
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 6: opener against Atlanta, third and sixteen, Roun Wolfleo, when you're

817
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Speaker 6: looking to seal the game.

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Speaker 1: Incredible, Palie that you bring that up right there, because yes,

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Speaker 1: this is when I think of Kurt Warner. I think

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00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 1: of this play as well. This was a critical point

821
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Speaker 1: in the game. The Cardinals were trying to ice the deal.

822
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 1: They had a third and sixteen. Is that what it was?

823
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 1: Polly again, a third and sixteen, and suddenly they run

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Speaker 1: Steven Spock the tight end. Now Steven Spock was a

825
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 1: good football player, Okay he was, but man, this was

826
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Speaker 1: no This was no juggernaut when it came to receptions

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Speaker 1: and kwon Bolden. Yes, Larry Fitzgerald, Yes, Steve Preston, Yes,

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Speaker 1: you know Steven Spock.

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Speaker 6: No, not a third string tight end exactly.

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Speaker 1: And yet Kurt Warner hit him down the scene to

831
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,880
Speaker 1: ice this game, to put it on ice for the Cardinals.

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00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 1: And that is that is something that Kurt also did.

833
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: He would throw the ball to the open man and

834
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: did not care. He cared about schemes. Kurt was all

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Speaker 1: about the scheme and not just the skulls that were

836
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 1: fulfilling the scheme. He cared about the scheme and he

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00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: would throw it to the open man, and because of that,

838
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: one of the greatest moments in Cardinal history throwing to

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Speaker 1: Steven Spock on third and sixteen.

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Speaker 6: It didn't get set enough. He was almost like a

841
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 6: de facto offensive coordinator. He would work with Todd Hailey

842
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 6: in the offensive staff in devising the game plan. They

843
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 6: would wait for his on a Monday. And then the

844
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 6: toughness look mentally tough, physically tough. I mean he almost

845
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 6: got ripped apart by Julius Peppers and then all of

846
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:08,879
Speaker 6: a sudden he had to learn to hand the ball

847
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 6: off with his throwing arm because his left arm was

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00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 6: no longer functional. So there was the toughness aspect of

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Speaker 6: being a quarterback as well.

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Speaker 1: That is something that nobody talks enough about in regard

851
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,360
Speaker 1: to gray Beard as well. And the reason being, PAULI

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00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: is because think of how many hits he took. Now

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00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: you know, listen, Kurt's gonna tell you I could run,

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Speaker 1: Are you kidding me?

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Speaker 2: I could run?

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Speaker 5: Right?

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00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,839
Speaker 1: Kurt still in his day says he could have run

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00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 1: the ball a lot more. And you know, but I

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00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 1: don't know about that gray Beard. All I know is

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Speaker 1: he took a beating many many times inside the pocket

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Speaker 1: when that arm wouldn't come out.

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Speaker 6: And to think his career started in Packers' training camp

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Speaker 6: nineteen ninety four when his future wife Brenda watched and

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Speaker 6: heard a fan say, Nah, that Kurt Warning guy's just

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Speaker 6: a camp arm. And then she realized camp arm meant

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Speaker 6: you're not gonna make the team. And after that he

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Speaker 6: made the Hall of Fame, and he changed the fortunes

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Speaker 6: of two franchises, including the Arizona Cardinals. For executive producer

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Speaker 6: Jim Amhandro, associate producer Cody Fincher, Ron Wolfley on Paul Calvic,

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