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Speaker 5: I'm ready.

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Speaker 6: I'm one hundred percent ready.

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Speaker 5: I'm telling you I'm ready.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't get any better than that.

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Speaker 6: Fre 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: not enough, Kurt Warner stands as his own chapter in

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

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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: presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert. What's that old saying?

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Speaker 6: Be the change you want to see? Kurt Warner was

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Speaker 6: basically that as a player upon his arrival in Arizona, Old.

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Speaker 3: Old gray Beard Kurt Warner being an Arizona Cardinal. And

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Speaker 6: It 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 3: Yeah, Paul, you stop and think about h Iman. Kurt

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Speaker 5: Kurt Warner brings the Cardinals back from the dead.

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Speaker 8: I mean he changed the team mentality inside out.

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Speaker 7: I don't think there was any doubt in six of

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Speaker 9: In Arizona, Cardinals select Matt Lioner a quarterback.

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Speaker 5: Ussam, you have a quarterback controversy. Who's your starter next

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Speaker 7: As the locker room knows, and oftentimes it's the locker

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Speaker 6: Kurt Warner was the change. Kurt Warner was there. What

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Speaker 6: A faithful fumble that looked bad and sounded worse when

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Speaker 6: Kurt Warner the final fumble there, What did you see

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Speaker 3: I remember that play and it was the left guard

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Speaker 3: Kurt Warner never told anybody about that, and everyone was

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Speaker 5: Warner takes the snap, seven steps straight, drop pressure coming,

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Speaker 5: Michael Bowley stripped it and Rob Pullman recovers that another

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Speaker 6: The ball came out and so did Warner. Q the

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Speaker 5: Matt Lionert era about to begin, Liner ready to take

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Speaker 5: But let there be a QB question. You have a

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Speaker 6: Well, in the postgame locker room, we asked Liner live

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Speaker 11: Matt a start next week.

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Speaker 5: Matt stun You heard that right.

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Speaker 6: The head coach bum rushed our interview just outside his

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Speaker 7: You know as much and as disappointing as that kind

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

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Speaker 7: You know, I'd been there before, you know, Mark Roger

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Speaker 11: and we're, you know, put in a situation where they

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Speaker 7: Always in the back of my mind, I never lost

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Speaker 7: you know, throughout my career, the cream will always rise

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

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Speaker 6: in some ways, change itself was Warner's competitive advantage, and

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

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Speaker 6: Red Rage Kirk Warner renaissance Man, presented by santan Ford

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Speaker 6: and Gilbert, and we hope you're enjoying this special Cardinals

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Speaker 6: Folk Tales edition of The Big Red Rage presented by

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Speaker 6: santan Ford and Gilbert. I'm Paul calvic Our title. Kurt Warner,

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Speaker 6: renaissance Man. Went the Hall of Fame quarterback not only

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Speaker 6: Of course, it wasn't easy. Couldn't be easy. Like Kurt's

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Speaker 5: On behalf of the Arizona Cardinals. I want to introduce

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Speaker 12: Young quarterbacks that have a bright future like he does,

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Speaker 6: Certainly, meet the new boss, same as the old boss,

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Speaker 7: I thought Matt actually played really well his rookie year.

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Speaker 6: That opportunity Eventually, Matt Leinert started the two thousand and

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Speaker 5: Quarter, we have a quarterback change. We'll confirm whether this

443
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Speaker 5: is injury or lated or not. But Matt Lioner's got

444
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,960
Speaker 5: his helmet on and he's applauding as Kurt Warner runs

445
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,360
Speaker 5: onto the field. Your thoughts on this decision?

446
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:49,679
Speaker 12: Wolf, Wow, we started running some no huddle offense and

447
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 12: we kind of let Kurt take the reins with that

448
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,080
Speaker 12: just because he had more experience. Matt did it, but

449
00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,160
Speaker 12: you know, obviously checks at the line, communication with players,

450
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,399
Speaker 12: you know, those were things that you just want to

451
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 12: put on Matt's play.

452
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,600
Speaker 7: You know, if there's anything that I do, well, let's

453
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 7: drop back and throw the football and be able to,

454
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,080
Speaker 7: you know, kind of run the show at the line

455
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,160
Speaker 7: of scrimmage. And so they were giving me an opportunity

456
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Speaker 7: to show everybody what I was capable of, even if

457
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 7: it was for two minutes here or three minutes there,

458
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 7: or the end of the half or whatever that was.

459
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 2: I was going in to do what I did.

460
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,359
Speaker 5: Warner back to throw and Hiss passed over the middle

461
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,719
Speaker 5: cart boldon forty yard line, forty five midfield and finally

462
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,639
Speaker 5: wrapped up with the forty five in Baltimore Territory.

463
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Speaker 1: Oh boy, welcome to the ball game. Kurt Warner lit

464
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Speaker 1: up like Jojo the circus boy, and yet stands there

465
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,320
Speaker 1: and throws the ball on time.

466
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Speaker 6: That was Kurt's very first play, thirty seven yards day

467
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 6: in kwon Bolden. Kurt was cooking, but there was still

468
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 6: confusion as to why there were two chefs in the

469
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,360
Speaker 6: kitchen until we got the scoop down on the sideline.

470
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Speaker 6: Let's end some speculation because coach Ken wizen On telling

471
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Speaker 6: the sideline reporters at halftime that the appearance of Kurt

472
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Speaker 6: Warner was part of a packet. As he called it,

473
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 6: those are his words, he said. If he's similar to

474
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,439
Speaker 6: as if you would bring in two tight ends. He

475
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 6: likened it to a two tight end set. It was

476
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,120
Speaker 6: by design and it was planned, according to head coach

477
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Speaker 6: Ken Wizna. In the third quarter, Liner played almost one

478
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,920
Speaker 6: hundred percent of the snaps, bought down twenty three to six.

479
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:20,040
Speaker 6: To start the fourth, Warner checked in and clicked in

480
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,440
Speaker 6: to MVP mode.

481
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 5: Warner takes the snap, drops the throw, pumps, fires over

482
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Speaker 5: the middle, touchdown and Kwan Polden and the Cardinals had

483
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 5: their first TV of the game.

484
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Speaker 1: That was a great job by Kurt Warner of looking

485
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,560
Speaker 1: off the receiver.

486
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,160
Speaker 5: And credit the Cardinals coaching staffer sticking with right now

487
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 5: the guy that gives him the best chance to move

488
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,080
Speaker 5: the ball to Kurt Warner.

489
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Speaker 12: Kurt did really well with that. You know, he was

490
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 12: a naturally, he had the experience, so it really kind

491
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 12: of got your attention. Wow, this guy still got some juice,

492
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 12: you know, and he can help.

493
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Speaker 5: Us the temple. You can tell even though they're going

494
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 5: no huddle is better. Even Warner on his drops quicker

495
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 5: dropping back to thrown in Liner was shotgun snapped to Warner,

496
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,360
Speaker 5: three step drough looking firing over the middle. Boldon There

497
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:10,159
Speaker 5: cought ten five folded down. It's a touchdown, Frank quant

498
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 5: Bolden and here come the Cardinals and Kurt Warner.

499
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,960
Speaker 3: Oh, that was a big time throw by Warner.

500
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Speaker 5: Kurt Warner brings the Cardinals back from the dead within

501
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,719
Speaker 5: three of Baltimore. Kurt Warner on the last two drives

502
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 5: seven for seven, two touchdowns, both to number eighty one.

503
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Speaker 1: Kurt Warner is a six sixth man. Right now, he

504
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 1: is in the zone.

505
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:32,760
Speaker 5: Kurt Warner is balling.

506
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Speaker 7: The positive for me was I got to play in

507
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,840
Speaker 7: the two minute offense. Like when I went in it

508
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 7: was the no huddle offense, and I got to run

509
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:41,200
Speaker 7: the show.

510
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,120
Speaker 2: And so you know, not only you know.

511
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Speaker 7: Was it probably a little bit unfair to Matt, but

512
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 7: it allowed me to go, Okay, I get to show

513
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,639
Speaker 7: you me at my best.

514
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:55,600
Speaker 6: Cardinals didn't get the win, ultimately falling in Baltimore by

515
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 6: a fuel goal, but did they find the winning formula.

516
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 3: Anytime your work two quarterbacks into this situation, you know

517
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 3: a change is coming.

518
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 6: That next week, Warner and Lionerd split time in a

519
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 6: win against Pittsburgh. Next stop Saint Louis. Mid second quarter,

520
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 6: Kurt leads a touchdown drive the next possession, though would

521
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 6: be Linerd's last in two thousand and seven.

522
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 5: Play fake Lioner did trouble Lionard sack back in the

523
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 5: five yard line. He got drilled by Will Witherspoon, who

524
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 5: came out of delayed blitz and Lionard banged up. He's

525
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 5: gonna have to leave the game. Lioner calling to the

526
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 5: sideline for Kurt Warner and owner's got to find his helmet.

527
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 5: Now he comes running out of the field with a

528
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:42,199
Speaker 5: play clock already at twenty five seconds. They're working on

529
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,400
Speaker 5: Linerd's left shoulder.

530
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,479
Speaker 1: You know the way Matt Liner came down on that

531
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 1: shoulder too, which is his throwing shoulder. He came down

532
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 1: on that thing hard.

533
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, right away he went and grabbed the shoulder as

534
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 5: soon as he was slammed down.

535
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 1: Boy, you don't like to see that right there.

536
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 6: The headline is going to read, Kurt Warner back in

537
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 6: Saint Louis. Looks like the rest of this game, maybe

538
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 6: the rest of the foreseeable future. Left collarbone injury on

539
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,680
Speaker 6: Matt Liner is the official word return doubtful.

540
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 12: We missed a pick up on a pressure against the

541
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 12: Rams I think it was, and knocked Matt out. When

542
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 12: that happened, it was, you know, obviously a setback for Matt,

543
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 12: but we felt, well, now we're going to see about

544
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,960
Speaker 12: Kurt just in being able to run the offense. Which

545
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 12: you know, that's the reason that you feel comfortable about

546
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 12: having a guy like that is because of his experience.

547
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,439
Speaker 12: So when that happened, We were disappointed for Matt, but

548
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 12: you know, obviously we felt good about Kurt.

549
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 7: I know as well as anybody. I got my opportunity

550
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 7: because somebody got injured, and you never wish that upon anybody.

551
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 7: But obviously, you know, going to Saint Louis and Matt

552
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 7: suffering the separated shoulder, was that opportunity for me to

553
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 7: get back in there and kind of run the show again.

554
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 6: Of course, it wasn't without its challenges, like the very

555
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 6: next against Carolina and Pro Bowl pass rusher Julius Peppers.

556
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 5: Back to throat, goes Warner, pressure and bubble the ball,

557
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 5: Pepper sacked him and the balls lose and Peppers has

558
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 5: it at the thirty seven yard line and Peppers fell

559
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 5: on Warner's left arm, and Warner shaking his elbow as

560
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:17,400
Speaker 5: he came off.

561
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 12: You know, he was convinced that he could still play,

562
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 12: and that's the reason he's in the Hall of Fame

563
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 12: because of that mentality. He believed in himself and you

564
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 12: know he certainly backed it up.

565
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 6: Just talk to the Cardinals coaches.

566
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 2: Kurt Warner is.

567
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 6: The starter today, guys, full go until he shows he

568
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 6: can't handle the pain. Essentially, he is going to do

569
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 6: everything they possibly have in the playbook as if he

570
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 6: was fully healthy until he demonstrates otherwise. In fact, look

571
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 6: for him to hand the ball off exclusively with his

572
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 6: right hand. He'll be backhanding some of the handoffs just

573
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 6: to keep some of the strain off the left arm.

574
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 3: The number one prerequisite to playing that position, you had

575
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 3: to be tough. You would not be able to play

576
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 3: it well if you are not a tough individual.

577
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 2: But he was tall.

578
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 12: There was no way that you were going to get

579
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 12: him out, you know, even with the elbow. And it's

580
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 12: a credit to his toughness and his drive and his competitiveness.

581
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 1: You got a guy with no tendon in his left elbow,

582
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: with tape jobs and braces that he's completing passes.

583
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 6: Kirk played every game the rest of the way in

584
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 6: seven and finished the last month on fire, throwing three

585
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 6: touchdown passes in each of the final four games.

586
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 12: In the last half of that two thousand and seven season,

587
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 12: we kind of honed in on what he did well,

588
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 12: what we did well, and we became a lot better

589
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 12: as a team. We finished the year, you know, eight

590
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 12: and eight, which was big for us.

591
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 7: Things started to change for us that people started to

592
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 7: see me as the player that I was, and people

593
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 7: started to see our team and saying, this team's got

594
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 7: some pieces, this team's got a chance. You know now

595
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 7: that they you know, they're starting to build something that

596
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 7: you know, they could turn the corner and this could

597
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 7: be a different Arizona Cardinal team than we've seen in

598
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 7: the bass. You know, I remember going in and having

599
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 7: a conversation with coach just basically saying, is this at

600
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 7: OVID competition? Is the best player going to play? How

601
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 7: is this you know, really going to play out? I

602
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 7: just want to know for my mindset going in, do

603
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 7: I have a chance to play?

604
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 2: And he told me yes.

605
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,479
Speaker 12: We thought because of the way we finished the two

606
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 12: thousand and seven season that it was fair to give

607
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,959
Speaker 12: him a chance. It was good to see how they

608
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 12: handled it. It was good to see how the competition went.

609
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 12: And you know, in all fairness, Kurt won it.

610
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 6: And the decisive moment was the all important third preseason

611
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 6: game when Liner threw three picks with a passer rating

612
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Speaker 6: of just two point eight, soon after Warner went from

613
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Speaker 6: mentor to starter.

614
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 5: You know, it was a fair chance.

615
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 10: I believe, I really do believe that, and I think

616
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 10: we both played well and they made a decision with Kurt.

617
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 10: That's as simple as that. And this is my job

618
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 10: to stay focused and to prepare every single day like

619
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 10: I'm the starter. That's what I'm going to do, take

620
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 10: advantage of the reps when I do get it, and

621
00:31:58,400 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 10: support him one hundred percent.

622
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 16: Believe that I can bring something to any team that

623
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 16: I'm with. I believe I can do that with this

624
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 16: team here. I think the coaches have seen that, and

625
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 16: with that experience in what we started last year, I

626
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 16: think that probably gave me the leg up over anything up.

627
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 6: And down would describe the two thousand and eight regular season.

628
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 6: Kurt had a perfect passer rating Week two against the Dolphins.

629
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 6: Cardinals won an ot thriller against the Cowboys on a

630
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 6: block punt in the end zone. Cardinals would clinch the

631
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 6: division title early, but down the stretch there was a

632
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 6: lopside of loss at Philly on Thanksgiving night, a snow game,

633
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 6: jack stomping in New England, leading to that worst playoff

634
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 6: team ever Moniker, but Kurt Warner would finish with the

635
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 6: third best passer rating in the league, loss three one

636
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 6: thousand yard receivers and once the Big Red got to

637
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 6: the postseason. Well, like Ron Wolfley says, hold on to

638
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 6: your butts, it's a playflicker. Warner gonna throw deep near sight,

639
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 6: going for fans. He's in double coverage. It doesn't matter.

640
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 6: He caught it anyway. Touchdown.

641
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 1: Cardinals owner could throw a twinkie into a toaster. I

642
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 1: mean this guy is on fire.

643
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 5: Warner with a ton of time throwing right side, fits open, caught.

644
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 15: In the five, heading for the pylon, and he is

645
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 15: gonna be ruled Eyo cardinal worry Fitzgerald.

646
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 5: Warner takes back to throw faith left side.

647
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 15: Fitzgerald kick on it, touchdown, his third of the day.

648
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 15: It's twenty to six Arizona.

649
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 1: Wow, Kurt Warner isn't in the zone. He is the zone.

650
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 5: That's it. The Tordles half shot the world.

651
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 2: It's raight for true. The Cords have done it.

652
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 5: They're going to Super Bowl forty three.

653
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 6: The QB, who was supposedly on the down side of

654
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 6: his career, showed the world how much upside there really

655
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 6: was in his game and his team were.

656
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 13: Nobody else believed in us. We're nobody else believed in me.

657
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 13: You guys did, and we're going to Super Bowl.

658
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 6: A surreal moment because unlike the Cardinals franchise, Kurt he'd

659
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 6: been to the big game before. It's twice, a fact

660
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 6: not lost on fans, opponents, and most importantly his old

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Speaker 6: mocker room. They believe like oldlyman Douce Lutui and receiver

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Speaker 6: Larry Fitzgerald.

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Speaker 8: The threat he imposed upon the defense, I mean he

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Speaker 8: had them on their toes and he saw the magnificence.

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Speaker 8: I mean he changed the team mentality inside out.

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Speaker 17: His experience, his knowledge of the game. He knows exactly

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Speaker 17: what's going on. It's hard for you to confuse them

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Speaker 17: because he's seen.

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Speaker 5: Every look you can throw at him. He's seen every blitz.

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Speaker 17: His demeanors is so I've been there before, I've done this,

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Speaker 17: and he is really comforting to look in his eyes

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Speaker 17: and know that he's done this before.

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Speaker 2: And you got to do out to go out there and.

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Speaker 5: Just make sure you do your job. Warner. The pass

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Speaker 5: with time fires over the middle of the fens. Caught

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Speaker 5: it to forty five. Good day, but this loose forty thirdy.

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Speaker 15: Goodbye, Marko's lead.

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Speaker 5: Put down where.

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00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,800
Speaker 13: It, Ben Gerrol, you gotta be kidding me.

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Speaker 2: To the how Larry Fitzgerald.

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Speaker 5: A sixty four yard touchdown pass by Warner to mitz

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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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00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 6: Super Bowl ended, what we did not know was that

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Speaker 6: Kurt was not done and he'd yet to play maybe

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Speaker 6: his greatest game ever.

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Speaker 5: Here comes one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL postseason history,

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Speaker 5: and that's the Cardinals signal caller, Kurt Warner.

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Speaker 7: I think about the last game that I played in

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Speaker 7: State Fum Stadium or University of Phoenix Stadium. You could

692
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,760
Speaker 7: argue it was the best football game that I ever played.

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Speaker 5: Fires over the middle of hot inside the ten yard

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Speaker 5: line inside the five touchdown early do set. Warner's got

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00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 5: times deps up, throws over the middle, gets caught by

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00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 5: two set at the ten, spins out of the tackle

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Speaker 5: the five, and News takes it up with the tuckdown,

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00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 5: throwing over the middle Fifzgerald wide over to the twenty.

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Speaker 15: Most of the ten bits is out where legend does

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Speaker 15: it again.

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Speaker 5: In the flyoff, warnerhead ball floats out of their diving

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Speaker 5: cats anyway by beds in the ends on touchdown. Warner's

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00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,839
Speaker 5: got it back to pass, steps up throws over the middle.

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Speaker 15: What a catch, Mike 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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Speaker 1: I've never seen him on fire.

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Speaker 5: Kurt Warner.

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Speaker 6: He had more touchdown passes than he did incompletions. Can

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Speaker 6: you put his performance into perspective?

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Speaker 12: One of the best playoff quarterbacks ever, and Kurt was

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Speaker 12: in a special place and it showed up today. You

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00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 12: know he was on he was on his game. He

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00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 12: was fired up.

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

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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 7: I think I played as good a football those three

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Speaker 7: years with the years on the Cardinals as I did

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Speaker 7: those three years with the Saint Louis Rams.

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Speaker 2: And yes, I.

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Speaker 7: Went to two Super Bowls and won two MVPs with

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Speaker 7: the Rams, but I still believed in my mind I

723
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 7: was just as good a quarterback, if not better, with

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Speaker 7: 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 7: I love the way my career played out. Very few

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Speaker 7: quarterbacks are able to go from place to place to

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Speaker 7: place and to have winning and to have culture change

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Speaker 7: followed them.

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Speaker 2: That to me is what I hang on to more

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Speaker 2: 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 al Mahandro associate producer Cody Fincher. My

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Speaker 6: name is Paul Calvic and we'll leave the last word

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Speaker 6: to Kurt on what stands out the most.

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Speaker 7: There is nothing greater in team sports than being able

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Speaker 7: to be a catalyst for change.

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Speaker 5: And to think.

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

743
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 6: and six after first round rookie Matt Liner took over

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00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 6: the starting gig. Yet when Kurt did retire after the

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00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 6: nine season, he held the Cardinals franchise records for completion

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

747
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Speaker 6: games and consecutive games with a touchdown pass twenty two

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

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Speaker 6: Warner threw four to sixteen touchdowns in only four picks,

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Speaker 6: and yes, Kurt's two thousand and eight Super Bowl season

751
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 6: featured team records in passer rating and touchdown passes and

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Speaker 6: completion percentage, and all told, Kurt actually threw four more

753
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Speaker 6: passing yards in Arizona than he did in Saint Louis.

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Speaker 6: But Kurt's impact went so far beyond the box score.

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Speaker 6: As a Cardinal, Kurt earned the NFL's prestigious Walter Payton

756
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Speaker 6: Mann of the Year award, deservedly sold for all his

757
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 6: extensive work in the community. But if there was an

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00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 6: award for culture, Kurt's leadership in the locker room. His

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00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 6: impact throughout the Cardinals organization was poignant and pivotal to

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Speaker 6: the Cardinals' success ever since. Almost a permanent Big Red Reset.

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Speaker 6: And when we come back, we'll bring back former Cardinals

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Speaker 6: Pro Bowl a Ron Wolfley, who called every game of

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Speaker 6: Kurt Warner's Cardinals career. This is a special Cardinals Folktales

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Speaker 6: edition to the Big Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford

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Speaker 6: in Gilbert Legacy of Kurt Warner, the Ring of Honor.

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

767
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Speaker 6: but he changed the game in so many ways. For

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Speaker 6: the Arizona Cardinals. It's our very special Cardinals Folk Tales

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Speaker 6: edition of The Big Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford

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Speaker 6: and Gilbert Paul kelvic Ron Wolfley. For wrapping it up,

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00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 6: think about a wolf. He was the point man, the

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Speaker 6: trigger man for the greatest show on turf, and then

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Speaker 6: he was the trigger man, the catalyst for change. That

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Speaker 6: was the shock the world.

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Speaker 5: Cardinals.

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

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Speaker 5: The Super Bowl.

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Speaker 6: He really revolutionized and reset a couple of franchises into

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Speaker 6: winning ways that were lasting in so many ways.

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Speaker 3: He really did Pully. And you know, of course, there

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Speaker 3: are always when you talk about a football player, tangibles

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Speaker 3: and there are intangibles, and Kurt had them both. The tangible,

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Speaker 3: very tangible physical presence that Kurt had because of his

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Speaker 3: incredible accuracy. He was one of the more accurate quarterbacks

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Speaker 3: that has ever played in the National Football League. His

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Speaker 3: release to Paul, that thing would come out quickly from

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Speaker 3: Kurt Warner in not only that but his brain. Those

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00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 3: were the physical attributes of Kurt, those were the things

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Speaker 3: he really brought to the football field. But the intangibles

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00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 3: that came with that Paulie. He had one of the

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00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 3: greatest gifts that any quarterback could ever have, and that

792
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 3: was to keep your eyes down the field, regardless of

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Speaker 3: what it was going on around you. Paul That I'll

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00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 3: never forget that. Just watching Kurt, it was astounding. And

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Speaker 3: I've said this many times, PAULI, but to see the

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00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:38,360
Speaker 3: pocket collapsing around Kurt Warner and suddenly you thought he

797
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 3: was sacked, and then this arm would come out, and Paul,

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Speaker 3: You've seen this from the sideline many times. This arm

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00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 3: would come out from the all of these helmets that

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00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 3: were around him and suddenly throw a strike on the

801
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 3: deep end coming into and kwombolden his ability to keep

802
00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 3: his eyes downfield. Just second into none ball.

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Speaker 6: The pocket would swallow up Kurt Warner and then this

804
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,759
Speaker 6: periscope would come out like a submarine, and then the

805
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 6: ball's downfield. The accuracy, the anticipation, the ability to read

806
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 6: and react, all skills honed in the Arena League ultra fast.

807
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,839
Speaker 6: You had to be really quick with your mind and

808
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,359
Speaker 6: with the release. Think about some of the all time

809
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 6: moments too, not just the biggest moments. We talked about

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Speaker 6: the five touchdowns and only four incompletions out dueling an

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Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers. We talked about that the Super Bowl run,

812
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Speaker 6: but don't forget about late fourth quarter playoff opener against Atlanta,

813
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Speaker 6: third and sixteen, Roun Wolfleu, when you're looking to seal

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Speaker 6: the game.

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Speaker 3: Incredible, Palie that you bring that up right there, because yes,

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00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 3: this is when I think of Kurt Warner. I think

817
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:47,320
Speaker 3: of this play as well. This was a critical point

818
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Speaker 3: in the game. The Cardinals were trying to ice the deal.

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Speaker 3: They had a third and sixteen. Is that what it was?

820
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 3: Polly again, a third and sixteen, and suddenly they run

821
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Speaker 3: Steven Spock the tight end. Now Steven Spock was a

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00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 3: good football player, Okay he was, but man, this was

823
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Speaker 3: no This was no juggernaut when it came to receptions

824
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Speaker 3: and kwon Bolden, Yes, Larry Fitzgerald, Yes, Steve Breston, Yes,

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Speaker 3: you know Steven Spock. No, not on a third string

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Speaker 3: tight end exactly. And yet Kurt Warner hit him down

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Speaker 3: the scene to ice this game, to put it on

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Speaker 3: ice for the Cardinals. And that is that is something

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00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:30,680
Speaker 3: that Kurt also did. He would throw the ball to

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Speaker 3: the open man and did not care. He cared about schemes.

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Speaker 3: Kurt was all about the scheme and not just the

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Speaker 3: skulls that were fulfilling the scheme. He cared about the

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Speaker 3: scheme and he would throw it to the open man.

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Speaker 3: And because of that, one of the greatest moments in

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Speaker 3: Cardinal history throwing to Steven Spock on third and sixteen.

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

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Speaker 6: de facto offensive coordinator. He would work with Todd Haley

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Speaker 6: in the offensive staff in devising the game plan. They

839
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Speaker 6: would wait on a Monday, and then the toughness look

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Speaker 6: mentally tough, physically tough. I mean he almost got ripped

841
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,280
Speaker 6: apart by Julius Peppers and then all of a sudden

842
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 6: he had to learn to hand the ball off with

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Speaker 6: his throwing arm because his left arm was no longer functional.

844
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Speaker 6: So there was the toughness aspect of being a quarterback

845
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Speaker 6: as well.

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Speaker 3: That is something that nobody talks enough about in regard

847
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Speaker 3: to gray Beard as well, and the reason being Paully

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Speaker 3: is because think of how many hits he took. Now

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Speaker 3: you know, listen, Kurt's gonna tell you I could run,

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Speaker 3: Are you kidding me? I could run?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 3: Kurt still in his day says he could have run

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Speaker 3: the ball a lot more. And you know, but I

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00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 3: don't know about that gray Beard. All I know is

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Speaker 3: he took a beating many many times inside the pocket

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Speaker 3: 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

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