A day after his team's Super Bowl victory, he spoke of his late mother Alice and how she was sure he would one day come back and coach an NFL champion. This was supposed to be a man too old for the job. Monday was no exception. Indeed, Warner needed luck to make it, coming out of Iowa through the Arena League and NFL Europe. He proceeded to throw 41 touchdown passes, joining Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for more than 40 in a season.
Teams tend to line up their quarterbacks.
You have the incumbent and the heir apparent. The type of quarterback like Kurt rarely gets the opening. He's just there to throw balls in practice. He did a lot more than that Sunday in one of those Super Bowls that will be remembered for decades. Sixteen seconds later, Warner and Bruce connected.