After last night’s three-pack of three-and-outs from quarterback Matt Leinart and a couple of flashes of promise, but not nearly enough, from backup Derek Anderson, Cardinals fans have to be hoping that Kurt Warner can be lured out of his First Annual Retirement.
It’s not happening.
As Peter King pointed out during his Tuesday morning stint with Ross Tucker of Sirius NFL Radio, Warner continued to reiterate his retirement during Monday night’s loss by the Cardinals to the Titans.
“I am not coming back,” Warner said, via Twitter. He then asked whether Twitter users, plenty of whom surely were begging him to come back, know the definition of “retire.” (The problem is that, given the meanderings of Brett Favre over the past two-plus years, plenty of us no longer do.)
Warner later thanked the Monday Night Football crew for throwing him a bouquet during the game, but Warner again said, “I am done.”
So while coach Ken Whisenhunt could be tempted to bend a knee in the hopes of bringing Warner back, it likely would take a lot more money than the Cardinals ever would spend even to get Warner’s attention.
Instead, the Cardinals should have offered up a much smaller chunk of money to Marc Bulger. Better still, they should have traded for Donovan McNabb.