Saints 45 - Cardinals 14: And so the Kurt Warner retirement watch begins

by Fooch on Jan 16, 2010 7:35 PM PST in News Comment 25 comments

First off, apologies for the downtime there. Apparently the server that hosts SB Nation and several other big sites (Daily Kos and Perez Hilton...who knew?) had an outage. But it seems things are back up and running.

The Cardinals-Saints matchup ended up being as wild as many of us expected, although maybe not quite that result. I figured the Saints would win, but I was a bit surprised at how easily they handled Arizona. Although, given what our 49ers did to the Cardinals this season, maybe I shouldn't surprised. Either way, New Orleans is on to the NFC Championship game after a 45-14 whupping of Arizona.

While there's plenty to discuss with the remaining playoff games, the biggest story to now emerge for 49ers fans is the Kurt Warner retirement watch. It might even be more important than the special teams coach search! Mike Sando posted some information that emerged after the game as to Warner's next step:

"A big hit like that makes you think twice about playing this game," Warner said lightly.

Warner said he plans to get away for a while and talk over his future with wife Brenda. He has one year remaining on his contract.

"I don't think it will be a long and drawn-out process," Warner said. "I think it's something I will discuss with my family and inform the organization about what I plan to do as soon as I have time to think about it."

Given how big an impact this could have on the rest of the NFC West, we'll definitely have plenty of coverage of the situation in the coming days, weeks, and possibly months.

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I can't think that he'll want to come back for another year

It’s not as if the Cardinals are close to winning a Super Bowl—last year was the best chance they had.

Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.

by smileyman on Jan 16, 2010 7:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

makes sense

And if they unload Anquan Boldin that would give him more reason to retire. Although, apparently Boldin is resigned to just playing out his final year.

by Fooch on Jan 16, 2010 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well..

If the Niners improve their areas of weakness it won’t matter what Warner does; SF will win the West. If the Niners do not make improvements, we’re looking at a low bar of 8 or 9 wins taking the division which could still be AZ. I think Warner retiring will be most interesting in seeing how Whisenhunt changes to the offense he prefers: physical running game.

I wonder if Favre ends up having success in the playoffs, starting Sunday, if that will motivate Warner to give it one more try?

You gotta bring ass to get ass.

by SpurredOn on Jan 16, 2010 8:20 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

Warner probably wants to leave on a good note but that hit was nasty lol. It was fun watching them get destroyed though LOL.

49ers Al Grito De Guerra!!! hahaha

by 49erSalvatrucha on Jan 16, 2010 8:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

may look good for you guys

warner will hang it up, God bless him (and the only thing I believe in is winning, that’s just out of respect to him)

the big question is, who are they going to sweep out ?
McFadden has to go .. worst CB in the NFL
Rackers has to go… nutcase tackler, but we need a kicker
Urban has to go … never stepped up

Billy Davis has to go (just Pendergast with a different name)

Whiz needs an OC, he picks a game plan and that’s it, he has no adjustment in him,
if we don;t get an OC and a new DC, then next season is yours.. enjoy it

by scsa69 on Jan 16, 2010 8:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You guys better hope that lienart has his alex smith moment because he is pretty bad

49ers Al Grito De Guerra!!! hahaha

by 49erSalvatrucha on Jan 16, 2010 8:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i don’t think he is as bad as everyone thinks… he never got much practice with the ‘big boys’ and when he did get in this year, he had very ‘Warner-like’ moments, stand in and get it off at the last minute…

I don’t think leinart will be the problem… if Davis stays, the whole defensive thing will be questionable and if Whiz does not get a good OC, well, combine those 2 and we are toast

by scsa69 on Jan 16, 2010 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Your offense isn’t that bad I think

49ers Al Grito De Guerra!!! hahaha

by 49erSalvatrucha on Jan 16, 2010 9:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We'll all see, I guess...

There’s no doubt that Warner is special, but right now, I’d be tempted to say that everybody can look decent throwing to the Cards’ receivers. But who knows, if Leinart stinks it up next year, we might learn just how special Warner is/was.

For those of you who haven’t seen it, here’s that hit again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wokq6t2uyZI

by musketeer54 on Jan 16, 2010 9:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Please cut Urban.

Seattle will welcome him back with open arms

Holmgren would have drafted Crabtree.

by Fearless Frog on Jan 16, 2010 10:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That won't matter....

the only thing that will matter is if the Niners continue to get screwed over with horrible, horrible one-sided officiating on away games (i.e. the game against Minnesota and the away game against Seattle). Without those two ridiculously officiated games, the Niners, with all of their inconsistency, would have won the West.

by sanfranfanmdk on Jan 17, 2010 8:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Officiating?

You don’t think Michael Crabtree crapping his pants at the sight of Lawyer Milloy and dropping the potential gamewinning TD pass and allowing a game-deciding 30+ yard pass to a rookie WR didn’t cost the game instead?

Holmgren would have drafted Crabtree.

by Fearless Frog on Jan 17, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well....

i would say the Seattle defender tackling Delanie Walker in the endzone on the 4th and goal in the first half well BEFORE the ball arrived, costing them a TD (one thing among many ball/missed calls in favor of Seattle), cost the game for them…and it wasn’t Milloy doing anything, it was the fact that the ball arrived before Crabby was even looking. Oh and that 30 yard pass was made possible by a fantastic push off by the WR…nice try though

by sanfranfanmdk on Jan 17, 2010 6:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow.

- Seattle’s DB didn’t ‘tackle’ Walker. At worst, that was a PI.
- Crabtree was clearly looking, he flinched when he saw Milloy in front of him. And that doesn’t matter, because they had another chance at redemption but ::surprise:: VD dropped yet another potential game winning TD pass. 2 TD drops on the same set of downs is far too many mistakes on the team’s part to even consider blaming the loss on the refs.
- Fantastic push-off? There wasn’t anything outside of the usual tussle within 5 yards. If anything, blame the coverage for not having safety help on that side of the field.

Holmgren would have drafted Crabtree.

by Fearless Frog on Jan 17, 2010 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

im not saying the game was badly officiated but...

- Seattle’s DB didn’t ‘tackle’ Walker. At worst, that was a PI.

it was a PI lol… like really it was a blown call…

by Joshpreet on Jan 17, 2010 7:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm

Well having both arms wrapped around Walker and moving into him is basically the beginnings of a tackle, Crabby “flinched” because as soon as he looked and the ball was about to hit him in the head, and there was a clear push off right before the ball came….Mistakes or not, no team should be expected to have to play a completely perfect game to overcome the clear biased officiating that happened that day, without the bias, San Fran wouldn’t have even needed to worry about scoring a TD on that drive with the VD drop….no matter though, enjoy third place once again next season, and at least do us a favor and TRY to win at least ONE game against the Cards

by sanfranfanmdk on Jan 18, 2010 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh and....

tackling a receiver before the ball arrives on a pass IS a form of PI, so what is the point of arguing that?

by sanfranfanmdk on Jan 18, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

This 'alleged ref' bias was not the reason SF lost that game.

Like I said before, making that many mistakes, and not to mention that ridiculous return-reverse attempt fumble early in the game is.

Holmgren would have drafted Crabtree.

by Fearless Frog on Jan 18, 2010 5:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, it was more than just one or two plays....

the season is over, there is nothing left to play for, and you STILL can’t admit that it was completely one-sided in favor of Seattle? With that PI in the endzone alone, the Niners would have been up by 14 (counting the TD they got on their following possession). Being up 14-0, that reverse is looking less and less likely to have been called anyways.

by sanfranfanmdk on Jan 18, 2010 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Here's the problem with that argument

You’ve made the assumption of 14-0 without realizing when the Seahawks took over on downs they barely moved the ball and punted to San Francisco from their own end zone. It gave the Niners good field position and made going for it on 4th down (but not before blowing your final timeout) a no brainer.

If the 49ers score first they kickoff per usual and it’s highly unlikely Seattle ends up starting at their own 2.

You’re being bitter about a game that in the end still wouldn’t have gotten you into the playoffs.

2010 Seahawks Goals: Master the forward pass, sack the QB, and knock Arizona off their perch.

by SSreporters on Jan 19, 2010 8:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If you would have read what i initially said....

i mentioned both this game AND the Minnesota game. 10-6 would have won them the division….either way you look at it, San Fran was robbed of winning this game

by sanfranfanmdk on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs