You betcha - first ballot
2 time MVP, 3 highest yardage QB games in the SB, 1 ring. Not to mention being one of the major faces for the league pretty much his whole career, even when playing in non-NFL hotbed cities like Phoenix and St Louis (remember it’s call the Hall of Fame not the Hall of Stats). I can’t really see a remotely believable argument to keep him out of the Hall.
I’m with capydick, first ballot. I hated him when he played, he exploited my Seachicken’s at every junction. LOL!
Thanks Kurt, for the memories.
Yes! Just based on the amount of wins he brought to my own fantasy football team!
He is a lock to get in.
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Absolutely.
Yes!!!
and this is from a Cowboys fan no less!
I admire Kurt. He exemplifies America. Rags to Riches. God Loving. Country Loving. Wife Loving. Family Loving. Hard Worker. Non Complainer
If I personally have to carry him on my shoulders for like 10 yards (as he weighs too much for me), I will do so..all the way to the Hall of Fame
Yep. No question.
Yes.
But we must be affirmative action Politically Correct when they do it.
Warner needs to be selected, but only be inducted when Donovan McNabb is eligible to also be inducted.
Just to be fair........you know
Also a great guy, an excellent role model, and a very humble man. I would be the NFL wishes they had a league full of Kurt Warners. First Ballot HoFer. From a Seahawks fan no less...JFK
kurt warner is a slam dunk imo.
I was never a fan because of the teams he played for. But, does he deserve to be in the HOF - you betcha.
I would say yes and I acknowledge its a close call. He basically has 3 pretty super years for the Rams and then 4 off years in the middle and came back with two or three good season for the Cardinals. Consider he took two really bad teams to the super bowl. Plus he truly was a great ambassador for the game.
I was lukewarm about Warner and the Hall until I realized he’d lifted not one but two franchises to their greatest heights in the past 40 years. It’s not the same as all the Steelers and Cowboys and 49ers in the Hall because they played alongside a lot of other Hall-of-Famers. The Cardinals and Rams have been a giant crapfest for most of my lifetime except when Kurt Warner was their quarterback. For that reason alone, he’d get my vote.
I don’t know if I’d buy it based on the passer ratings. First, you’re comparing Warner with 7 quarterbacks who played in eras when passer ratings were lower across the board than they were during Warner’s career. Second, passer rating, for all the goods intentions behind it in attempting to quantify a quarterback’s general effectiveness, is really a garbage statistic.
His 57-44 record is comparable to Fouts and Moon, but to no one else on your list. I don’t remember what the talk was when Fouts was inducted, but I do remember that Moon was not necessarily considered a sure thing despite being one of the most prolific passers of all time. Also, I don’t remember either Moon or Fouts spending any veteran seasons as a backup. I think Warner only started two complete seasons in his career - hardly what I would expect of someone who was a “face of the NFL”.
As for Super Bowl records, there are several Super Bowl winning quarterbacks who aren’t in the Hall of Fame, including:
Jim Plunkett (2-0)
Ken Stabler (1-0)
Joe Theismann (1-1)
Phil Simms (1-0)
Doug Williams (1-0)
Jeff Hostetler (1-0)
Mark Rypien (1-0)
I’m not saying Warner doesn’t belong in the Hall of Fame - I think there’s an argument to be made. I do have a hard time seeing him as a no-brainer, first ballot Hall of Famer, though.
I can sum up Warner's career thus: he brought greatness to two downtrodden franchises. Good enough for me! 