Kurt Warner

. In addition, the term in English, flaxen-haired, denoting a very light, bright blonde, comes from a comparison to the color of raw flax fiber. As of the start of the 2006 season, Warner remains the most accurate quarterback in NFL history, with a career completion percentage of 65.7. The word lintel, a supporting member above a door or window, is not related. Warner's season ended in week 15, when he injured his knee and an MRI revealed that he had a partial tear of the MCL. This word history has given rise to a number of other terms:. For his efforts, he was named NFC FedEx Express player of the week. The word linen is derived from the Latin for the flax plant, which is linum, and the earlier Greek linon.

He passed for 285 yards, three touchdowns, and posted a quarterback rating of 115.9 for the game. When being washed for the first time, linen shrinks significantly. Louis. The finest linen has a very consistent diameter with no slubs. After playing fairly well in two losses (including passing for a total of nearly 700 yards), Warner proved he could still be successful by defeating his former team, the Rams, 38-28, in St. However, these are actually defects associated with low quality. But after McCown struggled in two straight games, Green re-inserted Warner into the starting lineup. A characteristic often associated with linen yarn is the presence of "slubs", or small knots that occur randomly along its length.

The change in Warner's status led many sports analysts (including Marino) to conclude that Warner's days of being a starting quarterback in the NFL were over. The natural color of unbleached linen is ecru. Given the fact that Warner had not won a single game as a Cardinal, and that McCown was leading the Cardinals to wins, Green named McCown the starter and relegated Warner to the backup role. Linen is usually white to ivory, may be washed at 95°C, and should be ironed when damp. McCown played in two games in which he had terrific numbers, and Green and the Cardinals faced a quarterback controversy of their own. Linen is available in different qualities varying from almost silk-like to sack-linen. However, Warner struggled and posted three very mediocre games before injuring his groin and being replaced by former starter Josh McCown. Hoplite cuirass was made of leather.

In early 2005, Warner signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals, and was quickly named the starter by coach Dennis Green. Contrary to popular belief, linen was probably never used as material for the Hoplite cuirass because of its price. After the 2004 season, Warner was still the NFL's all-time leader in passer rating and completion percentage. Also because of its strength when wet, Irish linen is the best wrap of pool/billiard cues, due to its absorption of sweat from hands. Coach Tom Coughlin later stated that he regretted starting Warner and should have played Manning from the start in order to give him experience and build his confidence. Due to its strength, in the Middle Ages linen was used for shields and gambeson. Warner started the 2004 season as the Giants' starting quarterback, winning five of the first seven games, but following a short losing streak, rookie Eli Manning was given the starting job and Warner was again relegated to the bench. Linen is also used for cloth, canvases, sails, tents, and even for books (the only surviving example of which is the Liber Linteus).

Louis with a slight fracture of his right hand that never fully healed stemming from his broken pinkie finger of 2002, and that made it difficult to hold onto the ball or throw it with the same range of motion than he did in his MVP years. Although these are now often made of cotton or synthetic fibers, they are still called "linens," "bed linens," and "table linens.". Warner later revealed that he had played in St. These properties led to its use from the early Middle Ages for underwear, shirts, chemises, and other clothing worn next to the body (collectively called "body linen"), and also for sheets and pillowcases, napkins, and tablecloths. Ironically, it was largely Warner's performance against the Giants in the 2003 season opener, in which he lost much of his credibility by fumbling six times, one shy of an NFL record, that cost him his job with the Rams. Linen will withstand washing in hot water and scrubbing, and can be bleached by spreading it in the sun to dry. Two days later, he signed a two-year deal to be the quarterback for the New York Giants. Very little top-quality linen is produced now, and most is used in low volume applications like hand weaving and as an art material.

After two injury-riddled seasons in 2002 and 2003, during which Bulger established himself as the Rams' starter, the Rams released Warner for salary cap reasons on June 1, 2004. The decrease in use of linen may be attributed to the increasing quality of synthetic fibers, and a decreasing appreciation of buyers for very high quality yarn and fabric that wrinkles easily and requires high-temperature ironing while damp. Despite an on-going controversy all year and a playoff loss with three interceptions by Bulger, Martz made it clear that this time there would be no controversy: Warner was definitely the odd man out. As years went by many of the finest factories in those areas closed, and most linen is currently made in China. Even though Warner declared the next week that the concussion was a minor one and he was fine--an opinion also backed up by the medical staff-- he would not see the field again until the final game of the season, while in between Bulger again put up decent numbers (22 touchdowns, but also 22 interceptions). In continental Europe where temperatures are higher, dew retting in the fields could take place, this was favoured from an environmental viewpoint. It was a disaster: Warner fumbled six times, threw an interception, and it was later learned that he had played the game with a concussion. The climates of these locations were ideal for natural processing methods called "retting".In Ireland and Scotland the retting took place in retting dams and rivers, and could lead to pollution.

Nonetheless, Martz supported Warner and gave him the first start of 2003, against the New York Giants. Up until the 1950s or so the finest linen yarn was made in Scotland, Ireland (Irish linen), and Belgium. Of course, the local and national media turned Brenda's call into a controversy, and Warner was compelled to give interviews in which he minimized his wife's comments as just those of a loving and concerned wife. This is the number of 840 yard lengths in a pound. In fact, Brenda stated that she (as a registered nurse) was the one who told Warner he had to go to an orthopedist and get a second opinion. In China they often tend to use the English Cotton system, NeC. Martz stood by the erstwhile Warner despite fans' calls to replace him with Bulger — and an embarrassing situation in which Warner's wife, Brenda, called a local radio station to complain that the Rams organization and Martz did not provide Warner sufficient medical care when his hand was broken. This is the number of 1000m lengths per kilogram.

Louis after the season over which QB should lead the Rams in 2003. More commonly used in continental Europe is the Metric system, Nm. Naturally, controversy brewed in St. The symbol is NeL. Meanwhile, Warner's understudy, Marc Bulger, looked like the Warner of old: accurate, quick to read coverages, and deadly in the red zone. might be 60 lea, and give 60x300 = 18000 yards per pound. Having entered the year with a 103.4 career passer rating, Warner posted a miniscule 67.4 rating in 2002. The fine yarns used in handkerchiefs, etc.

On September 29, 2002, Warner broke his right pinkie finger, effectively ending his season. A yarn having a size of 1 lea will give 300 yards per pound. Warner went 0-6 as a starter to begin the regular season, posting a horrific 3:11 touchdown-to-interception ratio. the number of length units per unit mass. Going into 2002, pundits felt that Warner's Super Bowl XXXVI meltdown was an aberration, but observers noticed a distinct loss of velocity on Warner's throws in the 2002 preseason. This is a specific length, or indirect grist system, i.e. Despite his foibles, Warner finished the game with 365 passing yards, second only to his own performance two years earlier. The standard measure of bulk linen yarn is the lea.

Still, Warner ran for a touchdown early in the 4th quarter, and he threw a touchdown pass to Ricky Proehl that tied the score with 1:30 remaining in regulation (though Vinatieri would kick a last-second field goal for the win on the ensuing possession). After it is spun into yarn it becomes linen. Martz was determined to beat New England with the pass, but Warner turned skittish and mistake-prone when the blocking broke down: he tossed two interceptions in the game (one was returned for a touchdown by Ty Law), and was sacked several times as well. The fiber in its un-spun state is called flax. Belichick's game plan disrupted Warner's timing with the fleet Ram receivers by jamming them at the line, and the Patriot defense's constant attention to Marshall Faulk made Warner's job that much harder. It has a long "staple" (individual strand length) relative to cotton and other natural fibers. The defensive-minded Belichick approached the game as a sort of chess match with Martz, a coach considered to be an offensive genius. It is one of the few textiles that has a greater breaking strength wet than dry.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick, determined to slow down Martz's high-flying, Warner-led attack, blitzed early and often, confusing the normally in-control Warner throughout the game. It is strong, durable, and resists rotting in damp climates. For the second time, he was named the league's Most Valuable Player, but fans will always look at Super Bowl XXXVI as the moment when Warner's career began to go downhill. Linen is descriptive of yarns spun entirely from flax fibers, or fabrics woven from linen yarns. Warner led the "Greatest Show on Turf" to a 14-2 record and returned the Rams to the Super Bowl in 2002, though the team lost to the New England Patriots on a last-second Adam Vinatieri field goal. . Though his season lagged behind his fantastic 1999, Warner still turned heads with his Joe Montana-esque blend of accuracy and timing, amassing 36 TD passes and 4,800 passing yards, a total second only to Dan Marino all-time. Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax (and historically, cannabis) plant.

Warner quickly returned to form in the 2001 season. linoleum, a floor covering made from linseed oil and other materials. Louis reloaded for another Super Bowl run. linseed oil, an oil derived from flax seed. In response to the poor defensive performance, nine of the Rams' eleven defensive starters would be cut during the offseason, as St. Linnet, a European finch that eats flax seed. Due to a very poor defensive unit, though, the Rams were eliminated from the playoffs in the Wild Card round despite one of the most productive offensive years by a team ever. lingerie, via French, originally denotes underwear made of linen.

Still, an injured Warner was one of the most formidable passers in the NFL. lining, due to the fact that linen was often used to create a lining for wool and leather clothing. For the first time in his short career, though, Warner showed a disturbing tendency to lock onto receivers and force turnovers; his TD-INT ratio was a pedestrian 21-18 that season. line, derived from the use of a linen thread to determine a straight line; other uses such as ocean liner derive ultimately from this use. Warner and Green's combined gross passing yard total was 5,492, which if held by only one, would easily surpass 5,084 yards, the single-season record set by Dan Marino. Warner broke his hand and missed the middle of the 2000 campaign, but Trent Green was able to step in and the Warner/Green duo led the Rams to the highest team passing yard total in NFL history, with 5,232 net yards.

Their relationship would start off warm (like that between Warner and Vermeil) and would remain that way for the next few years. Louis Offensive Coordinator Mike Martz replaced the retired Dick Vermeil as Rams' head coach. Also in 2000, former St. Warner started the 2000 season red-hot, racking up 300 or more passing yards in each of his first 6 games (tying Steve Young's record) and posting 19 touchdown passes in that stretch.

The others are Bart Starr in 1966, Terry Bradshaw in 1978, Joe Montana in 1989, Emmitt Smith in 1993, Steve Young in 1994. He was Super Bowl MVP in 1999, becoming one of the select few to win both the League MVP and Super Bowl MVP in the same year. He threw for a record 414 passing yards that game including a 73 yard touchdown strike to Bruce when the game was tied with just over 2 minutes to play. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl XXXIV victory against the Tennessee Titans.

In the NFL playoffs, Warner led the St. The offense registered the first in a string of 3 consecutive 500 point seasons, an NFL record. Warner became the symbol of the Rams' giant turn-around in 1999. The accurate-throwing Warner, running back Marshall Faulk, and wide receivers Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt were part of the high-scoring offense nicknamed "The Greatest Show on Turf." Warner's magical season, in which he tossed a staggering 41 touchdown passes, is regarded as one of the top seasons by a quarterback in NFL history.

Of course, Warner proved Vermeil wrong about his concerns. In fact, at a press conference, Vermeil said that he was hoping Warner could hold the team together and win a game or two while they waited for Justin to be ready to play. Ironically, coach Dick Vermeil was not very happy or confident about putting in Warner as the starter and would not have done so if the more experienced backup quarterback Paul Justin had not been injured. When the starting quarterback, Trent Green, was injured in the preseason, Warner took over as the starter.

Louis Rams during the preseason of the 1999-2000 season. Warner was the backup quarterback for the St. Louis Rams in 1998, and was allocated to the Amsterdam Admirals of the NFL Europe. Warner left the Barnstormers to sign with the NFL's St.

Warner was named to the AFL's All-Arena First Team in 1996 and 1997 as he led the Barnstormers to ArenaBowl appearances in both seasons. Later he worked at the Cedar Falls Hy-Vee Food Store stocking shelves before being signed by the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League, in 1995. After college, he attended the Green Bay Packers training camp in 1994, but was released from the team. Warner and Brenda are both born-again Christians.

They also have 5 children of their own: sons Elijah and Kade, daughter Jada Jo, and twin girls Sierra Rose and Sienna Rae born in December 2005. During college, he met his future wife Brenda (who also grew up in an abusive family situation and had an abusive previous marriage), whom he married in 1997 and adopted her two children, son Zachary & daughter Jesse. Warner studied and played football at Regis High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and went on to do the same at University of Northern Iowa. He grew up in an abusive family situation and, after years of anonymity and tribulation, he developed into a very successful NFL quarterback.

Warner's story is considered one of the most inspirational in the history of American sports. . Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22, 1971 in Burlington, Iowa) is an American football quarterback currently playing for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL.
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Warner's number 13 was retired by the Amsterdam Admirals before the 2003 season started. Warner's number 13 was retired by the Iowa Barnstormers during halftime of a 2000 home game against the Tampa Bay Storm.