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Cardinals look to cap improbable run on Sunday
By Jeremy Harness January 30, 2009 |
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Kurt Warner has been here before. The guy coming out of nowhere after years of anonymity to lead his team to the Promised Land. Yep, that was his story nine years ago, and this time, he's taking a team that has been all but counted out for years. The Arizona Cardinals, who share the worst record to ever play in a Super Bowl with the 1979 Los Angeles Rams, were perceived as a team that got into the playoffs only by piggy-backing a bad division in the NFC West. However, the Cardinals got on a roll, beating the Atlanta Falcons to win their first playoff game in 61 years, and then going to Carolina and upsetting the No. 2 seed Panthers on the strength of an underrated defense and a dominant performance by receiver Larry Fitzgerald. In the next week, Warner, who was a stock boy at a grocery store before landing in the Arena League with the Iowa Barnstormers shortly before breaking into the NFL with the Rams, played very efficiently and, even though the offense had a tough stretch in the second half after getting out to a big lead, led his team to the Super Bowl with a win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Now, he'll have obviously the biggest test of the season, going up against the best defense he has seen all season in the Pittsburgh Steelers. But as far as he and the Cardinals are concerned, they have already conquered long odds to get to this point. |
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