Kurt Warner has a storied career on the football field -- Super Bowl champion, two-time MVP, four-time Pro Bowler and Football Hall of Famer -- and yet he claims no one looks to him for advice.
“Im continually amazed that there are a million #QBGurus out there working with the masses... and I’ve got no NFL/College QBs that want to get a workout with me? Not sure what Im missing, but obviously something! Any of you #QBGurus want to bounce anything off me, lmk!” he tweeted Tuesday night.
Warner mentored former Giants quarterback Eli Manning early in his career in New York, planting the early seeds of an arguable Hall of Fame career. Now Warner wants to find another young quarterback to mold, and he’s already shown he’s done his homework on Manning’s successor.
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Speaking during Super Bowl week in Miami, Warner pinpointed the areas Daniel Jones must improve on from an up-and-down rookie season in which he turned the football over 23 times -- 12 interceptions and 11 fumbles -- in 13 games.
“His ability to see the field and process information,” Warner said. “There were a lot of times, it seemed like it was tough for him to see, process information, and react to it,” Warner said. "That’s what you see with a lot of young quarterbacks. It’s really hard to practice that. That’s where he needs to make the biggest strides.”
Warner, 48, went undrafted out of Northern Iowa in 1994. His career didn’t take off until 1999, when he started for the first time — and led the Rams to a Super Bowl title. He was named NFL MVP in 1999 and 2001. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.
Warner played for the Rams from 1999-2003, with the Giants in 2004, and with the Cardinals from 2005-09.
He made it back to the Super Bowl after the 2008 season, but lost to the Steelers.
Warner went 9-4 in the playoffs and 67-49 in the regular season. He finished with 208 touchdowns, 128 interceptions, and a 93.7 quarterback rating in regular season play. In the postseason, he had 31 touchdowns, 14 picks, and a 102.8 rating.
(NJ Advance Media’s Matt Lombardo and Darryl Slater contributed to this report.)
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