faba Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 TampaTalk: Bidwill will bid to keep Warner What others are saying and writing about Super Bowl XLIII Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Bidwill will bid to keep Warner Lost in all the Super blather is this not so insignificant fact for Arizona fans: quarterback Kurt Warner can become a free agent next month. That's the way it was planned. Warner would be a bridge to the next trial for former No. 1 pick Matt Leinart. But then Warner went ahead and led the Cardinals to their first Super Bowl. Now, Bloomberg News is reporting that the Cardinals will seek to bring Warner, 37, back next season. This comes from team president Mike Bidwill. "We'd love to have him back," Bidwill said in an interview with Bloomberg Radio's "On the Ball" program. "We're going to sit down and talk to him about it in the offseason. Hopefully, we can come to a mutually satisfactory agreement." An outside chance Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News writes that it's been 38 years since an outside linebacker has affected the Super Bowl the way Chuck Howley did in 1971. That year, he intercepted two Baltimore passes for the Cowboys and won game MVP honors. He wonders if that drought might end. His reasons are twofold: Steelers OLBs James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley. Change in fortunes Super Bowl history is full of such stories as that of Arizona's Victor Hobson. As recently as Dec. 15, he was playing for the not-playoff-bound Cincinnati Bengals. On Dec. 16, he was released. On Dec. 24 -- fittingly, Christmas Eve -- he was signed by Arizona. And, well, you know what Arizona has done since then. The Cardinals have made their first Super Bowl, and Hobson is going with them. Against all odds In case you were wondering, the Steelers opened the NFL playoffs at 4-1 odds to win the Super Bowl. The Cardinals opened at 50-1. Bloomberg News reports that the latter could affect Las Vegas more than you might think. Bookmakers have seen through the years that during times of economic recession, more money tends to come in on the big underdogs than when the economy is healthy. Richard Gardner, who manages the sports book for gambling Web site Blodog, told Bloomberg that it's akin to trying to hit the home run to try to help get through this economic downturn. Defying recession? Advertisers are defying the economic downturn by paying NBC as much as $3 million for 30 seconds of airtime during the game, according to the Los Angeles Times. That's 11 percent more than the $2.7 million Fox Broadcasting charged for the top slots during the game last year, when the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots. Two good The Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger and the Cardinals' Kurt Warner are the first pair of quarterbacks with championship rings already on their fingers to meet in the league's title game since Joe Theismann and Jim Plunkett faced each other in Super Bowl XVIII in January 1984. First published on January 28, 2009 at 12:10 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Well that just made his agents job negotiating the new deal a whole lot easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4HCrew Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 You mean he did not say "we cannot afford Warner" or "Hell no we do not want him back" during the biggest media week of his team's history? shocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 he's the best QB around, why the hell not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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