QB Warner to the Cardinals

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Quarterback joins Arizona at top of depth chart

By John Clayton, ESPN.com

Quarterback Kurt Warner felt good enough about his visit to Arizona to reach a one-year, $4 million agreement Sunday with the Cardinals, effectively canceling a trip to Detriot this week.

Warner, seeking to regain a starting job after revitalizing his career with the New York Giants last season, visited the Cardinals and Bears before thinking about the opportunity Arizona afforded him and decided it was in his best interest to sign.

"He had a great visit to Arizona," his agent, Mark Bartelstein, said. "Kurt thinks they have a great group of young receivers and a good offensive line. He liked their fullback [James Hodgins] and he likes the offensive system that they run."

The Cardinals currently have Josh McCown and Shaun King as their top two quarterbacks.

Warner, 33, will have a chance to play in a system with which he is familiar. Cardinals coach Dennis Green hired Keith Rowan from the Chiefs to be his offensive coordinator, thus implementing the system Warner ran when he was with the Rams and Dick Vermeil was their coach.

Why the one-year contract?

"Kurt wants to control his own destiny," Bartelstein said. "He thinks he is on top of his game. He thinks he's going to play at a Pro Bowl level."

The Bears were looking for Warner to back up Rex Grossman, while the Lions were considering Warner to compete against Joey Harrington if he struggled as this year's starter.

John Clayton is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.

Warner holds the ball too long - still with the receivers in Fitzgerald and Bolden gives Cardinals a chance to have decent passing attack with enough pass protection.

[Blackout]

if they dont start Warner than Denny Green deserves to be shot

Warner will do good with those WRs, Fitzgerald, Boldin and Poole

[4HCrew]

If they give him some protection he can put up some good numbers with those wrs. I think he should just come out of a shotgun set.

[Warfish]

The Cards need to snag a top-tier Running Back, to take pressure off of Warner. They also need some help on the O-Line, but not too much.

They can then spend the rest of their draft on the D.

Given those htings, the Cars could, scary as it sounds, actually content next year.

[Maxman]

I think Warner can still be decent in the right situation. Whether or not this is the right situation remains to be seen. They have the wideouts. Think they would like to have their guard back?

[Jetsfan80]

The Arizona Cardinals will win the NFC West. Write it down.