Last night's game between the Saints and 49ers was a great MNF game (Baltimore/NY Jets, are you reading this?!). That's what fans expect for a MNF game. Excitement, nail biting and good football. But last's night's game didn't come without injury. Saints RB Reggie Bush is expected to be out at least 6 weeks with a fractured fibula in his right leg.
MRI tests will be done today to confirm the injury. Keep ya head up, Reggie!
-Even being 0-2, I still expect the 49ers to win the division. Alex Smith grew up last night, something we expected to see from him 5 years ago, coming out of the draft. I guess it's better late then never. I added Smith in my Top 20 QB list for 2010, so he better not make a fool out of me!
-Braylon Edwards was arrested for a DWI charge last night. According to the NY Post, here's the skinny:
Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards was busted on a drunken driving charge early this morning, after cops pulled him over on the West Side and found he had double the legal limit of alcohol in his system, police said.
Edwards, 27, was arrested at 5:15 a.m. and charged with DWI, after cops pulled over his Range Rover at 34th Street and 12th Avenue for having overly-tinted windows. Police said they smelled alcohol and Edwards blew a 0.16 on a Breathalyzer, or double the state's legal limit of 0.08.
I guess Braylon was still teaching folks how to dougie like the day before in the Pats game. Except this time there was liquor.. and maybe girls... and with a car..... Just look at this mugshot, courtesy of WPIX in NY:
Looking like a bad Rick Ross impersonator. Go sitcho azz down, Braylon. And take that beard with you!
-In other news, Kurt Warner made his appearance on Dancing With The Stars. He and dance partner Anna Trebunskaya came out swinging, doing the Viennese Waltz to start the season. If Warner can waltz NEARLY as good as he can Walk It Out, than he should be a Top 3 dancer when it's all said and done!
Cardinals QB Kurt Warner announced that he will retire from football after 12 season in the NFL.
Warner was one of the great stories of the league. The devoted Christian and former Arena league player went from stacking shelves at the supermarket, to taking over for an injured Trent Green in St Louis. Warner eventually took the Rams to 2 Super Bowls, winning one (SB XXXIV). Warner also won 2 league MVPs as well.
Once Warner left the Rams, he had a brief stint with the Giants before going to Arizona. Warner rejuvenated his career with the Cardinals and made Arizona become a respectable team. Warner led the Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII before losing to the Steelers.
For the 2009 season, the 38-year-old Warner still had a good year, completing over 66% of his passes and throwing 26 TDs. The Cardinals fell short to the New Orleans Saints in the 2009 NFL Divisional Playoff round.
Kurt Warner will be missed, but not as much as his feisty wife, Brenda Warner. We've seen Brenda transform from an ugly duckling, to a swan, right before our eyes.
Enjoy your swan, Kurt. You were definitely one of the great ones.
A couple of "Did You Know?" Facts:
-Only quarterback to throw for over 14,000 yards with two different teams (St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals) -2nd Highest career passer rating, Playoffs - 104.6 (Bart Starr is first) -Tied Johnny Unitas with 4 consecutive games with a passer rating over 120 (against Brett Favre and the 10-1 Vikings on 12/6/2009) -2nd Highest Average Passing Yards Per Game, Career (Min. 100 games) - 260.4 yards/game (Peyton Manning is first) -Only NFL quarterback to throw 40 touchdowns and win a Super Bowl in the same season (1999).
