I hope this doesn't mean Oakland is looking at Warner.
I think we need a good YOUNG quaterback to come in
and learn not another Old VET.



--- wonderfulkat™@yahoo.com wrote:
> Report: Rams tell Warner he will be cut June 1,
> agent says
>
> April 20, 2004
>
> Kurt Warner has been told by the St. Louis Rams that
> he
> will be cut after June 1, the quarterback's agent
> told the
> New York Daily News.
>
> Mark Bartelstein, Warner's agent, told the newspaper
>
> that Rams coach Mike Martz informed Warner on Monday
>
> of the team's decision.
>
> Bartelstein said the Rams gave the two-time MVP
> permission
> to contact other teams. That process has already
> begun,
> the agent told the newspaper.
>
>   
>  ``We're trying to find the right place and the
> right situation,''
> Bartelstein told the Daily News. ``Kurt is in great
> shape, he's
> as healthy as can be and ready to have a terrific
> season.''
>
> Messages left for Bartelstein at his office and
> Martz at his home
> by The Associated Press were not immediately
> returned late
> Monday night.
>
> By waiting until after June 1 to cut him, the Rams
> lessen the
> hit on their salary cap. Warner will cost them $4.6
> million this
> year and $6.7 million next year. He is slated to
> cost St. Louis
> $9.5 million this year.
>
> An announcement from the Rams on Warner could come
> as
> early as Tuesday, the newspaper reported.
>
> ``Does he have to find a starting job to be happy?
> We're going
> to keep an open mind,'' Bartelstein said. ``Most
> teams today
> have their starting quarterback set.''
>
> Warner went to two Super Bowls in his first three
> seasons
> as the Rams starter, leading the team to the 1999
> championship.
>
> But the past two seasons he has been hampered by
> injuries
> and relegated to a backup.
>
> He lost his starting job to Marc Bulger after
> fumbling six times
> in the Rams' opener against the New York Giants last
> season.
> It was learned after the game the Warner was playing
> with a
> concussion.
>
> Martz replaced Warner with Bulger the next week, and
> Warner
> never returned to the starting lineup.
>
> Bulger, a restricted free agent, didn't not receive
> an offer
> sheet from another team by Friday's deadline, all
> but ensuring
> his return as the Rams' starter.
>
> St. Louis has also signed veteran quarterback Chris
> Chandler
> as a backup.
>
>
>





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