Kurt Warner’s homecoming came a few days before Thanksgiving and he celebrated by roasting the St. Louis Rams defense in a 38-28 Arizona Cardinals’ win.
Warner completed 27 of 39 passes for 285 yards, three touchdowns, and was sacked just once.
“As special as it was, I’m two years removed now and I don’t feel like I’m as much a part of this organization as I did when I first left,” Warner said.
“You still have a lot of friends, I still love those guys over there and still enjoy competing against them.”
In Warner’s first game in St. Louis since the team released him before the 2004 season he doubled his season total for touchdown passes in six starts and threw a pair of fourth-quarter scores that gave the Cardinals a comfortable cushion.
Warner got his first – and only – big cheer when he led the offense on the field for the first time early in the first quarter.
“You just never know, you’re on the other side of the fence and you’re wearing a different uniform now,” Warner said.
“I knew coming in I wasn’t going to weigh a lot of what the response was, positive or negative.”