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Biggest success story in NFL history rare accuracy tremendous poise in pocket...steps up and delivers ball under duress consistently vision is uncanny uses his entire receiving corps puts ball in perfect spot to catch and run with it...signed with the Rams 12/26/97...defied odds in taking long road to NFL success...starting quarterback for Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe in 1998...played for Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League from 1995-97...spent 1994 training camp with the Green Bay Packers. 2001: Earned NFL Most Valuable Player honors for second time in three seasons, edging teammate RB Marshall Faulk by one vote completed 375 of 546 passes for 4,830 yards with 36 touchdowns and 22 interceptions third QB in franchise history to earn three or more consecutive Pro Bowl berths (Norm Van Brocklin 6, 1950-55; Roman Gabriel 3, 1967-69) led NFL in passing yards, touchdown passes, passer rating (101.4), yards per attempt (8.85), third down passing (109.5), and was third in the NFC and fourth in the NFL in fourth quarter passing (101.4) set team records for completions (375), completion percentage (68.8), passing yards, most seasons with 4,000 or more passing yards (two), and most games with 300 or more passing yards in career (26) tied NFL record for 300-yard passing games in a season (nine) and tied a team record for most games with four or more touchdown passes in career (six) had eight games with a passer rating of at least 100.0 became fastest player to reach 10,000 passing yards in NFL history, accomplishing the feat against Carolina 11/11 (36 games) number of completions ranked sixth on NFL s single-season list had 10 multiple-touchdown passing games: two two-touchdown games, five three-TD games, and three four-TD games, plus 10 games in which he completed at least 70 percent of his passes had one of best games of career against Miami 9/30, completing 24 of 31 passes (77.4 percent) for 328 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions (150.3 rating) strong down the stretch in Rams season-ending six-game regular season winning streak completed 132 of 180 passes (73.3 percent) for 1,830 yards with 18 touchdowns and six interceptions, including three 300-yard passing games, two three-touchdown passing games, and two four-touchdown passing games during final six weeks completed 17 of 23 passes for 342 yards with four touchdowns and on interceptions at Atlanta 12/2 to begin winning streak completed 23 of 32 passes for 338 yards with four touchdowns and on interceptions in key Monday Night game at New Orleans 12/17 completed 68 of 107 passes for 793 yards with four touchdowns in three interceptions in postseason led Rams from 14-point deficit in Super Bowl XXXVI against New England, directing two touchdown drives in fourth quarter to tie score at 17-17. 2000: Started 11 games, helping Rams set NFL records for passing yards and total yards earned second straight Pro Bowl berth completed 235 of 346 passes for 3,429 yards with 21 touchdowns and 18 interceptions led NFL in completion percentage (67.7) and average gain (9.88), third in NFC and seventh in the NFL in third down passing (91.2), and fourth in the NFC and fifth in the NFL in fourth quarter passing (98.8) set NFL record for most passing yards after two games with 827 (old record is 823 by Frank Tripucka, Denver, 1962) and after three games with 1,221 (old record is 1,166 by Drew Bledsoe, New England, 1994) 1,557 passing yards after four games set NFL record for most passing yards in four consecutive games, surpassing mark of 1,417 by Bledsoe in 1994 2,260 passing yards after six games most in NFL history (Bledsoe, 2,072 in 1994) completed 25 of 35 passes while passing for career high 441 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions vs. Denver 9/4 in leading Rams to first Monday Night Football win since 1988 passing yards total was third highest opening-game total in NFL history and fourth highest total in team history set career high and tied team record with 35 completions (in 47 attempts) for 386 yards at Seattle 9/10 became first player in NFL history to record perfect passer rating of 158.3 twice vs. San Diego 10/1 completed 24 of 30 passes for 390 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions in earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors first time in team history and only third time in NFL history an NFL team had a 300-yard passer (Warner), a 100-yard rusher (RB Justin Watson, 102 yards), and three 100-yard receivers (WR Isaac Bruce, 167 yards; RB Marshall Faulk, 116 yards; WR Az-Zahir Hakim, 104 yards) in the same game as Rams gained 614 yards, second highest in team history tied NFL record with six consecutive 300-yard passing games in Game 6 vs. Atlanta 10/15 completing 24 of 40 passes for 313 yards with three touchdowns first time in NFL history a team had 300-yard passer (Warner) and 200-yard rusher (Faulk 208 yards) in same game broke pinky finger on right hand on center snap on last play of first half at Kansas City 10/22 missed next five games before returning 12/3 at Carolina completed 12 of 17 passes for 133 yards with one touchdown and one interception at New Orleans 12/24 before leaving game with concussion started NFC Wildcard Game at New Orleans 12/30, completing 24 of 40 passes for 365 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions led Rams to 21 consecutive points in fourth quarter in which he completed 11 of 14 passes for 198 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. 1999: Recorded perhaps the most improbable season in National Football League history rewrote Rams' single-season passing records and etched his name along side some of the greatest players to ever play the position completed 325 of 499 passes for 4,353 yards with 41 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in earning NFL Most Valuable Player honors and first Pro Bowl berth passer rating of 109.2 is fifth-highest single season total in NFL history led NFL in touchdown passes, completion percentage (65.1), third down passer rating (137.3), fourth quarter passer rating (116.0), and was second in the league in passing yards set eight team records: quarterback rating, passing yards, completions, completion percentage/season, completion percentage/game (86.9), most games with 300 passing yards in a season (nine), most consecutive 300 yard passing games (four), and most touchdown passes in a season, while tying record for most TD passes in a game (five) and setting tying NFL record for most 300 yards passing games in a season threw more touchdown passes in first four starts (14) than any player in NFL history, throwing three TD passes in opening victories over Baltimore, Atlanta, and at Cincinnati and throwing career high five scoring passes in win over San Francisco 10/10 threw for more passing yards (1,217) in first four starts than any player in NFL history led Rams on 19 scoring drives (17 TDs) between 71-80 yards (team had four in 1998) and 11 touchdown drives between 81-90 yards (team had five in 1998) threw for then career-high 351 yards in division title-clinching win at Carolina 12/5 had streak of 133 consecutive passes thrown without an interception in Games 4-8, third longest in team history led Rams to first NFL title since 1951, completing 77 of 121 passes for 1,063 yards with eight touchdowns and four interceptions (100.0 rating) in postseason completed 27 of 33 passes for 391 yards and five touchdowns in NFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Minnesota 1/16 threw game-winning 30-yard touchdown pass to WR Ricky Proehl with 4:44 remaining to give Rams 11-6 win in NFC Championship Game over Tampa Bay passed for Super Bowl record 424 yards in win over Tennessee threw game-winning 73-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Bruce with 1:54 to play in the game. 1998: Saw first career action in the fourth quarter of Rams final game against San Francisco 12/27 completed four passes for 39 yards assumed the backup role behind Steve Bono for the final two games after a season-ending knee injury suffered by Tony Banks vs. New England 12/13 did not play at Carolina 12/20 inactive as third quarterback for first 14 games. NFL Europe 1998: Started all 10 games for the Amsterdam Admirals...led league in passing yards (2,101), attempts (326), completions (165) and touchdowns (15). Arena Football League 1995-1997: Passed for 10,486 yards and 183 touchdowns in three seasons with the Iowa Barnstormers (now New York Dragons)...led Iowa to two straight Arena Bowl appearances.