LOS ANGELES -- Former coach Dick Vermeil will never forget what he told quarterback Kurt Warner the day he made the final cut for the then-St. Louis Rams in 1998.
"I said to him, 'Kurt, there’s something special about you, and I can’t wait to find out what it is,'" Vermeil recalled in a recent phone conversation. "That’s the honest-to-God truth."
Vermeil had no idea that Warner would star on his Super Bowl-winning team the following year. Or that he would pass for 12,612 yards over a three-year stretch for an offense nicknamed "The Greatest Show On Turf.