Could Kurt Warner’s football legend even get bigger? Kurt Warner’s life story went to Hollywood as they made a movie called American Underdog about his life and journey to NFL that went down some bumpy roadways. Warner was bagging groceries while trying to fulfill his lifetime dream of playing quarterback in the NFL. Warner had to play Arena Football during which he finally got another invite to another NFL camp. Warner would get his chance in the NFL as he helped the Rams win their first ever Superbowl. Later in his career, he guided the Arizona Cardinals to their first ever Superbowl appearance. Warner racked up multiple 300 yard passing days in his career which got his ticket punched to Canton, Ohio and enshrined into the football hall-of-fame. Could Kurt Warner pass his quarterback genes on to his son like Archie Manning did and create a family business at the quarterback position.

Most expansion teams in professional sports don’t really do well for the first several years in their respective leagues. Once in a while, you get an exception like the Las Vegas Golden Knights. In their first year in the NHL, they went all the way to the Stanley Cup. In 1967, the New Orleans Saints were introduced to the NFL world. The Saints were not very good in the 1960’s or the entire decade of the 1970’s. During the 1970’s, Archie Manning was the Saints quarterback. Manning did not put up Manning numbers like we’ve seen with his sons, Peyton and Eli. Archie played in the NFL for 15 years, 11 seasons with the Saints. Archie would play two seasons at the time the Houston Oilers and then finished his playing career in a Minnesota Viking uniform. Archie Manning played in 151 games in the NFL to have a terrible record of 35-101-3 which he was on some very bad teams. Archie threw more interceptions than touchdown passes. Archie had 125 touchdown passes and 173 career interceptions. You have to respect that Archie played 15 seasons in the NFL. Off the field, Archie created his football legacy. The Manning family is football royalty when it comes to the quarterback position. Both of Archie sons won a pair of Superbowls each. Peyton, the oldest out of the two, won one with the Colts and walked off into the sunset winning his second in a Broncos uniform. Eli Manning won his two in a Giants uniform. It is said that if Cooper Manning, Archie’s oldest son, did not get hurt he would have been the best. I’m sure we will see sons of the Manning brothers rise through the ranks of quarterbacking 101.

That brings us to Kurt Warner’s son, E.J. Warner. E.J. is now the starting quarterback for Temple University. E.J.’s quarterback journey so far has not been handed to him on a silver platter. E.J.’s only Collegiate offers to play football were from lower tier schools. E.J. is a freshman this season and was 3rd on depth chart. Last week E.J Warner made his college debut coming off the bench in Temple’s win over LaFayette. E.J. was impressive going 14-19 for 173 yards with two touchdown passes. Yesterday in his first start of his Collegiate career, E.J went 19-32 for 215 yards with 1 touchdown pass and an interception. Temple would lose to Rutgers University 16-14. Not bad numbers for his first start. Can this be the start of something bigger? Can E.J. Warner follow his father’s footsteps and take his talents to the NFL? Can the Warner name eventually be a football dynasty like the Manning name? What if E.J. makes the NFL, has a son, and he becomes a quarterback? Another quarterback family business in the making as the stork will be delivering royalty. Kurt Warner’s story has that Hollywood ending. Archie Manning’s sons have that amazing Hollywood story after winning four Superbowls. The Warners will have to win three more Superbowls if we want to have them in the same conversation as the Mannings. Who knows? The Mannings probably are creating quarterbacks as we speak like the Terminator factories. We will wait and see what happens. Perhaps E.J. Warner will be like father like son. This could be the start of the makings of another quarterback family legacy which could be fun to watch. E.J. Warner has bigger foot prints to follow the legacy his father Kurt created. While the Manning brothers easily climbed higher than their father Archie’s NFL legacy.