WARNER REMEMBERS SUPER BOWL LOSS MORE THAN WIN

During his Media Day comments, which unlike any other players’ remarks were amplified via a speaker system and audible throughout Raymond James Stadium (which gave them a “Voice of God” quality), Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner said that he dwells on the Super Bowl he lost with the Rams than the Super Bowl that he won. “I think about the game that we lost more than any game that I’ve ever played in,” Warner explained. "[That’s] probably a little unfortunate because I probably should be hanging onto the one that we won. It’s just that, in that year -- and maybe just the Super Bowl in general -- but that year, we were favored. We were expected to win. And so when you don’t win, you feel like you miss an opportunity. You miss an opportunity to make history, so for whatever reason, I think that game has stuck with me more than any other game that I’ve played in. I’m going to do my best to make sure I don’t have to think about this one too much.” And at risk of dredging up the whole “Spygate” thing, we can’t help but wonder whether Kurt can’t forget that Super Bowl loss because it came against the Patriots. Lost in the crush of stories regarding suspicion of cheating in Super Bowl XXXVI, in which the Pats upset the heavily-favored Rams, was Warner’s call for a more thorough investigation of the situation. "[A]s a purist and someone who wants to see the integrity of the game stay where it is, it is a little disappointing that they didn’t [look] under every rock to figure this out and to do something to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Warner told ESPN.com last year. “Let’s just say, for instance, that what they did had an effect on the second Super Bowl that I played in. And then to see the course of my career from that point forward -- there was some dramatic changes. Had I won two Super Bowls, some of the things may not have happened through the course of my career. “After we lost the Super Bowl, the organization went into a little bit of a downward spiral, as you see with a lot of teams that lose the Super Bowl. You see how career situations were altered after losing that game. You look at Mike Martz. If he is a Super Bowl winner, that is a whole different thing. Or just maybe guys, that was their only chance to be in a Super Bowl. And to go away losing it instead of winning it, that is a huge deal. “So if [the Patriots] did something that affected that game, I would hope that all the parties involved would do everything they could to make sure that it doesn’t happen again. And to make sure that something that somebody earned wasn’t taken away from them in any way, shape or form by somebody not doing or abiding by the league rules.” All that said, there’s no evidence that the Pats cheated during Super Bowl XXXVI. But there also has been no further investigation of the matter, and the fact that it hasn’t happened could be one of the big reasons why Warner is having trouble getting full and complete closure.