NFL: Whisenhunt optimistic Warner may play this week
By BOB BAUM
AP Sports Writer
TEMPE, Ariz. � Coach Ken Whisenhunt says he had a long talk with Kurt Warner on the flight home, and the quarterback was alert and upbeat following a blow to the head in Sunday�s� victory over St. Louis.
Still, Warner�s availability to practice this week or play Sunday at Tennessee will depend on how he does in the mandatory �baseline test� of his cognitive functions. Whisenhunt says the test probably will be administered on Tuesday.
Warner�s head was slammed into the turf in the second quarter. He stayed in the game to complete the touchdown drive, then left for good. Whisenhunt says that Warner had concussion-like symptoms and would not have gone back in the game under any circumstances.