...last second at the end of a run. Mike Singletary delivered a jarring hit high, and Maurice Douglass came in low. Trent Green tried a hook slide in 2006 for Kansas City, but the shoulder of Cincinnati's Robert Geathers crashed into Green hard...

...the contract of Warner, a third-stringer last year who moved to backup in preseason, then became a starter when Trent Green suffered a season-ending knee injury in an exhibition game. Warner has more than simply stepped in. He's thrown...

...expansion list from which the Cleveland Browns assembled their roster. He became an instant success as a starter when Trent Green was lost with a knee injury in the preseason, and leads the league in passing with 36 touchdowns and a 111.1 rating...

...take at least a half-season for Warner to become acclimated after he took over in the exhibition season for injured Trent Green. But Warner received record-setting help from Marshall Faulk, who has more than 1,000 yards rushing and receiving...

...4-12 to 12-3 and a favorite's role in the NFC playoffs. He was a questionable backup in training camp before Trent Green, signed as a big-money free agent, wrecked his knee. ''I thought we could be successful,'' Warner said...

...story he had been saving about how owner Georgia Frontiere and Ram President John Shaw were in Los Angeles the night Trent Green suffered a season-ending injury in the exhibition season. Frontiere and Shaw were to have dinner, and Shaw, feeling...

...resting with the Titans. Mike Martz, the Rams' offensive coordinator who had planned to send in plays to quarterback Trent Green this season before losing him because of a season-ending knee injury in an exhibition game, called for ''Twins...

...had a fairy tale air about it. Signed as a backup, he stepped into the regular job when $16.5 million free agent Trent Green was injured in training camp. His performance went far beyond expectations and his modest quarterback roots. ''I...

...receivers. Coach Mike Martz of St. Louis, one of the NFL's new quarterback gurus, compares him with Warner and Trent Green, who was set to become the Rams' starter last year when he injured his knee and gave Warner his chance. "He's...

With teams taking few chances with their starting quarterbacks in the final week of the preseason, Trent Green and other backups took advantage of extended playing time. Green, starting in place of NFL MVP Kurt Warner for Super Bowl champion...