A Tribute to Daunte Culpepper

My tribute to one of the greatest Quarterbacks of his time, its a shame his career ended the way it did.

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• miami
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• culpepper
• oakland
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[harpuria]

You need a picture of when e was in collage. BTW, went to every game he every played in in collage for 4 years. which includes Hawaii

[mvc1993]

wow every game for 4 years that must have been awesome

[mvc1993]

thanks me too :P

[mvc1993]

Culpeppers retirement lasts 49 days

[flrddude1]

Daunte Culpepper is a great QB its jsut he hasnt been given the chance to be a franchise qb since his injury, he needs to go to a place where hes not jsut keeping the spot warm for somenone else to come in and take it, i bet if he gets the chance to be a teams qb and be "the guy", people will see hes still in his old form. if that doesnt happen we may have lost what would have been a future hall of fame qb.

[kisiel611]

I love Daunte Culpepper! He's the true reason i love the Minnesota Vikings, and the teams that follow him.

Go Vikings!

Go Daunte!

[judlane1]

What was that at 1:16

[kilcully1]

what happened 2 him he used 2 be so great

[weinOo]

he thought me how to throw a ball when i was 4years old. He used to our neighbor in Minnesota. <3

[aznfugitives]

@screamorockstar yea to bad tht stupid lions are starting a rookie instead of the all time best culpepper. staffords not as good as culpepper USED to be

[screamorockstar]

culpepper is great qb i miss him in oakland especiall the game he had against the dolphins he needs that fire in him again

[GamertagUbaeef]

missing daunte :(

[6400az]

Yes,I see what your saying. Valid point.

But I'd be more likely to fully agree with you if Moss would have missed, say 10 or 12 games,and Culpeppers numbers would have been the same.Then I'd have little argument but Moss was was still in 11 of them. Not much questioning Culpeppers 04' season, but there where always concerns about his QB play.

After departing from Minnesota, Moss played with other QB's and Culpepper with other receivers.Yet Moss' #'s haven't dropped like Cupeppers.

[vjd55]

Moss' contribution can be measured by, ahem, the number of games he plays.

And in 2004 (Culpepper's finest year), Moss missed five games; he didn't dress for 3, and in the other 2, he dressed for pre-game warmups but didn't play in the game. That's a 5 game stretch in which Moss caught 0 passes.

Up until 2004, Moss had never missed a game.

So, doesn't your logic dictate that during the first injury-plagued season of Moss's career, that Culpepper's numbers would dip, at least slightly?

[6400az]

That Mosss did'nt have as many catches in 04' does't really correlate to Culpepper's performance.

Moss's contribution to the team can't be measured only in the number of catches.Similarly, a db can't be judged only on ints, or a lineman on sacks. Moss' mere presence allowed for predictability .Culpepper always knew the side Moss was on would stacked, leaving the other side open.

Even if he didn't throw it to Moss, the attention he comanded was just as good if not better.

[vjd55]

6400 your argument doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Culpepper's best season was in 2004, when he had 4,717 yards, 39 TDs, 11 INTs and a 110 qb rating.

That was also Moss' worst season by far as a Viking... he only had 49 catches for 767 yards and missed 3 games with injuries.

So if Culpepper's success was entirely dependent on Moss as you argue, it follows logically that during the one bad season Moss had in Minnesota, Culpepper's production would suffer. But in fact, the opposite happened.