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In the week before the draft, the Green Bay Packers were considering signing free agent quarterback Daunte Culpepper.
But when the Packers drafted Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm in the second round on Saturday and then chose LSU quarterback Matt Flynn in the seventh round on Sunday, that seemed to indicate the Packers were set at the position.
Asked about Culpepper, Packers General Manager Ted Thompson said: “I wouldn’t address a specific instance, in general, you know, if something happened, if we could sign another guy we would but at least now we feel like we’ve got two young guys that can come in and compete to make the roster.”
So if Thompson thinks the quarterbacks on the Packers’ roster will be Brohm, Flynn and Aaron Rodgers, where does that leave Culpepper?
Bill Williamson of ESPN.com writes that Culpepper could return to Oakland. The Raiders could be his only option.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
How can this be?
Dante is a 10 million a year QB….he said so
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April 29th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Culpepper sucks!!!
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April 29th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Culpepper will end up starting by the end of the season if he signs with the Raiders.
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Yeah, Oakland is his only option because the Bears are so rock-solid at the QB position they don’t even need to think about bringing in any competition whatsoever for their savior, Rex Grossman. Culpepper may be nearly washed-up, but the Bears need to be looking at every Tom, Dick, and Harry that can or, at some point, could throw the ball.
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
He should sign with the Bronco’s.
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Rex Grossman is our quarterback
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Yeah there are the Bears and don’t forget depth behind Delhomme in Carolina. Matt Moore has potential but Brett Basanez? Come on..
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Don’t the Bears, Jets, and Vikes make the most sense? I know the Bears said they’re sticking with Grossman, but how long does the coaching team want to waste a top 5 defense? The Jets brass has said Pennington will duke it out with Clemens for the starting gig, but their FA signings and draft picks scream that they want to win now. Mangini can’t forget that Chad couldn’t throw a decent pass over 10 years last year, right? Meanwhile, Clemens is awful. Finally, the Vikes, have a very good defense, a good o-line, and a stud running back. All they need a decent QB to get to the playoffs (and maybe to win the NFC Norris Division). Jackson stinks (unless he’s playing the Giants) and Booty can’t be expected to play on a contender.
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
The team I thought he’d go back to was Minnesota before they drafted a QB this weekend. Hell, I’m surprised the Rams don’t give him a shot since Bulger is guaranteed to break down sometime during the season.
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
maybe they can make a Love Boat movie and he can have a starring role.
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
to say that Oakland could be Daunte’s only option is bull crap.
Have everyone forgotten about the Bucs…..
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I think Gruden might be interested.
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Bringing Culpepper in for a look was just a smoke screen pre-draft. Or at the worst, insurance if they didn’t get a QB or two that they liked.
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April 29th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Will Gruden not be happy until he has double-digit QBs on his roster?
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April 29th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I know this may sound crazy, but Culpepper to Baltimore perhaps? They could use a guy who has performed well at some point in his career, as opposed to Boller, to help teach Flacco & Troy Smith.
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April 29th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Oh Canada!
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April 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Baltimore seems like an ideal fit if they’re trying to at least put forth the effort to win now. I don’t trust Kyle Boller, and Troy Smith is Charlie Batch all over again.
I agree that the Bears and Vikings also mak sense, but he burned some bridges in Minnesota and as has been stated, “Rex Grossman is the starting QB of the Chicago Bears”. I would take an obligatory jab here, but being a 49er fan, I don’t think I have much room. Hell, we’ll take him in Frisco. The Alex Smith experiment needs to be scrapped ASAP!
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April 29th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
The Bucs are suppose to take Byron Leftwich too.
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April 29th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
There are plenty of teams that could do worse than have him as a backup at the very least.
Hell, if he is only at 80-90% of what he once was, he could still start for many teams including the Bears, Vikings, Jets and Ravens.
Or at the very least he could be an insurance policy for many other teams including the Panthers, Raiders, Broncos, Rams, Giants, Cowboys and quite a few more.
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April 29th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Culpepper teach Flacco and Smith what? How to fumble? How to get the WR that made him look good traded so he can then ask for $10 mil? At one point in his career, Culpepper could have been a good, solid QB for a long time in this league. But his over-inflated ego put him in a position that he couldn’t handle. Culpepper is still riding on the coat-tails from Randy Moss making him look good. Plus, it didn’t help his cause that his knee got blowed up, either.
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April 29th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I’m surprised that Daunte and Leftwich are both unsigned right now. Granted, neither of them are particularly great, but you *always* want an experienced QB as a backup on your roster, just in case.
At the very least, they’d be good for providing another arm during training camp. Hell, Daunte, as bad as he is, is potentially an upgrade over Brad Johnson. This coming from a Cowboys fan…..
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April 29th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
who cares about culpecker, more importantly where does this leave brett faver ?
sincerely, John Madden
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April 29th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Culpepper probably should have signed with Green Bay when he had the chance.
There is still a possibility that Ted Thompson would want another vet QB who can step in if need be, but I can’t see them throwing him too much of a bone.
If Ted were smart he wouldn’t do that at all because now that they drafted Brohm in the 2nd round Aaron Rogers has enough to worry about lurking behind him if he screws the pooch out there on the field. Rogers performed well the few times he has gotten to see some playing time, but injuries are a question with him and how is he going to handle an entire season?
I think Ted sent a message to Rogers by drafting Brohm. Ted essentially told Rogers “if you can’t hack it out there for whatever reason, we will not be hesitant to trade you…”
I also think that this could be the Packers planning for the future and their idea of the future doesn’t include Aaron Rogers, which is a shame because who knows what kind of player he is and can become. He certainly has had enough time to digest the game by watching one of the all-time greats. In my opinion, if Rogers performs extremely well the Packers will probably try and trade him for a 1st rounder and some next year and go with Brohm afterwards.
There are also a lot of teams that have QB issues that would be interested in Rogers. The Dolphins, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Kansas City, Buffalo, Jets…
Rogers could be more valuable to the Packers as trade bait than as a starting QB.
Just throwing that out there.
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April 29th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
most likely, he will land on his ass. after throwing an interception.
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April 29th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Jon Gruden is going to bring in Daunte Culpepper, Rich Gannon, and Fran Tarkenton…..oh yeah, Brett Favre out of retirement as well.
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