Culpepper agrees to terms

[RamWraith]

Raiders | Culpepper agrees to terms
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:10:34 -0700

The NFL Network reports the Oakland Raiders have agreed to terms with QB Daunte Culpepper (Dolphins) after he passed a physical with the team.

[Keenum]

A few things may have done this.
1. Is the Raiders, and they always seem to take guys near the end of their carrer or guys who seem to be in trouble a lot.

2. The JaMarcus Russell situation may be about to get ugly. But saying "we've already got a QB, two of who are former good starters" may force Russell's agent to bring the price a bit... maybe.

3. Josh McCown may not be looking good in practice, and the Raiders want someone who can start and play well.

[BigGameMN]

Oakland, where QB's go to die. If I'm Culpepper, going into preseason without a team isn't the worst thing in the world. Maybe somebody gets hurt, getting him at least a backup role with a better team.

[Nick]

Did Daunte miss the news that Randy Moss was traded to New England?

Anyways, I'll be interested to see him perform behind that O-line.

[RAMarkable]

Is anyone else surprised that the Falcons didn't sign Culpepper? How in the world can they go into this season with Joey Harrington as their QB? Sure, Culpepper is coming off major injury, but if he's at least somewhat healthy he's gotta be an upgrade over Harrington. I'm startin' to think that Bobby Petrino is going to miss coaching at Louisville.

WHAT SAY YE?

[itsguud]

I also thought that Culpepper was surely gonna end up in ALT. Oak... thats just weird.

[Nick]

Is anyone else surprised that the Falcons didn't sign Culpepper?

I'm not sure he's the best fit for what Petrino might want to do.

[HUbison]

Is anyone else surprised that the Falcons didn't sign Culpepper? How in the world can they go into this season with Joey Harrington as their QB? Sure, Culpepper is coming off major injury, but if he's at least somewhat healthy he's gotta be an upgrade over Harrington. I'm startin' to think that Bobby Petrino is going to miss coaching at Louisville.

WHAT SAY YE?

I could be waaaaay off on this one, but I see Petrino positioning to take Brohm next April. Now that wouldn't preclude Culpepper necessarily, but if true, I could see them not investing in the QB position just yet.

[r8rh8rmike]

I could be waaaaay off on this one, but I see Petrino positioning to take Brohm next April. Now that wouldn't preclude Culpepper necessarily, but if true, I could see them not investing in the QB position just yet.

Sounds about right to me HUb. Taking a chance on Culpepper is not going to help get them where they need to be. The Falcons know that Vick will not be coming back so my guess is that they want to cut their losses this year and are looking to start fresh with a new attitude, a new team personality and a new QB in 2008. I'm sure they can't distance themselves from Vick fast enough and I have no doubt that Petrino would love to have Brohm as the new face of the team.

[general counsel]

culpepper is not the right guy to run a type of west coast offense. there is no evidence that he has any real mobility at this point. I think harrington is better than people give him credit for. Obviously, he wont be the long term answer, but he got absolutely killed behind a terrible line in detroit.

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general counsel

[RAMarkable]

but he got absolutely killed behind a terrible line in detroit.

I won't argue that The Joey had it tough in Detroit; though he didn't show any improvement in his 5 years there. But what about last year in Miami? He replaced an obviously still-injured Culpepper only to be later replaced by that immortal icon of QBs Cleo Lemon after he flubbed up again. At some point in time The Joey is going to have to be accountable for his own failures as blaming the OL seems to be a bit too convenient.

WHAT SAY YE?

[HUbison]

Granted, Harrington is not as mobile as Vick (like a vegan is not as fat as a doughnutan), but the passing comparison is not much of a drop from Vick to Harrington.

Vick - 53.8 Comp. %, 155 yards per game, 0.96 TDs per game
Harrington - 55.2 Comp. %, 178 yards per game, 1.03 TDs per game

[RamFan_Til_I_Die]

Granted, Harrington is not as mobile as Vick (like a vegan is not as fat as a doughnutan), but the passing comparison is not much of a drop from Vick to Harrington.

Vick - 53.8 Comp. %, 155 yards per game, 0.96 TDs per game
Harrington - 55.2 Comp. %, 178 yards per game, 1.03 TDs per game

Just looking at those stats Harrington looks like an improvement. I still don't get how a QB can throw for so few yards and still get the props Vick used to get in the media.

Also I was wondering, wasn't Harrington a backup for Culpepper at Miami? Maybe there is some bad blood there that made a reunion in Atlanta even more unlikely.