Daunte Culpepper

As football fans across the globe cast their longing eyes in the direction of the April draft, I decided that now might be a good time to reflect on draft classes of the last 10 years. Too often in this business, we rush ahead to the next big event without taking pause to evaluate the past and learn from it. In a way, this study will still be a celebration of the coming 2009 draft as I believe it will shed some light on certain overlooked trends that no one ever stops to consider. I will begin with a class by class showdown of sorts at the quarterback position over the last 10 drafts.  First up, we have the class of 1999 taking on that of 2000:

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f the injured Frerotte, I remarked that I hadn't been this excited about the Vikings' offense since Daunte Culpepper was heaving the rock to Randy Moss.  Of course, Tarvaris did stink in the playoff game against the Eagles, but one must remember that the Philly defense is perhaps the toughest in the NFC.  After the Vikes, the Giants couldn't do anything against them and only the Kurt Warner-Larry Fitzgerald combination could post any points (and that was only for about one half!).

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s Jackson also added 76 yards on the ground by himself and looked as exciting as the prime years of Daunte Culpepper.  What impressed me the most about Jackson's scrambling, though, is that he wasn't just running around like a chicken with his head cut off...instead, he ran when he saw big yardage and scrambled to avoid pressure and deliver an on-target pass when needed.

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d Childress tenure to put all his hopes on Jackson without a viable back-up plan after he alienated Daunte Culpepper.

-All in all, Sunday's game was very exciting, but still didn't establish

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This week, news reports have been circulating that Daunte Culpepper, former quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, and (most recently) Oakland Raiders, has been working out for the Detroit Lions, and Detroit coach Rod Marinelli is considering Pep to replace the struggling Dan Orlovsky.  Gus Frerotte is the starting QB for the Vikings.

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remember Linehan as the only offensive coordinator that ever put together a system for the squirly Daunte Culpepper to succeed in (2003-2004).  Once Linehan left, Pep was terrible in '05 before wrecking his knee.  Linehan then went to Miami, where with QB Gus Frerotte (sound familiar?!) turned the Dolphins into a respectable offense working with primarily old farts and young whipersnappers.  Sure, the brunt of the Rams' collapse this season was laid on him, but the Rams have been a competitive team for quite awhile and salary restrictions always come back to bit you eventually.  I believe that Linehan could compose an offense that, at the very least, could score two touchdowns a game, with his eyes closed.

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