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Why Culpepper, Alexander are jobless
There was an item about Daunte Culpepper today on profootballtalk.com that mirrors the Shaun Alexander situation. It's amazing Culpepper doesn't have a job in the NFL when there's such a dearth of good backup quarterbacks. Why he's not in New Orleans, Atlanta, Carolina, Chicago, Detroit or Kansas City (or a few other places) is interesting to me. PFT wonders whether Culpepper is being blackballed; I don't think it's that, but rather a situation where some teams are afraid of him coming in and wanting so badly to be a starter that he wouldn't accept role behind a player ( Brodie Croyle, Kyle Orton) he'd consider clearly inferior. Re: Alexander, I wonder the same thing, except for this: He's not a good blocker, receiver or special-teams player. So unless you bring him in as a starting back, what exactly is he? For instance, you might look at the Giants and say he'd be a good fit behind Brandon Jacobs, or even as a co-starter with Jacobs. But then you see the versatility of Derrick Ward, and you see the lightning-quickness and return ability of Ahmad Bradshaw, and you say: What exactly would Alexander do here.
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Send Alexander to the Cowboys.
Mental Ray
Princeton, NJ
Total Comments (959)
makes no sense that Culpepper can't find work in the nfl. alexander having a hard time finding work, could be attributed to not accepting a league min contract.
pw
New Baltimore , NY
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Welcome to the club Boys!!!!!!!!
Sinderely
Jeff George
IGotaPointofView
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Alexander fell of stat/production wise after he signed tha big contract. Plus, have you seen how low he is rated in Maden?
Hitman#47
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That should be off not of
Hitman#47
Total Comments (2113)
Damn my spelling is horrible . . . . .that should be that not tha, and Madden not Maden.
Hitman#47
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Culpepper is jobless cause he sux.
I dig the hitman icon, very cool.
NEPatsFan1
Boston , MA
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Alexander never really impressed me and as the article says he can't block and isn't very versatile. Culpepper would be a good fit for some of the teams listed above. The Chiefs could use him but if (or when) Croyle starts to flounder they would have to put Culpepper in because of his experience.
c note
Total Comments (2509)
Hell they could use Culpepper too....
I'm Rick James **** | 08/27/08, 07:28 AM
About Culpepper?
"Rex Grossman is our quarterback!" Oh, wait! That was last year!
"Kyle Orton is our quarterback!" Lovie Smith
About Shaun Alexander?
"We are confident in the players we have. We like our chances!" Lovie Smith
DCruiser
Barrington , IL
Total Comments (4996)
Culpepper should accept a backup role and wait for one of these frail,sissy QBs to get hurt..
Wa2Sea
Total Comments (737)
Culpepper & Alexander are well past thier prime, you see Culpeppers play with when with the Raiders? Spoty, he and Alexander are has beens, Shaun got his money in Seattle, never did produce after, what a waste, enjoy retirement guys!
Mr.Whistler
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Why would New Orleans want Culpepper?
BayouBuddha
Coram , NY
Total Comments (150)
Vinny Testeverde will have a job before Dante Culpepper. I'm not joking.
If Cincinnati took Chris Henry back, then Alexander will find a home, you watch. He'd have a team now if he wasn't in love with himself.
PatriotsNow
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I can't imagine any reason why the Bears wouldn't want Culpepper
TenRingsSTL
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Bengals get rid of Rudi and Sign Shaun... I like that idea...
CP-Child Please!
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Culpepper needs to swallow his pride and back-up somewhere. If he has any shot to play again and be successful he needs to learn a system and play within it. His days of playmaking with his legs are done. Athletes fully bounce back from a torn ligament in the 2nd year. It will be nearly 3 with Culpepper. His was catastrophic, tearing 3 in the same knee; we'll never see that same player again.
Alexander never got the pay-off. His contract was structured where the real money kicked in year 3 (this season). But I'm not crying for anyone making more than the league minimum. Hope he was smart about his dough (and his Chunky Soup money).
eddie3south
New York, NY
Total Comments (18)
amazing how far both have fallen
yankeefan21142
Yankees Territory, NY
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