packersfan
Footballguy
Is it really retiring when nobody wants to hire you?
No link yet but I'm guessing it will be arriving soon.
No link yet but I'm guessing it will be arriving soon.
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Daunte Culpepper Is Retiring (1 Viewer)
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FavreCo
Footballguy
Maybe he is trying to drum up non-existant support. C-Pep: 'Hey, I'll just retire'.NFL: 'So'?blackjack23
Footballguy
Daunte, wait...
still kind of baffles me, this guy had talent....I realize much of it was lobbing NERF balls to Moss and letting him make a play, but he had some monster years.....can it really be over that quickly.......I know he has had some injuries, but you would think he could come back......it must be bad if he can't even get a look in KC, Chicago, etc.....as a KC fan, I have always wondered why he didn't get a chance there......
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packersfan
Footballguy
Yea it's a mystery why teams hold onto clearly horrible QBs like Croyle, Orton and Grossman. I don't think Daunte has much left but he could be better than those guys. That said, if he was dead set on only being a starter then it's easy to see why he wasn't signed. The Packers offered him a contract to be the backup to Rodgers and he turned them down. So he had at least one chance to get a job this season and didn't want it. That's on him.
Godsbrother
Footballguy
It worked for Favre
jestertj
Footballguy
In a nutshell, if Moss had single coverage he was the option, chuck it up. When everyone was covered he'd chuck it up to Moss. Without Moss, decisions had to be made. He couldn't do it right or quickly without loads of time with any consistency. He would then get to the line with the deer in headlights look.
Also, I think the guy still limps when he runs. The injury was the end for him.
Also, I think the guy still limps when he runs. The injury was the end for him.
-baller
Footballguy
damn you!!I was just about to post that verbatim.plz change thread title to 'was retired'.It worked for FavreMaybe he is trying to drum up non-existant support. C-Pep: 'Hey, I'll just retire'.NFL: 'So'?
bonesman
Footballguy
everyone seems to say this about C-Pep... but I recall Moss going down and him lighting it up in the same fashion... only with Nate Burleson hauling in the recs. And didn't he have a 5 TD game just last year?I really wish he would've accepted the Packers' offer.
SaintArnold
Footballguy
I think that this crybaby crap is a perfect example of why nobody wants to sign him. The other letter he wrote on PFT, where he said that Pittsburgh's offer of the veteran minimum was significantly below market value, was similarly deluded. Does he even know what market value means?
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
He had some amazing years before his knee injury, let's not just say it was Randy Moss...Brady won 3 SB befroe Moss arrived...CPepp had like 40 TD one year, that wasn't all Randy Moss.i know where you're coming from and I agree he had a big impact.
Osaurus
Footballguy
Junior Seau tooIt worked for Favre
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
GET AN AGENT YOU BIG DUMMY!
bonesman
Footballguy
I suppose he averaged out the salaries of guys like Trent Green, Billy Volek, Brad Johnson and other back up vets and expected something like that. Not totally unreasonable, IMO.
mozzy84
Footballguy
pretty sure hes made more money than everyone on this board combined, just sayin....childress getting a 2nd for him was genius, to bad they wasted it on a crap player.
Ozymandias
Footballguy
There is a link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_...epper_retires_1
It's sad in a way. He lived in a world of unreality, refusing to follow the advice of others, and turning down an offer than might have given him a chance to play again. He had an overinflated view of his own value.
Sin transit gloria mundi.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_...epper_retires_1
It's sad in a way. He lived in a world of unreality, refusing to follow the advice of others, and turning down an offer than might have given him a chance to play again. He had an overinflated view of his own value.
Sin transit gloria mundi.
Tom in Albany
Footballguy
QBs get pulled off the couch mid year all the time...
Now he has more time to devote to his budding career as an agent.
Fiddles
Footballguy
Captain Spaulding
Footballguy
Didn't Culpepper get a huge contract extension in Minnesota before the injuries? He should have plenty of "bank" to retire.....unless he spent it all "makin it rain" on that party boat!
Mr. Yuk
Footballguy
As a Vikings fan, I will say thanks for the good times, we had a few. We complained about him a lot but looking back now we haven't had a decent QB since he was injured. One of my favorite Daunte plays ever was when Warren Sapp recovered a fumble and was chugging towards the end zone. Daunte hauled ### from across the field and rode Sapp down like a cowboy wrestles a steer. Hilarious.
He made some amazing plays with his arm and his feet. Turnovers kept him from being elite though. I don't miss his 2 fumbles a game.
He made some amazing plays with his arm and his feet. Turnovers kept him from being elite though. I don't miss his 2 fumbles a game.
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Maui Monster
Footballguy
I have a feeling he was blackballed by teams for not having an agent. Maybe no one wanted to deal with him outside the normal realms of negotiation. I do feel Daunte could still play.
mozzy84
Footballguy
the whole demanding a raise when he was hurt was so stupid, I honestly think we would still be stuck with him if he hadn't done that.
Perfeeeecctt...
kylechoffman
Footballguy
"Since I was not given a fair chance to come in and compete for a job, I would rather move on and win in other arenas of life," Culpepper said
Maybe he can go back to boating on the great lakes..
Maybe he can go back to boating on the great lakes..
switz
Footballguy
He's not the only player to have represented himself. He just didn't have a realistic view of what he needed to do to get back on the field. He wanted a shot at starting... no team was going to give him that.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
I'd think any team would love to deal with the player who represents himself since he would "have a fool for a client" as the saying goes.
FavreCo
Footballguy
His other problems consist of the fact that he actually thinks he's good and this embarrassing display:
Fiddles
Footballguy
um whats embarrasing about scoring touchdowns?
gman8343
What would Lemmy do?
Perfeeeecctt...
-baller
Footballguy
wouldn't being blackballed entail actually NOT getting offers...?
maybe I just don't know what that means.
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if the dude was smart, he would've had a camera following him around the whole time he went door to door and turned it into a reality show.
maybe I just don't know what that means.
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if the dude was smart, he would've had a camera following him around the whole time he went door to door and turned it into a reality show.
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Donnybrook
Footballguy
David Carr got a 1 M to back up Eli. I would trust Culpepper more as a backup than Carr.
Ozymandias
Footballguy
It would probably exposed his fumbling problems: Daunte fumbles for his keys, Daunte fumbles for his ballpoint, etc.
SeniorVBDStudent
Footballguy
Commish Roger Goodell to Daunte, after Daunte strong-armed him into trying to get a team owner to give him a starting job:
"Peace out, Dante!"
"Peace out, Dante!"
timoleander
Footballguy
Best quote of the thread.
kevthegrad
Footballguy
Who cares! Overrated from day 1, when he didn't have enormous talent around him he could never produce, and he had the worst touchdown dance (that dopey forarm spinning) in history.
Buh bye! Don't let the door hit your ### on the way out.
Buh bye! Don't let the door hit your ### on the way out.
Any link yet?
goodyear pimps
Footballguy
This guy spends many of nights at the Hard Rock Casino outside Miami, playing poker. Maybe we will see him winning the WSOP next year.
Osaurus
Footballguy
His knee was down before he crossed the goal line. Roll on Daunte.....roll on.
TitusIII
Footballguy
He's better than all three scrubs known as the Bears QB's....he obviously still has something left in the tank, and this retirement will not last for long unless he truly has been blackballed for some reason or another...assuming he still wants to play, of course.That video was hilarious, if that was DC's last hurrah, he truly got his roll on one last time...
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