A league source says the Vikings are shopping QB Daunte Culpepper. A league source says Minnesota is initially looking for a second-round pick. Culpepper's contract is going to make a deal tough, but teams with current needs at quarterback include the Jets, Ravens, Titans, Lions, Raiders, Browns, Rams, and the Saints. Oakland looks like the front-runner as Culpepper would be reunited with his favorite target, Randy Moss. Feb. 15 - 7:51 pm et I expected them to ask for more than a 2nd round pick. Would anyone hear consider this?
NO. His knee is worse than Chad's shoulder. There is absolutely NO WAY he plays week 1 this season. Those injuries he had end careers. Even if he was 100% healthy, I'd struggle to pay a 2nd for him. Now his career may end. The only way anyone is going to do this deal is if it's a conditional 2007 pick, with 2nd being the best, 7th being the worst.
I'm pretty sure this is the same injury that Willis MacGahee had. I think he can recover from it, but it will take him well into this upcoming season and he may miss the entire year. Let someone else have him, although I do think he is good.
Yeah MCL, ACL, PCL, WRL, MXL, VRL, LX330L :grin: but seriously he, as crazy as it sounds, is probaly worse off than Chad, they say his rehab will take a year, a physical year not an NFL year, he won't be ready to do anything probaly till early-mid season. Sucks too I like Dante, I went to UCF :up:
We might need a QB. but we don't have any money. And anyway, why would the Jets be interested in a broke down, overpaid, QB, who proved he could not do shit without Randy Moss..................
Firstly, there is nobody (other than his surgeon/ medical team) who can credibly draw such a conclusion. There is much more clear medical history in professional sports regarding the successful reconstruction/repair of knees than there is in the repair of torn labrums and/or rotator cuffs of professional QBs. Secondly, a serious knee injury has far more serious implications for a running back than for a quarterback. Namath, who early on was a terrific runner at Alabama, played out his NFL career on probably the worst (and most painful) pair of knees in NFL history at a time when medical science was comparitively in the dark ages in connection with the treatment of knee injuries. Even so, he still had one of the quickest drop backs in pro football and a damn fine career. A labrum/rotator cuff injury to a QB's throwing shoulder probably has at least as dire implications (if not moreso) than a RB tearing apart his knee. McGahee tore his ACL, MCL and PCL (exactly the same ligaments Culpepper tore. He came back very well. Of the 4 ligaments that stabilize the knee the ACL is by far the worst to tear/injure because it is THE principal stabilizing ligament followed by the PCL. The MCL and LCL , which stabilze opposite sides of the knee are shorter and much easier to repair. The PCL needs to be repaired as quickly as possible otherwise it will lose its viability of function. The ACL tear is the most common (and serious of ligament injuries) but there are plenty of running backs who have made successful comebacks from major knee reconstruction such as Jamal Lewis, Garrison Hearst, Edgerrin James, Priest Holmes and, of course, McGahee. There are no guarantees, however, and there are some who never recover their form after ACL tears like Terrel Davis, although his problems were compounded by cartilage damage. While Culpepper was a very mobile QB, at best he'll be just as mobile, at the worst he'll be significantly less mobile but probably still moreso than most. Even on one leg he'd be much more mobile than Chad ever was. Recovery time runs between 10-18 months which means that Culpepper might be ready for the start of the season or he might miss much of it. Its too soon for any of us to tell but the teams interested in signing him will be able to make much more realistic forecasts regarding his projected return date by examining his medical data together with his current rate of progress in rehab. Therefore, clinical medical data clearly supports the assumption that an excellent QB like Culpepper (who possesses superior measurables in all the relevant QB performance tools) with a bad knee is a considerably less risky proposition than a bright, slow-footed, weak-armed QB with a history of rotator cuff problems.
I'm only reporting what the report say... It's career threatening. I do not know his situation, and you are right a RB would be much more screwed. However, when all 3 ligaments in your knee snap, walking may become a problem. I wish the best for Culpepper. I hope he makes it back. However, I wouldn't trade for him with the risk of his injury being career threatening.
Palmer tore his ACL and MCL. His MCL was pretty much disintegrated and I heard that his ACL had to be replaced entirely. He also dislocated his kneecap and suffered extensive cartilage damage. He might very well be much worse off than Culpepper and yet he still has every chance of returning to form.
I think whoever ends up with Culpepper will be very happy. He's got all the tools needed to be a premier QB in this league. He's coming off injury, but he's still young, and his arm strength is what really matter here. Dan Marino never had any mobility, and he was constantly nursing various injuries. It was arm that made him what he was, and his lack of mobility was meaningless.... I'm not comparing Culpepper to Marino as a QB, I'm just using Marino and the way he played as an example. Culpepper doesn't have to be mobile to make an impact. His arm is the key to his success, and as far as I know, there's nothing wrong with it.... I would take a chance on Culpepper, and let hgim sit the entire 2006 season. Let him get 100%, and then let him loose in 2007. I see big dividends for the team that ends up trading for him.... Later....
