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Saturday, October 07, 2006

Culpepper not expected to play Sunday...

Indications are that former Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper is being benched for Sunday's game against the New England Patriots. Although he made a remarkable comeback from a season-ending knee injury, Culpepper has struggled to lead the Dolphins offense, which boasts running back Ronnie Brown, receiver Chris Chambers and tight end Randy McMichael. In four starts, Culpepper has just two touchdowns against three interceptions, and he's been sacked a league-high 21 times.
He was added to the injury report Thursday as probable, which means a virtual certainty that he'll play, with a bruised right shoulder. But veteran Joey Harrington is expected to start Sunday against the Patriots.
Culpepper has looked tentative and certainly not as mobile, as he tries to regain full strength in his knee. It also hasn't helped that his offensive line is suspect, and offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey may be struggling with the play-calling.
All of that has resulted in the Dolphins being a disappointing 1-3.

1 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Absolutely not. But he clearly isn't himself yet. It usually takes guys at least a full year to fully recover from such a major injury. I wish him the best.

10:55 PM  

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