billsevans Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 LIONS LEANING TO CULPEPPER By Mike Florio on February 15, 2009 As the Detroit Lions prepare to improve on the worst single season in the history of the NFL (if not all pro sports), they’ll apparently do so with Daunte Culpepper taking the snaps. Former Lions receiver Mike Furrey told Alex Marvez and Ross Tucker of Sirius NFL Radio on Sunday morning that other quarterbacks on the roster have been told that Culpepper will be the starter. This could mean that the Lions will target in the first round of the draft a quarterback, despite any lingering urges to take a wideout. Then again, it’s not as if the franchise has mastered the art of snagging signal-callers in round one. Over the past 40 years, they’ve taken three: Joey Harrington, Andre Ware, Chuck Long. Well, maybe they’re due. Culpepper is due to receive a $2.5 million roster bonus later this month, so if he’s not cut before then it’s a pretty safe bet that, indeed, he’ll be the No. 1 guy in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLflutie7 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 LIONS LEANING TO CULPEPPERBy Mike Florio on February 15, 2009 As the Detroit Lions prepare to improve on the worst single season in the history of the NFL (if not all pro sports), they’ll apparently do so with Daunte Culpepper taking the snaps. Former Lions receiver Mike Furrey told Alex Marvez and Ross Tucker of Sirius NFL Radio on Sunday morning that other quarterbacks on the roster have been told that Culpepper will be the starter. This could mean that the Lions will target in the first round of the draft a quarterback, despite any lingering urges to take a wideout. Then again, it’s not as if the franchise has mastered the art of snagging signal-callers in round one. Over the past 40 years, they’ve taken three: Joey Harrington, Andre Ware, Chuck Long. Well, maybe they’re due. Culpepper is due to receive a $2.5 million roster bonus later this month, so if he’s not cut before then it’s a pretty safe bet that, indeed, he’ll be the No. 1 guy in 2009. I think this is a good move. Culpepper can throw the ball. I've never seen a guy, other than Michael Vick, whose stock has dropped as fast as Culpepper and I think it's his behavior and his knee injury. He tried to come back to quick and that was a huge mistake. He tore three ligaments in his knee and he tried to rush back plus the boat thing. Culpepper won't be able to be a "ball hog" like he was in Minnesota. One year he had over 500 pass attempts and over 100 rushing attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizell Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 culpepper sucks. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Bad attitude,bad knee.Good golly I smell 3-13. Oh to be a Lions fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn Down For Watkins Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Bad attitude,bad knee.Good golly I smell 3-13. Oh to be a Lions fan. That is kinda of generous. I can smell 1-15 if Culpepper is their QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 For all the talk of the Bills being a laughingstock, the Lions making Culpepper a starter is a sitcom. Lions fans should be storming Ford Filed with torches and pitchforks. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFLstyle Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Culpepper looks like he can still play. This isn't as bad a decision as everyone is making it out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi82 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 now lets hope this frees up john kitna so we can get a good back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 now lets hope this frees up john kitna so we can get a good back up Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 LIONS LEANING TO CULPEPPERBy Mike Florio on February 15, 2009 As the Detroit Lions prepare to improve on the worst single season in the history of the NFL (if not all pro sports), they’ll apparently do so with Daunte Culpepper taking the snaps. Former Lions receiver Mike Furrey told Alex Marvez and Ross Tucker of Sirius NFL Radio on Sunday morning that other quarterbacks on the roster have been told that Culpepper will be the starter. This could mean that the Lions will target in the first round of the draft a quarterback, despite any lingering urges to take a wideout. Then again, it’s not as if the franchise has mastered the art of snagging signal-callers in round one. Over the past 40 years, they’ve taken three: Joey Harrington, Andre Ware, Chuck Long. Well, maybe they’re due. Culpepper is due to receive a $2.5 million roster bonus later this month, so if he’s not cut before then it’s a pretty safe bet that, indeed, he’ll be the No. 1 guy in 2009. My prediction for Lions......3-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBlood Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Culpepper is terrible but then again so is John Kitna, Dan "run out the back of the endzone" Orlovski, Drew Stanton & any other QB that Detroit has played in the past two years. Other than Megatron is there a single player on that roster that we would realistically want on our team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackemrack Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Culpepper is terrible but then again so is John Kitna, Dan "run out the back of the endzone" Orlovski, Drew Stanton & any other QB that Detroit has played in the past two years. Other than Megatron is there a single player on that roster that we would realistically want on our team? calvin johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFLstyle Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Ernie Simms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 For all the talk of the Bills being a laughingstock, the Lions making Culpepper a starter is a sitcom. Lions fans should be storming Ford Filed with torches and pitchforks. PTR If the Lions take a QB first or second then having Culpepper start for a year is very smart. Let the new guy ease into the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 They'd be better served using a 1st rounder on a QB and letting him play immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizell Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 calvin johnson megatron = calvin johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoner7 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 sign Jeff Garcia, Culpepper is a better version of Jp, and he still sucks bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Culpepper is terrible but then again so is John Kitna, Dan "run out the back of the endzone" Orlovski, Drew Stanton & any other QB that Detroit has played in the past two years. Other than Megatron is there a single player on that roster that we would realistically want on our team? Kitna is terrible? Really? He twice threw for over 4000 yards for the truly terrible Lions. When was the last time a Bills QB did that? Don't scratch a hole in your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Kitna is terrible? Really? He twice threw for over 4000 yards for the truly terrible Lions. When was the last time a Bills QB did that? Don't scratch a hole in your head. Hey, let's trade a 1st rounder to the Lions for him. I mean, all those yards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 If the Lions take a QB first or second then having Culpepper start for a year is very smart. Let the new guy ease into the job. My point was there are a dozen free agent QB's that are better than Culpepper. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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