Order some turquoise pants with a disproportionately large ass… Daunte Culpepper is now a Dolphin. The Fish have decided to give up a 2nd round pick for Culpepper after they couldn’t come to terms with Drew Brees.
I know I’ve been critical of Culpepper, but I really think this is going to work for the Fish. Daunte is reunited with Scott Linehan, his offensive coordinator for Minnesota when Culpepper was putting up huge numbers. I don’t know what they tried to do with him in Minnesota last year, but it didn’t work… he needs to get back to the old style. He’ll have a passable Randy Moss impersonator at WR in Chris Chambers… and the Dolphins could still be one of the teams to take a chance on Terrell Owens.
And now, it looks like Drew Brees is going to be Saintly… and hey, I wish him the best. I’ve liked Drew Brees since the Chargers drafted him. He works as hard as anyone in the league, he’s a good leader, and he’s a competitor. I’ll miss him, I’ll miss that weird birthmark, and I wish the Chargers would have kept him. I sound very gay.
But I just don’t see this working out well for him. I mean, he’s getting his money, so that’s good for him, but… it’s hard to see the Saints being a great team anytime soon. I could be wrong… if McAllister’s healthy, they’ve got good receivers, they can draft defense now (or trade down and acquire more picks), so the pieces are in place. But the whole situation still feels unstable. I was behind the Saints last year, and I will be even moreso now, but… I dunno. It just doesn’t seem like an ideal situation for free agents. I hope I’m wrong.
And there are rumblings that Drew’s shoulder was not as close to healthy as Team Brees would have you believe. Some say he might not even play this year… and the Saints just gave him a ton of guaranteed money. We’ll see.
Matt Wells
MJD said: “Daunte is reunited with Scott Linehan, his offensive coordinator for Minnesota when Culpepper was putting up huge numbers.”
Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good theory; Linehan is now the head coach of the St. Louis Rams. http://www.stlouisrams.com/Team/Coaches/52931/
March 14, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Dave's Football Blog
Ummmm… Didn’t Scott Linehan take the head coaching job with the Rams? I think Mike Mularkey is running the offense in Miami now.
March 14, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Garthmeister J.
Surely the Saints gave Brees a physical, right? I mean, it would be insane to be considering picking up a free agent QB with a bum shoulder and not give him a thorough going over. The only QB in the league who should probably get a bigger shoulder workout is Chad Pennington.
Having said that, if Brees doesn’t throw a pass in an NFL game this year I salute his agent. Though I’m sure taking New Orleans for a ride will involve one hell of a karmic payback.
March 14, 2006 at 3:34 pm
The Big Picture
so does this means leinart’s going to hook back up with norm chow and perhaps vince will go to oakland where his IQ would fit perfectly with the Raider Nation?
March 14, 2006 at 3:38 pm
Big Daddy
I gotta say that I was hoping that Brees would wind up with Culpepper’s old job (not the bench – the real job).
March 14, 2006 at 4:03 pm
J.E. Skeets
Posted in the NHL? Oh, you crazy MJD … you just crazy!
March 14, 2006 at 5:41 pm
the mighty mjd
Yeah, I completely forgot about Linehan taking the Rams job… I suck balls.
March 14, 2006 at 6:26 pm
Skitzzo
I think the Redskins are probably bummed that so many teams filled their QB needs now since they probably only have one team interested in Ramsey now… This has been a crazy week in the NFL!
March 14, 2006 at 9:38 pm
Chucky Atkins Jr.
No one is more excited about the Drew Brees move than Matt Leinart. New Orleans is probably the last place that he wanted to play, and now he won’t have to go there. That bastard really does live a charmed life.
March 15, 2006 at 10:15 am
seamus
Don’t worry, Leinart will go someplace very crappy and be on some VH1 show by 2010.
The Dolphins are going to be very, very good now.
The Saints… yeah. They just dumped $10M guaranteed on a QB who literally can’t throw. And they’re going to play home games in a stadium that was literally transformed into a house of horror and death last summer. And… who’s their coach again?
March 17, 2006 at 5:33 pm