The jobless quarterback VW-Bus keeps on rolling with stale snacks and odd jobs on the side. That's what I picture when teams start auditioning out of work quarterbacks. I picture them all in the same VW-bus traveling city to city showering at rest stops hoping for a job somewhere in the NFL. It looks like Culpepper and Gradkowski pulled their VW-Bus up to One Arrowhead Drive this week for tryouts.
I know the Chiefs are thin at quarterback and are scouring the waiver wire looking for a warm body but Culpepper seems like a bad fit. He wasn't exactly a character guy in Minnesota and the last thing the Chiefs need is another malcontent or selfish player in the locker room.
More importantly Daunte Culpepper isn't any good. I know he has three Pro Bowls and I know he threw for 39 touchdowns in 2004. He also did that with a terrific offensive line and a couple receivers you might have heard of named Randy Moss and Nate Burleson. Yes Cris Carter was retired in 2004 but Culpepper was famous for just airing the ball down the field to Moss. He didn't make quick reads and he wasnt a highly mobile quarterback even before his knee injury. To think he is going to come in and save this franchise is short-sighted at best. After Culpepper and Moss parted ways Daunte was miserable. Don't believe me? Go look at Culpepper pre-2004 and post-2004.
I would prefer to see what Ingle Martin has if anything. Chiefs fans and even management at this point should be looking for glimpses of talent and maybe Martin can show them something. Hopefully the plan is to sign Culpepper for a third qb and if Martin struggles bring Culpepper along slowly in the offense and play him later in the year for a sneak peak into 2009.
It's ugly at Arrowhead right now so finding out what Martin has to offer isn't a terrible idea. Culpepper fills the role of stop gap.
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