Daunte Culpepper Retires From NFL

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 Daunte Culpepper Retires From NFL
Daunte Culpepper announced his retirement today after nine seasons in the NFL. He expressed his frustrations with the NFL in his retirement letter: When Free agency began this year, I had a new sense of excitement about continuing to rebuild my career in the same way that I had rebuilt my knee after my catastrophic injury in 2005. Unfortunately, what I found out was that the league did not ... [link]

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Published 9/5/2008 by Aaron (noreply@blogger.com) at AaronGleeman.com
... At 31 years old and four years removed from an MVP-caliber season, Daunte Culpepper announced his retirement yesterday while saying that he's been unfairly kept out of the NFL. While there's perhaps ...

What Gilbert Can Learn From Daunte Culpepper
Published 9/10/2008 by JakeTheSnake at Gilbertology
... With the news that former Pro Bowler Daunte Culpepper retired last week, I couldn’t help but think about how quickly he went from one of the best seasons by a quarterback in NFL history to out of the league in less than 4 years.  Then I got to thinking about how Gilbert and Daunte have dealt with very similar situations over the last few years.  Consider the following: ...

49ers Sign Jamie Martin, Alex Smith Could Be Done In San Francisco
Published 9/10/2008 at FanHouse
... as a member of the St. Louis Rams. With Martin and current starter J.T. O'Sullivan -- who played for Martz in Detroit -- It appears the crazy-like-a-fox offensive coordinator is attempting to assemble a dream team of his former quarterbacks in the bay area, which means a trade for Jon Kitna could happen at any moment.* It's still a little hard to grasp the fact J.T. O'Sullivan and Jamie Martin are finding work in the NFL, while a guy like Daunte Culpepper decided to retire because he couldn't find a team to give him a shot. * I ...

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