Bring on Culpepper
4:42 PM EST Thursday, March 9 2006
Word on the street is that Culpepper is being shopped around for a trade and Baltimore is on the list. I saw that would be the best case scenario this offseason in terms of Baltimore improving their QB situation. Maybe we can convince Zygmunt Wilf (what the hell kind of name is Zygmunt?) to trade him to us for Kyle and a 2nd round pick. (Not likely)
That's not to say that I'm entirely thrilled about Culpepper, just that he's better than anyone else the Ravens have a chance at. The obvious concerns about Culppeper are:
- He's facing potential charges in the sex boat scandal
- Were not sure that he'll even be able to walk by the start of training camp, let alone play QB
- His career numbers without Moss: 1564 yds, 6 TDs, 12 INTs, 72.0 QB Rating
The other teams the article mentions as being interested are: Oakland (Moss & Culpepper re-unite, after the Raiders just decided to keep Kerry Collins, doubtful), St. Louis (Did Marc Bulger retire? I know Culpepper loves former Vikings offensive coordinator, now Rams head coach Scott Linehan, but can they afford to have a potential Pro-bowler sitting on the bench?) and Arizona. So as far as I can tell, Arizona is the only one that makes sense. In fact, it makes a lot of sense. They have no QB and tons of talented big receivers. Denny Green was the one who drafted Daunte in the first place. I'm actually scared of Arizona after thinking about this. If this happens, Arizona @ St. Louis next year might result in more than 100 combined points and 1000 combined yards passing.
But with Kerry Collins of the market, if we lose Culpepper to Arizona, who's left? Brian Greise? Isn't he really just the same thing as Elvis Grbac? Gus Ferotte? Patrick Ramsey? Chris Weinke? You are kidding me, right? Unless we can shell out the big bucks for Brees, we have to make a move on Culpepper, otherwise we can go ahead write the book on the Ravens 2006 season. 6-10 season, Billick's final year as coach.
