Since the Bills/Fins game, a couple of my football buddies are saying Culpepper is a wasted investment by the Fins. I've always liked Culpepper though he tends to be hot and cold. I think the problem is the offensive line considering the 7 sacks (5 in the first half alone) made effortlessly by Buffalo. Miami handled well against the Steelers, Culpepper had virtually no pressure for most of the passes. Fluke? So what do you think? At any rate, I don't have much hope for them this season =(
2006-10-01 22:07:36 · 8 answers · asked by Pipi 4 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
It's both. I'm from Minnesota, and watched him play here. He holds the ball to long, so he needs an O-line to protect him for that time. He had a good O-line with the Vikes until last season, and you see what happened. After he was injured, Brad Johnson took over, and he was rarely sacked or pressured. All this with the same line. Did the line suddenly get better? No. Johnson gets rid of the ball a lot quicker.
Culpepper is also coming off a bad injury, so he doesn't do well under pressure. The same thing happened after he cracked some vertebra's in back a few years ago. It took him a season to come back from that to his original level. Maybe next season he will do better. But that will depend on if he has a good O-line and the receivers and work with his style of throwing (throw the ball up and let the receiver come to the ball instead of throwing it to the receiver).
2006-10-02 02:13:26 · answer #1 · answered by Mutt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a QB gets sacked that many times its the offensive lines fault. However, I always thought Culpepper is over-rated also. I think Miami had a better QB in Fiedler in the post-Marino era - but that is all water under the bridge now. Miami's season was over before it began this year - this are not the fish we New Englander's hated for so many years.
2006-10-02 06:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a combination of the two. I think we saw Culpepper's true colors in his final season post-Moss in Minnesota.
But the O-line isn't opening holes for Ronnie Brown either, so that's only going to shift the defense's focus to the passing game.
2006-10-02 09:01:31 · answer #3 · answered by Lawn Jockey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
culpepper has those little girl hands too, which isn't going to help his situation down in the warm, dampness of Florida. I know he went to UCF, but the level of competition is 100 percent different and he doesn't seem to be able to get it going even when the climate is favorable to him. you can tell he's still kind of hurting, and i think nick saban was kind of forced to start him before he really wanted to. as far as the o line, i've been watching them and they need some help too, but if culpepper can't keep the ball from slipping out of his tiny hands, what good is that?
2006-10-02 09:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
offensive line hits the box!
2006-10-02 05:09:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the line. Pep has still got it.
2006-10-02 08:24:37 · answer #6 · answered by Andy T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pep needs to reevaluate his knee
2006-10-02 10:57:16 · answer #7 · answered by Joe W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both
2006-10-02 10:50:30 · answer #8 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋