One has to wonder if the media spin regarding Culpepper isn't much of what Miami wants to believe. There's no denying that Culpepper is the best quarterback in that town since Dan Marino retired in 1999. Heck, Joey Harrington is probably better than anybody they have had since Marino... so it's only natural that the entire town would fly off the deep end at the first report of movement by Culpepper. It's still surprising to me that they don't have a 24 hour surveillance camera in his master bathroom, to report on any sudden toileting moves that would indicate an ability to dazzle on the football field.
Culpepper ran. That's all he did... So unless you were under the assumption that he was going to show up for mini-camp in a wheelchair, there should be no surprise at "how far along" Culpepper is in his recovery. Nick Saban and the Miami media want to sell it like an amazing comeback story, because that is what that town needs. After a 7 year period that saw a turnstyle of mediocre quarterbacks such as Jay Fiedler, Gus Frerrotte, Sage Rosenfels, Damon Huard and A.J. Feely, Miami needs a feel-good story. After one of the most talented running backs to grace the league set his team back 2 years with one fell puff of the bong, Miami needs a feel-good story.
Culpepper is that feel-good story, but unfortunately that doesn't always translate into a feel-good reality. The real story in Miami might actually be Joey Harrington.