The Aqua Crush
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http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/insider/columns/story?columnist=joyner_kc&id=2585872
as per insider.
for those not an insider...
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Daunte Culpepper is the total package. He is bigger than most linebackers, has an incredibly powerful arm and has shown the ability to take a hit. He is also very accurate, and though he has been slowed by his knee injury, he still possesses more mobility than most pocket passers. He has also shown the ability to master the complexities of Scott Linehan's playbook.
The one trait Culpepper seems to lack is patience. He wants to throw the ball deep and his opponents made him pay for this in 2005 by sitting back in deep zones and waiting for Culpepper to chuck it downfield. He forced eight deep passes into coverage in the six-and-a-half games he played last year. Those forced passes gave him a 20.7 deep pass bad decision percentage, easily the highest of any quarterback last year.
The odd part about this is that Culpepper has proven he can be a patient quarterback. When Randy Moss was injured in the 2004 season, the Vikings changed their offensive game plan and had Culpepper throw more short passes. Culpepper ended the season with the most short pass attempts in the NFL, but also had the best passing statistics of his entire career with 39 touchdown passes and a 110 passer rating.
Culpepper's short and medium pass proficiency continued during the 2005 season. He ranked fifth in short pass yards per attempt and fourth in medium pass success percentage last year. Those rankings are comparable to those of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, two of the most patient quarterbacks in the game
The problem for Culpepper is that all of this dinking and dunking seems to drive him crazy, and he eventually gets an itch to throw the ball downfield, which proved costly in Miami's loss to Pittsburgh.
The Steelers' cornerbacks were frequently sitting nine yards off the line of scrimmage, simply daring Culpepper to throw the ball downfield. Culpepper was taking advantage of this for most of the game by being extremely efficient on the underneath passes. This is reflected by his metrics through the middle of the fourth quarter, at which point the Dolphins were leading 17-14:
Daunte CulpepperDepthAttCompYdsTDINTPenYPAShort 19 12 119 0 0 0 6.3 Medium 8 5 124 0 0 0 15.5 Deep 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals 29 17 243 0 0 0 8.4
These aren't dominant numbers, but they are quite good for a quarterback making his first start with a new team on the road against the world champions. Culpepper wasn't forcing any passes into coverage and was doing an excellent job of managing the game.
The Steelers took a 21-17 lead on the next drive. After the kickoff, Miami had the ball on its own 29-yard line with six minutes left in the game. The best thing Culpepper could have done at this point was to continue what he had been doing all game long. Instead, he started forcing the ball downfield, as evidenced by his metrics for the rest of the game: Daunte Culpepper-2DepthAttCompYdsTDINTPenYPAShort 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Medium 2 1 19 0 1 0 9.5 Deep 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals 5 1 19 0 2 0 3.8 The eight years Culpepper spent throwing the ball deep to Moss probably led him to develop these bad habits. When things would go badly in Minnesota, all he had to do was throw the ball downfield and let Moss make the play. Culpepper never had to develop patience and now it is hurting his game. Unless he can keep his patience throughout an entire game, even when Miami falls behind, this offense will never reach the next level. "
It Joyner, but a fairly insightful read on Cpepp that i can't really argue with. I agree Cpepp's patientince will I have a feeling he will have come game two, will be the difference.
as per insider.
for those not an insider...
"
Daunte Culpepper is the total package. He is bigger than most linebackers, has an incredibly powerful arm and has shown the ability to take a hit. He is also very accurate, and though he has been slowed by his knee injury, he still possesses more mobility than most pocket passers. He has also shown the ability to master the complexities of Scott Linehan's playbook.
The one trait Culpepper seems to lack is patience. He wants to throw the ball deep and his opponents made him pay for this in 2005 by sitting back in deep zones and waiting for Culpepper to chuck it downfield. He forced eight deep passes into coverage in the six-and-a-half games he played last year. Those forced passes gave him a 20.7 deep pass bad decision percentage, easily the highest of any quarterback last year.
The odd part about this is that Culpepper has proven he can be a patient quarterback. When Randy Moss was injured in the 2004 season, the Vikings changed their offensive game plan and had Culpepper throw more short passes. Culpepper ended the season with the most short pass attempts in the NFL, but also had the best passing statistics of his entire career with 39 touchdown passes and a 110 passer rating.
Culpepper's short and medium pass proficiency continued during the 2005 season. He ranked fifth in short pass yards per attempt and fourth in medium pass success percentage last year. Those rankings are comparable to those of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, two of the most patient quarterbacks in the game
The problem for Culpepper is that all of this dinking and dunking seems to drive him crazy, and he eventually gets an itch to throw the ball downfield, which proved costly in Miami's loss to Pittsburgh.
The Steelers' cornerbacks were frequently sitting nine yards off the line of scrimmage, simply daring Culpepper to throw the ball downfield. Culpepper was taking advantage of this for most of the game by being extremely efficient on the underneath passes. This is reflected by his metrics through the middle of the fourth quarter, at which point the Dolphins were leading 17-14:
Daunte CulpepperDepthAttCompYdsTDINTPenYPAShort 19 12 119 0 0 0 6.3 Medium 8 5 124 0 0 0 15.5 Deep 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals 29 17 243 0 0 0 8.4
These aren't dominant numbers, but they are quite good for a quarterback making his first start with a new team on the road against the world champions. Culpepper wasn't forcing any passes into coverage and was doing an excellent job of managing the game.
The Steelers took a 21-17 lead on the next drive. After the kickoff, Miami had the ball on its own 29-yard line with six minutes left in the game. The best thing Culpepper could have done at this point was to continue what he had been doing all game long. Instead, he started forcing the ball downfield, as evidenced by his metrics for the rest of the game: Daunte Culpepper-2DepthAttCompYdsTDINTPenYPAShort 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Medium 2 1 19 0 1 0 9.5 Deep 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals 5 1 19 0 2 0 3.8 The eight years Culpepper spent throwing the ball deep to Moss probably led him to develop these bad habits. When things would go badly in Minnesota, all he had to do was throw the ball downfield and let Moss make the play. Culpepper never had to develop patience and now it is hurting his game. Unless he can keep his patience throughout an entire game, even when Miami falls behind, this offense will never reach the next level. "
It Joyner, but a fairly insightful read on Cpepp that i can't really argue with. I agree Cpepp's patientince will I have a feeling he will have come game two, will be the difference.
