It would have been Culpeppers 5th game, not his 1st. Lets see, if it was Cullpepper who had to do what Joey did, this is what we would have heard.... It was the o lines fault, Mularky's fault, Welkers fault for letting the ball go off his hands, no running game, he hadn't played for 4 weeks, It was the Pats on the road, It was the kicking games fault, the recivers weren't getting open, the sun was in his eyes.....am i missing one of the 20 excuses people made for Culpepper yet?
When your offense struggles against the Pats and Bellicheck it is somewhat understandable, when it's against Buffalo, the Titans and Texans it isn't.....Maybe you should go ask Carson Palmer and the Bengals, they were dismantled at home against the Pats the week before........