juniorseau55
Go Fins
Wow people still take every oppurtunity to hate on Daunte. We traded for him injured and we were all prepared to be without him at the beginning of the year. He worked his butt off said he was ready like most NFL Qb's would. I still feel they should have had better evaluation from thier doctors but of course our doctors were the worst in the league. Our line sucked and gave him no support and he was limping every game and he still was just as good as the guy we replaced him with the next year.
We hire a new coach that is such a genius that he basically replaces one injured qb with another older injured qb. The results were no better with Trent Green but of course nobody hates on Trent. My contention all along was that if you want to get rid of Culpepper thats fine but at least upgrade. Why move laterally and give up another pick. We made an investment in a player and gave up one year after, much like this FO has seemed to have done with Beck.
Daunte was bad here but no worse than Trent, or Joey. Culepper actually showed more last year with at least he could stay healthy a few games a year. I dont blame Daunte for retiring when people are paying Trent Green three times what they want to pay Daunte and Brock Berlin is outplaying Green.
The part that is jacked up is that Culpepper gets no credit for anything he has done. If Moss made Culpepper why did he not make Kerry Collins ann all pro. Culpepper still had a great year when Moss got injured and it takes a combo of good play by both for things to happen. In 2004 he threw 39 tds and 11 int and that was the season that Moss got injured. No Qb that sucks as bad as some here claim he does, has a season like that. His first year as a starter was one of the best of any QB ever in thier first year.
Lifetime qb rating 89 yea he really sucked for his career. 142 tds and 94 int. Im sure that John Beck will have a much better NFL career than Daunte's pitiful career.
It's obvious that you are biased in regards any topic related to Daunte. If he was not able to get a job in this league then that is his fault since he represented himself all along. That is why you have an agent, and that agent takes care of all the business that is involved in a contract. You are throwing all these stats -in front of us as we didn't know this; however, in the nfl you are as good as what you are today.
Daunte is not one of the elite quarterbacks in the league and you need to deal with that; moreover, do not be surprised with the fan reaction since it is totally normal.
The miami dolphins were the one seeking a trade with the Vikings at the time, so the Dolphins took the risk of rehabing his knee without really knowing of the real problems; also, Daunte as a player did not have to play in the 2006 season and could have told the team that he wanted to take the year off instead of diving into the madness. In the end, Daunte could still be playing as a back-up, but he didn't bother paying an agent(fired him over a contract situation) for his services since he is too good for his own good. I hope you enjoy your time defending him in this forum.