Daunte's getting a lil too much crap for the loss. Granted there was a lotta hype over him, and there should be, but really... he just came back from a serious knee injury, hasn't played competitive football in a while, is on a new team, is there really any QB in that situation that we should expect to be a hero and win the game? Against one of the best D's in the league? Against the Super Bowl Champions? And not to mention we have a new offensive play caller.
I'm not making excuses, he is capable of winning the game, and so is Mularkey, and yes, they did panic a little, but come on, in reality it's their first real game together, give them a lil slack. I'm encouraged at the performance Daunte had before the last 6 minutes, a lot of errors, but he put us in position to beat the Super Bowl Champs and the D lost it for us when they were the ones on the field at the same time as Batch, not Culpepper. But watch this weekend and see how ugly some QBs play, especially against the great defenses. It's the first week of games, it's normal.