Moss On Culpepper....

[Angry Pope]

Moss expects Culpepper to 'shut his critics up'

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press
BY SARAH ROTHSCHILD

June 03, 2006 Just by knowing the person that Daunte is, I think he'll pay them back. MIAMI - After watching the Minnesota Vikings publicly roast quarterback Daunte Culpepper, wide receiver Randy Moss wants his former teammate to silence his critics.

Moss, now with the Oakland Raiders, watched from afar as Culpepper's 'Love Boat' scandal unfolded and his saga with the Vikings unraveled. So now, Moss wants Culpepper to find redemption as he starts anew with the Dolphins.

'Hopefully, he can just shut his critics up,' Moss said Saturday. 'Just by knowing the person that Daunte is, I think he'll pay them back.'

Moss, in Florida for teammate Zach Crockett's football camp at Ely High in Pompano Beach, repeatedly expressed a desire to see Culpepper's resurgence.

'The way everything happened in Minnesota, I really want to see him come out and do what he's supposed to do, and hopefully coach Nick Saban can get some players around him so he can go out there and do what he needs to do,' Moss said.

Before last season, Moss said the Raiders' Kerry Collins was a better quarterback than Culpepper, a three-time Pro Bowl selection. But Saturday, the wide receiver said he believes Culpepper can be special without him.

'I think that my success was already established before Daunte got there,' said Moss, who was drafted by the Vikings one year before Culpepper. 'He's got a lot of things as far as his talent and ability to be a quarterback and a running quarterback. We benefited from each other, so I don't really tip my hat toward myself or him.'

The two have not spoken to each other in several months, with their most recent conversation occurring when Oakland was among the teams interested in acquiring Culpepper. Moss said they briefly talked about the Raiders and whether it would be a good fit for Culpepper. Moss maintained that he had no preference whether Culpepper landed in Oakland, and it hardly mattered, because the Dolphins traded for Culpepper on March 15.

Moss also said he and Culpepper remain friends and that he hopes they will reconnect before the regular season.

'We're still cool,' Moss said. 'We talk every now and then, but he has his career to get back ahold of, and I have mine to get ahold of, also. We're not moving in different directions, but our profession is moving us in different directions.'

 

[Angel]

I'm betting Moss would've preferred Culpepper over Brooks.....

 

[Seraph24]

if Brooks even starts. Though cullpepper w/o Moss has been worse than Brooks could ever be last season IMO. Brooks can get the ball downfield and now has some pretty big sized targets with 6ft 4in Moss and 6ft 2in Porter. Who knows how it may play out. Moss has had 2 scrambling qb's who can get the ball downfield before Brooks and he had some of his better years with them.

1.) cunningham who people swore was washed up before he came to minny with Moss, jake reed, and chris carter as targets.

2.)Whose looked like dog turd on the field since Moss's absence.

So whose to say that Moss won't give brooks a solid target deep when he scrambles out of the pocket?

with that said though. I'd rather see Walter start.

 

[Angel]

if Brooks even starts. Though cullpepper w/o Moss has been worse than Brooks could ever be last season IMO. Brooks can get the ball downfield and now has some pretty big sized targets with 6ft 4in Moss and 6ft 2in Porter. Who knows how it may play out. Moss has had 2 scrambling qb's who can get the ball downfield before Brooks and he had some of his better years with them.

1.) cunningham who people swore was washed up before he came to minny with Moss, jake reed, and chris carter as targets.

2.)Whose looked like dog turd on the field since Moss's absence.

So whose to say that Moss won't give brooks a solid target deep when he scrambles out of the pocket?

with that said though. I'd rather see Walter start.

Welcome to the site seraph!!

 

[Seraph24]

Thanks. Your reputation of politeness precedes you Angel.

 

[Angel]

Thanks. Your reputation of politeness precedes you Angel.

Oh really? That's nice You should go to the General NFL forum and play daily trivia with us!!