The San Francisco 49ers, during their game agaisnt the visiting Detroit Lions, began rather slowly – perhaps a result of the hangover from last week when they were eliminated from playoff contention. But they got their act together in the second half, as turnovers, along with two touchdowns scored about six minutes apart, helped San [...]
The Cincinnati Bengals were happier than a pig in slop knowing that running back Cedric Benson would start for them during Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions at Paul Brown Stadium. And to stay on the pig-in-slop reference, Benson ran like the proverbial pig running to the trough; he ran for 110 yards in his [...]
Courtesy of a knee injury, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford will sit out Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers; Daunte Culpepper will take his place. To recap how Culpepper got the start this week, Stafford injured his kneecap during last week’s loss to the Chicago Bears – of which it has not been determined to [...]
No matter how you look at it, rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford managed to wrest away the starting quarterback job from challenger Daunte Culpepper. According to Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz, Culpepper did not lose the competition as Stafford simply outplayed him during the preseason.
Schwartz added:
“I’m very, very comfortable with the quarterback position here, not [...]
Booth Newspapers reports today that it appears that Daunte Culpepper’s contract may be setting him up to actually be released:
Daunte Culpepper is currently the Detroit Lions’ No. 1 quarterback and, at worst, he’s expected to go into the season as the team’s No. 2 (behind rookie first-round pick Matthew Stafford). However, [...]
The Lions still don’t have a starting QB, but today they opened their three-day minicamp and it was Daunte Culpepper as the QB taking most of the snaps with the first-team offense.
Culpepper thinks that he will get a fair shot at the starting QB job come the opener in September, this despite Matthew Stafford being [...]
Pro Football Weekly says that now that the Lions have given Daunte Culpepper a new deal, that should mean the end for former QB Jon Kitna. Here is the story:
The Lions have reworked QB Daunte Culpeppers’s contract, eliminating a $2.5 million roster bonus he was due at the end of the month. The move [...]
ProFootballTalk.com is reporting that the Lions are leaning towards having Daunte Culpepper as their QB for 2009. Here is the report on that earlier today:
As the Detroit Lions prepare to improve on the worst single season in the history of the NFL (if not all pro sports), they’ll apparently do so with Daunte Culpepper [...]
Who’s going to throw to Calvin in 2009? Will there be a consistent passer in 2009, or should Detroit fans expect three quarterbacks like ‘08? Will we win a game? Those are some of the burning questions already putting new Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan on fire.
MLive.com reported that Linehan spoke with three [...]
From: Ann Arbor News
Quarterback Daunte Culpepper, cornerback Leigh Bodden, guard Edwin Mulitalo, safety Dwight Smith and tight end Dan Campbell have big salaries coming, and they could be released in the offseason. Culpepper, who was signed in mid-season, has a $2.5 million roster bonus due in late February that would trigger a $2.5 million salary [...]
