Daunte Culpepper: He was Supposed to Bring the Vikings a Super Bowl... So What Happened? | FPP
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- He had a physical build rarely seen at the QB position, with unique athleticism to match, a cannon armed QB with accuracy and the ability to scramble, he would attend the University of Central Florida where he was the leader of a UCF Golden Knights team who were transitioning into D1-A NCAA Football in the late 90s. After a stellar 4 years, he would be a high first round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings and in just his second pro season he would be a starter and pro bowler. It helped that he had stars like Randy Moss, Cris Carter and Robert Smith, but Culpepper still looked as good as advertised early in his career. But then over the next few years, you started seeing a lot of inconsistency in his play, sometimes he was unstoppable, and sometimes it didn’t seem like he could do anything right. But he made up for it during the ’03 and ’04 NFL seasons, when he made back to back pro bowls, as one of the game’s best passers. But in 2005, he would severely injure his knee, and was never able to get close to the level he was playing at in Minnesota. He feuded with Nick Saban for a season in Miami, then was brought in by Oakland as insurance for JaMarcus Russell, he would briefly retire before joining the 2008 Detroit Lions halfway through their 0-16 season, then acting as a rookie Matt Stafford’s backup in 2009 before calling it quits for good. Daunte Culpepper never had much playoff success, but a lot of his great years in Minnesota were wasted due to them having one of the worst defenses in the league. Yes, he was turnover prone, but he also played some terrible 0-Lines throughout his career. So, even though his career didn’t continue on the same trajectory it started, there was no doubt that Daunte Culpepper had the talent, and maybe if circumstances were different, his career would’ve been much better.
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Danute Culpepper was one of the best quarterbacks of his time. We really don’t hear much of him from anymore. He really built some confidence in throwing the ball to Cris Carter and Randy Moss during his time with the Minnesota Vikings. He was like Cam Newton of his era except he was a little bigger than Cam. He stood 6 foot 4 and 265 pounds for a dual-threat quarterback who love throwing the ball in the air as well as running the ball with his legs. He played 11 seasons in the NFL with the Vikings, Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, and Detroit Lions. He last played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. That’s what the last thing we heard from him.🏈🏈🏈
Josh Allen is another guy that he compares to
Josh is an inch taller than him and that’s all. At least, he has the confidence in throwing the ball to Stefon Diggs and other receivers around him.
When I seen Culpepper I was like Damn, but then I was introduced to Michael Vick and was like holy s***..
When I "saw"...
The only reason why I kinda like the Vikings. Dante and Moss
Hell yeah. But what about Peterson and Farve
@@steventorbertjr.558 I grew up during the early McNabb eagles days so I grew up kinda like Dante and McNair (both black qb’s). I don’t like the Vikings now though 😂. I like AP but can’t stand Favre.
For sure, my dude. I'm a Broncos fan but used to love to watch those two play ball.
Vikings Nation
A football player that's also forgotten about is Rich Gannon, a former mvp, that led his team along with Jerry Rice to Super Bowl XXXVII
If those Viking teams would have had Rich Gannon they would have won 2-3 Super Bowls maybe more 🤔 Culpeper was OK but not really. That offense could make any bum QB look like a Pro Bowler
@@edwinbaker6797this 100%. You can just tell by watching his games where Moss and Carter aren’t wide open, the guy didn’t study tape whatsoever
Rich Gannon was unreal for a couple of seasons. Gannon had a sneaky athleticism to him.
That 2002 season...... Dude tore the house down. Definitely can't forget this guy
In 2002 homie threw 18 TDs to 23 interceptions lol
@@sterlingwilliams8645i meant 2004😂😂😂😂😂. My bad😂😂. I said 2002 because he was on the madden cover
He was like Cam Newton and Josh Allen of his era
Pre Injury Culpepper was a beast.
Culpepper had one of the greatest seasons in NFL quarterback history the year before his knee was destroyed.
I remember a throw he made in a Thanksgiving Day game in 2000 against the Cowboys. He was on the right sideline and threw across his body to the left sideline, about 50 yards, to Moss.. On a rainy day! still the greatest throw I've seen in a football game.
Finally some football content lol. Anyway Merry Christmas to everyone and hope you do more.
Plain and simple, it was because Carter retired and Moss left Minnesota. They made guys like Jeff George, Daunte Culpepper, and Randall Cunningham, who are good QBs, into superstars. Once Moss left for Oakland was the beginning of the end for Daunte.
I don’t believe it is that simple my friend. Those receivers were great but so was Cunningham that’s why they almost went undefeated for crying out loud!
The knee injury destroyed Dante's career, my friend.
@@areguapiri I think he should be in the hall of fame
Thnx for posting this. I've been waiting for this time to come. Culpepper is definitely one of the most forgotten not just qbs, but nfl players in history. If he played today, he would be Josh Allen like with his physical presence running and throwing the ball
Loved this. Had great memories watching him with the Vikings. Ideas for future football videos:
- Jeff George. Top 5 arm in NFL history, bottom 5 attitude which is why he bounced around so much.
- Raghib Ismail. The most electrifying player of his era, probably should've won the 1990 Heisman @ Notre Dame. Went to Canada on a lucrative deal instead of the NFL then when he got to the NFL had flashes of brilliance.
Wow that's wassup. Thought you stick to basketball. Keep it up
He made some football videos, but it's been a while since he made them.
Culpepper is like what Jamarcus Russell was supposed to be in terms of the size and arm strength. Both were tall, big QB's with arms and tendencies that looked elite. The issue is that Culpepper was able to study and work on issues he had, even if sometimes he still resorted to mistakes that made your head scratch(2002 for ex, 23 INT's, 23 fumbles) but usually made up for it with seasons like 2004, whereas Russell was just lazy and only had size because he didn't put in the effort into making himself an absolutely unstoppable player.
I remember the first Madden game I bought, he was the cover athlete
Madden 2002. I got that game earlier this year for the ps2
One of the most underrated maddens imo. Loved when the crowd would chant the players name if you a ran a few consecutive plays for them
@@4392amtrak02 04 and I think 05 and 07 all went hard or were the best maddens
Wow such a surprise with a football 😊
Jamal Lewis next
I agree and also like him to do Ricky Watters or Otis Anderson.
Thomas jones
My earliest football memory is the 41-0 game against the Giants
He always reminded me of Steve McNair ad Donovan McNabb
Culpepper was extremely talented. Just look at what he did against top schools while he was at the University of Central Florida. The knee injury was awful and took away one of his main skills--- the use of his legs. He would have been truly great!
Thank you!
O shit football???? My nigga you on a new level. You gotta do sean taylor. Love bro
Please don't use the awful "N" word.
He destroyed his knee that's what happened. If the injury never happens he has a Philip Rivers esque career
HE DOES BETTER THAN THAT CAUSE EVENTUALLY THEY WOULDVE PUT MORE TALENT AROUND HIM,MOSS, SMITH ETC;
Dan Marino tore his knee and return still became an elite QB. Dante could've been a pocket passer and been successful. Bottom line he didn't have Moss and Carter anymore and was never the same.
Rivers fucked his knee up
yeah naw, he had no pocket presence
@@poindextertunes 🤐
Randall Cunningham > Culpepper
Pls make video for basketball player Jason Richardson the early star fo rebuilding Golden State Warrior of 2000 era
You gotta do more football players bro . Love the content 💪🏾
Culpepper was great for a time. I thing injuries and ither factors stopped him from getting Superbowl and hall of fane stats
You must do NFL players I’ll be looking forward to it, You should do players like Bruce smith and Reggie white
So you telling me the “Getcha roll on” dance was inspired by a travel violation in the state championship game? 😂😂😂 that’s hilarious
As a lifelong Giants fan I still have no clue how they smoked the Vikings so easily in that playoff game.
Joey Harrington and Gus Frerotte?? Man I forgot those guys even existed 😂
As a native of Orlando Daunte Culpepper put UCF on the football map for me and many other Central Floridians. His NFL career may have been inconsistent (I never realized how turnover prone he was during his career while it happened) he'll always have a special place in my heart. He certainly had Hall of Fame talent and should have ended his college career with a bowl game.
He wasn't turnover prone. Before his awful injury, he had just come off of one of the best seasons in NFL quarterback history.
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American and male. Does anybody remember Jason Thomas of UNLV, around 2001? In an ESPN radio interview, the interviewer said to him, "You've drawn comparisons to Daunte Culpepper," and Jason said, "That's a compliment, but I have a long ways to go, before I reach his level." I'm glad Jason took that well. I know that I'm a VERY outspoken Asian MALE, on racial issues. (don't even get me started on internment camps and World War II) Back to SPORTS: I frankly didn't want people to compare MY softball game to Ichiro, just for "that reason." Or say that my church league pickup basketball game was like Jeremy Lin. As much as I HATED Dan Majerle, Rick Fox, and Tyrone Corbin (because they KILLED the Sonics and Blazers), my church league pickup game, in my prime, resembled those three players: In a prime year, my church league game was equivalent to 16 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 10-12 year NBA career, and 1-2 All-Star games. For the record, I really liked Daunte Culpepper's game. I thought Tim Couch would be good. I also liked Donovan McNabb and Cade McNown, from that 1999 draft.
Duane Starks next!!!
Culpepper had a CANNON. Only if he had better protection.... Mann
If only the awful knee injury hadn't happened.
He had one of the best lines in that time. Look it up 3-4 pro bowler's in his early years
When I was a teenager he had an absolute cannon of an arm.
Culpepper was a cold quarterback
An NFC North rival of his that was pesky at running back and underappreciated for his over achievements in my opinion at the time would have been Ahman Green. Definitely deserves a video
Ohhhh you doing football now. Oh hell yea. Do Peanut Tillman.
My favorite player
Surprised the Sex Boat incident didn’t get brought up
Vikings offense was stacked like 2-3 pro bowlers on the oline also Smith at rb and moss with Carter. Any qb would look good with those weapons. He was a turnover machine, how he continued to start with turnover ratios like that
Love the page
Moss,Smith at rb,Carter, Culpepper was dynamic for a decent stretch
Reed too
A guy who never went pro but was a HS legend and broke almost all of Culpeppers UCF records was Ryan Schneider. Id love to see a video on him. Probably never will.
He didn't break Culpepper's records.
@@areguapiri he broke almost all of them. You may wanna learn before talking
@@charismatic9904...Ryan Schneider...lol..😂...Ryan Schneider!...lol...😂
@@areguapiri seems he fucked your girl and your mom. Get over it bro.
Just wondering if you can do one bout Donovan McNabb. He was a similar player I think......,..
Dante Fumblepepper
SHAUN ALEXANDER NEXT PLEASE, HE’S A SEATTLE LEGEND!!!
I think he was the first "big" QB (linebacker-esque) I ever saw.
I'm a Bears fan; I hated this dude. But, it was because he was a true threat.
Excellent player to highlight.
A great idea for disregarded duos NFL edition WD-40 in the 90s in Tampa
I followed his career
That knee injury really fucked up his career. He broke out in 2000 with a great season and then as the Vikings declined he had a bad couple seasons before putting together a pair of great seasons in 03 and 04.
But then the Vikings traded Moss and in the midst of a bad season he had that horrific knee injury and he was just never the same player sadly he was just 28 when that happened.
He never developed his passing ability and decision making. Which once his athleticism was taken away by injury left him with a very poor skill set as despite the rocket arm he just couldn’t do anything else consistently good.
Back in the day, I knew a source who was privy to what was going on with the coaches and Daunte’s development. Daunte did not have the ability to read the whole field, so post-snap, he was only asked to read half the field to simplify the offense and maximize what he could give you. Daunte had some great times but he never evolved to get any better. Daunte also negotiated a terrible incentive laden contract he came to regret and he became obsessed with it. In addition, Chip Banks who was to be his OC and knew how to work with Daunte, died in the off-season one year and then of course, Daunte got his knee destroyed. The Vikes also traded Moss which didn’t help…
He had one of the highest completion percentages in NCAA history. He had a great ability to read the entire field.
@@areguapiri not at the pro level, hence my comment.
I loved watching Culpepper and those Vikings teams, Culpepper was a beast, but i would agree he could be overrated if we are looking at his success; he was the Vikings starter for 6 seasons and only 1 season did they have a winning record
He had small hands that’s why he fumbled so much after he blew his acl he wasn’t the same
Daunte Culpepper was Cam Newton before Cam Newton.
46 turnovers not a single season record individually?
thought this was an nba channel
It's both, I just don't get to football vids nearly as often as I should
@@ForgottenPlayerProfiles fair enough. merry christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Nah, I like it the way it is. Mostly basketball with some football thrown in there to change it up. Basketball is my favorite sport and hoop heads love this channel @@ForgottenPlayerProfiles
Seriously, With Vikings QBs, it’s always fucking knee injuries. Can we not have a QB curse anymore?
If those Viking teams would have had Rich Gannon they would have won 2-3 Super Bowls 💯 Culpeper was OK but not really. That offense could make any bum QB look like a Pro Bowler
Except Dante was really good!
Ge threw 23 tds 19 to randy so he thought he was the man , how many times did you see Randy tell him just throw it up ill get it , nope he would look away , and you know you had people telling him F Rany Moss You the Man . Then the love boat thing he started believing the hype then how many TDs did he throw the rest of career not many i think we can use our fingers , now if he ate his ego threw them up msybe just maybe they get to the dance he had Chris Carter & Randy Moss if Farve had those 2 GB wouldve more rings oh yes Robert Smith at RB
"a community for unwed mothers...." So she lived in the future?!?
His mother was in prison when he was born
Moss made him relevant. He was a terrible nfl QB without him
I kinda agree Carter also. That Vikings offense was stacked Dennis Green made journey man or backups pro bowler's.
What happened to Daunte Culpepper?!!?! Wym what happened lmao, Randy Effin Miss got traded 😂 and he immediately became a bum
Culpepper sucked because he was a running QB and got beat up doing it, he was a horrible Quarterback
...lol...😂
@@areguapiri Facts dont lie
Moss and Carter make any QB look good