Daunte Culpepper
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Daunte Culpepper
Daunte Rachard Culpepperis a former American football quarterback. He last played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. Prior to joining the UFL, Culpepper enjoyed a successful National Football Leaguecareer after being drafted 11th overall in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at the University of Central Florida...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth28 January 1977
CityOcala, FL
battling shows
That shows I'm not perfect. I've just got to keep battling through it,
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I should have been on top of communicating better with the receivers.
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Dr. (James) Andrews recommended a therapist in Orlando, and I've got a one-level house here, so I don't have three different flights (of stairs). There's also no ice on the ground, because if you slip, I'll be right back in surgery. It's better for my knee to be here.
offense
Our offense is very rhythmic, ... We couldn't get into our rhythm.
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I was confident when the legal process began that the truth would come out.
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He had a tremendous second half,'' Burleson said.
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There's swelling, and it's painful, but I'm a warrior, ... I'm going to push through this.
guys mad
Guys are mad and should be because we lost.
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He told me that the Vikings have not yet spoken to other teams about trading me. I shared my disappointment with the lack of communication and the false reports about me demanding more money coming out of Minnesota. I have requested further talks so that we can explore options for the future.
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Our offense is very rhythmic and we couldn't get into a real rhythm today. I have to give a lot of credit to Tampa Bay defensively for that. They did a great job getting us out of our rhythm. But the main things we have to focus on are the things that we can fix, like the mistakes we made.
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He's a great player. I've been saying it all along, and he's having a lot of chances to make plays. The more chances he gets, the better he's going to look, because he's that great of a player.
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The first thing I look at is a guy's effort and the way he approaches each day, the way he goes out and gets his work done. I have confidence in him that he'll stay that way.
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I'd like to think I'd have made it wherever I went in the draft.
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He can play any position. He stepped in and did a tremendous job tonight. He is a very smart player, very bright player. He stepped up to the challenge when it was thrown his way.