Post by Boyd on Jun 4, 2006 11:38:17 GMT -4
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Moss wants best for Culpepper
Randy Moss said he hopes former Minnesota teammate Daunte Culpepper, now the Dolphins' QB, rebounds from turbulent times.
'Hopefully, [Daunte Culpepper] can just shut his critics up,' said former teammate Randy Moss on Saturday.After watching the Minnesota Vikings roast quarterback Daunte Culpepper publicly, wide receiver Randy Moss wants his former teammate to ``shut his critics up.''
Moss, now with the Oakland Raiders, watched Culpepper's ''Love Boat'' scandal unfold and his saga with the Vikings unravel from afar. 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 town for teammate Zach Crockett's football camp at Ely High in Pompano Beach, an event part of The Crockett Foundation, 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 on Saturday, the wideout 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.''
They haven't spoken in several months, with their most recent conversation occurring when Oakland was among the teams interested in acquiring Culpepper. Moss said they talked briefly 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 hopefully 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 a hold of, and I have mine to get a hold of, also. We're not moving in different directions, but our profession is moving us in different directions.''
Moss wants best for Culpepper
Randy Moss said he hopes former Minnesota teammate Daunte Culpepper, now the Dolphins' QB, rebounds from turbulent times.
'Hopefully, [Daunte Culpepper] can just shut his critics up,' said former teammate Randy Moss on Saturday.After watching the Minnesota Vikings roast quarterback Daunte Culpepper publicly, wide receiver Randy Moss wants his former teammate to ``shut his critics up.''
Moss, now with the Oakland Raiders, watched Culpepper's ''Love Boat'' scandal unfold and his saga with the Vikings unravel from afar. 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 town for teammate Zach Crockett's football camp at Ely High in Pompano Beach, an event part of The Crockett Foundation, 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 on Saturday, the wideout 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.''
They haven't spoken in several months, with their most recent conversation occurring when Oakland was among the teams interested in acquiring Culpepper. Moss said they talked briefly 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 hopefully 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 a hold of, and I have mine to get a hold of, also. We're not moving in different directions, but our profession is moving us in different directions.''