Fools
Word around the NFL is that the Minnesota Vikings are shopping stud quarterback Daunte Culpepper because of his salary demands. Apparently, they want only a second round draft pick in exchange. Granted, his health is an issue - his knee was destroyed in a game last season - but are they nuts? When healthy, Culpepper is one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. He's better than any of the stud quarterbacks coming out in this year's draft. If given the choice between a questionable Culpepper and either Vince Young or Matt Leinart, I'm taking Culpepper. Young or Leinart might be as good as Culpepper some day, but Culpepper is at an elite level now. He's a proven performer who had an MVP-caliber season in 2004. Either I'm trading him for one of the top picks in the draft or keeping him. But I'm not accepting a mere second round pick for him.