He obviously had a rough time in Oakland and Miami, but in all fairness, any quarterback would have had a hard time playing on those teams. Culpepper, when surrounded by adequate talent, has proven he can be a top quarterback in the league. If Kurt Warner can look like the Warner of old in Arizona, then there is no reason to think Culpepper can’t do the same.
The other, and biggest, question facing a Culpepper comeback to Minnesota is the hardest to answer.
Would he do it?
In John Clayton’s latest mailbag article on ESPN, Clayton wrote that, when Tom Brady went down, he tried to no avail to contact Culpepper. What makes Minnesota so different then?
I think Culpepper realized that playing for New England was a no-win situation with the fans and the media, because anything less than a Super Bowl would not be tolerated. In Minnesota, Culpepper would not be asked to win a title this season. He would just need to right the ship.
Plus, playing for the Vikings would give him a chance to end his career on a high note by coming back to where he started his career and getting his team back to the playoffs.
From the Vikings' perspective, you bring back a fan favorite and what could be the feel-good story of the NFL season, all while hopefully making it to the playoffs.
That sounds like a win-win to me.
In the end, the Vikings could offer the one thing Culpepper would be willing to come back for.
A shot at redemption.
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