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Originally Posted by SentToStud
The one year he actually played for Minnesota, he threw 5 or 6 TD passed.
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When Daunte got hurt, he started two games and threw for 7 TD's. Both in winning efforts. He looked brilliant.
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Originally Posted by SentToStud
No. Jeff George was not better than Culpepper. George had a few good years but if you lined up his best 5 years vs Culpeppers, it's not even close, even leaving out the 2,000+ yards rushing to George's near none.
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George played part of one season for the Vikes - made the Pro Bowl - and was second only to Kurt Warner in adjusted yards per pass.
Another guy who played great for the Vikes and didn't get a chance was Tood Bouman. He came in against the Steelers defense and went 11-for-15 had exactly 200 passing yards and 2 TD's vs 1 INT. The next week, he went 21-for-31 for 348 yards and 4 TD's and was named the NFL offensive player of the week. And back to the bench he went.
Randall Cunningham in '98 was the NFL MVP and threw more TD passes that season than he did in his previous five years in the league combined.
Not saying the Culpepper's numbers in Minny are less than Frerottes, Georges, Boumans, or Cunningham's .... but none of those guys got hyped to the moon. And unlike those guys, DC had an annoying knack of making big mistakes at key points in games. Moss moved all of those guys up.
Brady's numbers have obviously hiked this year - through nine games his completion percentage is 73.2% (9.5% higher than his previous best) his 33 TD passes through just nine games are 5 TD's higher than his previous career top of 28 in a 16 week season.
Stallworth has never had a 1K yard season in six years in the leauge and Welker had only 1 career TD catch coming into this year. But both are young guys - and are probably more talented than any recievers Brady has had except for Deion Branch and Troy Brown. But still, Brady is looking like another Moss moveup.