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POSTED 9:27 a.m. EDT, June 6, 2007
CULPEPPER DOESN'T WANT TO BE TRADED
Jeff Darlington of the Miami Herald reports that the Miami Dolphins have informed quarterback Daunte Culpepper that he no longer is in the team's plans, and that the franchise will attempt to trade him.
The report confirms Adam Schefter's Tuesday night tidbit that Culpepper is indeed "one and done" in Miami.
But there's a catch. Culpepper doesn't want to be traded.
'They would like to trade me in order to 'get something for me,'" Culpepper said in a Wednesday morning e-mail, which at least was sent to the Herald and might have gone to other members of the South Florida media. "However, it is my position that I have already been down that road and I am not interested in being traded.
"They have told me throughout the off-season that I am under contract to the Dolphins. Therefore, it will be up to them to either keep me under contract or release me. In the meantime, I will continue to work out at the facility with the team and prepare myself for training camp, wherever it may be.''
Culpepper is due to make a salary of $5.5 million in 2007; thus, any trade would require a willingness on his part to accept less money. Since he has said he doesn't wish to be traded (and given that he still acts as his own agent), Culpepper's desire not to be dealt means that he most likely won't be -- unless someone is willing to buy his contract as it currently is written, with future salaries of $6 million in 2008, $6 million in 2009, $7 million in 2010, $8 million in 2011, $9 million in 2012, and $10 million in 2013.
We'd be shocked if anyone would be willing to take on that type of a deal for a player whose career is clearly at a crossroads.
The more likely reality is that the Fins will cut Culpepper, soon. He was cleared to return to practice on Tuesday, which means that, if he's cut, the team will be able to argue that it's not on the hook for $250,000 in 2007 salary due to the lingering effects of last season's knee problems. The downside is that, if he re-injures his knee, the Fins could be looking at an injury settlement of up to $5.5 million.
With a full-squad minicamp scheduled for the weekend, the wisest move would be to cut him before he sets foot (or knee) on the practice field.
CULPEPPER DOESN'T WANT TO BE TRADED
Jeff Darlington of the Miami Herald reports that the Miami Dolphins have informed quarterback Daunte Culpepper that he no longer is in the team's plans, and that the franchise will attempt to trade him.
The report confirms Adam Schefter's Tuesday night tidbit that Culpepper is indeed "one and done" in Miami.
But there's a catch. Culpepper doesn't want to be traded.
'They would like to trade me in order to 'get something for me,'" Culpepper said in a Wednesday morning e-mail, which at least was sent to the Herald and might have gone to other members of the South Florida media. "However, it is my position that I have already been down that road and I am not interested in being traded.
"They have told me throughout the off-season that I am under contract to the Dolphins. Therefore, it will be up to them to either keep me under contract or release me. In the meantime, I will continue to work out at the facility with the team and prepare myself for training camp, wherever it may be.''
Culpepper is due to make a salary of $5.5 million in 2007; thus, any trade would require a willingness on his part to accept less money. Since he has said he doesn't wish to be traded (and given that he still acts as his own agent), Culpepper's desire not to be dealt means that he most likely won't be -- unless someone is willing to buy his contract as it currently is written, with future salaries of $6 million in 2008, $6 million in 2009, $7 million in 2010, $8 million in 2011, $9 million in 2012, and $10 million in 2013.
We'd be shocked if anyone would be willing to take on that type of a deal for a player whose career is clearly at a crossroads.
The more likely reality is that the Fins will cut Culpepper, soon. He was cleared to return to practice on Tuesday, which means that, if he's cut, the team will be able to argue that it's not on the hook for $250,000 in 2007 salary due to the lingering effects of last season's knee problems. The downside is that, if he re-injures his knee, the Fins could be looking at an injury settlement of up to $5.5 million.
With a full-squad minicamp scheduled for the weekend, the wisest move would be to cut him before he sets foot (or knee) on the practice field.
