Culpepper available...

[sportscurmudgeon]

A friend tells me that the Vikings want to part company with Duante Culpepper and that they are talking with the Jets and Rams and Raiders. Denny Green just "locked up" Kurt Warner for 3 years - don't ask me why but he did - so Arizona is not a likely landing place for Culpepper.

The Vikes' problem is that the best offer then can get so far for a QB with three torn ligaments in one knee who is obviously not happy in Minnesota and about whom the Vikes are not fully happy either is a third pick this year and a third pick next year. My friend says the Vikes are holding out for a first round pick - - but might settle for a second round pick if it were and early second round pick.

Thought you'd like to know...