Raiders Pick Up Culpepper

[Schneed10]

I think, if healthy, Culpepper can still be a very good QB in this league. But the problem is he's playing behind this Raiders offensive line, in a brand new system, with brand new teammates, for only a one-year deal. Clearly JaMarcus Russell is the future of the team. So Culpepper is stuck keeping the seat warm for him.

I don't like Duante's chances of doing well this year, even if he's fully healthy. He didn't spend any offseason time with his teammates or with the team's playbook. He's coming in to Oakland and has to learn a totally new system. Oakland's WRs are pretty much garbage, and you have to wonder if their running game will be any better. The only thing they have going for them is their defense, but that can't help Culpepper in what amounts to a one-season audition for his NFL future elsewhere.