After a devastating and chatastropic knee injury last season, Miami Dolphins QB Daunte Culpepper has worked his way back. Not only has he gotten back on the field, he’s actually turning some heads this preseason. There have been questions all along about how the recovery and rehab process would evolve and if he really could get himself back to full strength. After all, he did have triple knee ligament surgery. In the early going, however, Culpepper seems to be answering those questions and appears to be ready to roll.
In the Dolphins’ recent loss to the Panthers, Culpepper went 14 of 19 for 130 yards and also ran twice for 11. He’s surprisingly showing some mobility despite his knee and is throwing the ball extremely well. At the helm of a Dolphin team who won their last six games last season, Culpepper is looking for big things this year, both for himself and the team. I’m starting to re-think my previous fantasy ranking of Culpepper and may bump him up a little bit the way he is playing. He may actually have enough in him to lead Nick Saban’s Dolphins to the playoffs this season.
