Good News from Dolphin’s Mini-Camp

Len Pasquarelli writes on ESPN.com that although Miami Dolphin’s qb Daunte Culpepper’s status for the opening game against the World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers is still uncertain he is making huge strides in his recovery.

“Not yet eight full months into his recovery from extensive surgery to mend the anterior cruciate, posterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments of his right knee, Culpepper is carrying himself remarkably well during the Miami Dolphins' offseason workouts and, blessedly, can get to the bathroom on his own now.”

Pasquarelli also says that the talk of newly acquired quarterback Joey Harrington starting the season in place of an injured Culpepper is beginning to die down as well.


“How close is Culpepper to being fully rehabilitated? Well, no one here, at least publicly, attaches any kind of percentage to his current status, but 80-90 percent would be a viable guesstimate. And the rhetoric about how he might not be fully functional for the Sept. 7 prime-time season opener at Pittsburgh, and how the "other" veteran quarterback acquired during the offseason, Joey Harrington, might have to start, seems to diminish every time Culpepper walks onto the field.”

I have to admit that I was not initially excited about the Dolphins trading for Culpepper because of the injury but the more I hear the more I can’t wait for September 7th.

"For the most part, physically, I feel great. I'm coming along, moving along. It's a day-by-day process, and it's a lot of work. But I'm just glad to be able to go out, go through the practice and not have any setbacks so far. I feel pretty good."
Daunte Culpepper