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Rumors swirling of Daunte Culpepper being traded or even the ridiculous suggestions of being released to relieve cap expenses are absurd. Sure the handful of games Culpepper played in last year were horrendous, but don’t forget the conditions of change he was facing. He lost a valuable offensive coordinator that is now the St. Louis Rams head coach in Scott Linehan, and lost his main go to guy in Randy Moss. Added to that the Vikings were trying to patch together a running back situation that was comparable to the Arizona Cardinals last season.

It’s now been almost a month since the game the Colts thought they’d be walking away champions from. It turned out that crystal ball had other plans, and escaping past the Steelers in the divisional round wasn’t one of them. Peyton Manning was inoculating the media with his perception of how the game’s ending had nothing to do with him.