Daunte Culpepper News Archives

NFL parity has disappeared in a sea of disparity this season. Three NFL teams are spotless and three are winless.

Here's a fill-in-the-blank Halloween quiz: the Detroit Lions have scored twice as many points this season as the _ _ . If your answer is the St.

If the Detroit Lions need to resort to their backup quarterback, will it be Daunte Culpepper or Drew Stanton, middle, lining up under center? Here are today's Lions links: Is Stanton Lions' backup quarterback? Peter King's common denominators among five bad NFL teams Offensive line needs some help? No kid-ding Lions coaches to DBs: Limit mistake ...

Matthew Stafford took part in the early part of Detroit Lions practice Tuesday as he continues to recover from a knee injury.

Booth Newspapers ALLEN PARK -- Clearly, there is nothing wrong with his arm. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford did not practice Thursday due to his injured right knee, but he looked pretty comfortable throwing the ball.

Jim Schwartz is head-on with the first must-win crisis in his brief tenure as head coach of the Lions.

That's more like it, Packers. Your 31-3 broasting of the Browns, and the way you did it, was a lot better than the performance you provided against the lowly Lions.

Daunte Culpepper left Sunday's game against the Packers with an injured hamstring.

When: Noon Sunday. Where: Lambeau Field. TV: Fox. Radio: AM-620. Tickets: Sold out.

There's no good news this week. As Lions head coach Jim Schwartz said, "You'll have a hard time finding the silver lining in this one." Wait, check that.

Allen Park -- Injuries have hit the Lions worse than most teams around the NFL. It's gotten so bad that it's becoming hard just to find enough bodies for practice.

Don't mean to play the role of the Grim Reaper folks, particularly after spending my Sunday afternoon watching the Green Bay Packers rough up the Wilson Middle School Raiders ... err ... Detroit Lions.

Of all the big plays Clay Matthews III made Sunday, one in particular stood out to first-year Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers.

During a bye week that followed a widely-viewed primetime loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the Packers had a chance to get well from a standpoint of injuries.

Call me Dr. Doctor this morning, and the doctor is in -- with an evaluation and prognosis on the health and future of Matthew Stafford.

Quarterback Daunte Culpepper left early in the third quarter -- after scrambling on a play -- with what he called a slight hamstring pull.

Allen Park -- Green Bay had a bye week to prepare for Detroit. Detroit had a game against the defending Super Bowl champs.

Green Bay intercepted a Culpepper pass and then drove for another score. John Kuhn's 1-yard catch makes it 14-0 G.B., now at the start of the 2nd quarter.

Losing a road game to the Green Bay Packers is nothing new to the Detroit Lions - they've been doing that since 1992.

Allen Park -- His 2009 debut didn't end well. But veteran Daunte Culpepper figures to get another chance to start -- and prove he's not finished as a No.

Dick LeBeau got a tad defensive Thursday. And the subject which brought out a side that LeBeau rarely shows: whether the Steelers have been too passive during the fourth quarter of games.

When the Lions go on the road to play the Green Bay Packers, it's like skiing up the Swiss Alps -- on rollerblades.

If there ever were a time for Dom Capers to ratchet up his blitz attack, Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions would seem to be it.

I must admit the Detroit Lions are playing better football than a year ago. But that's like saying 'Night of the Ghouls,' Ed Wood's follow-up to 'Plan 9 from Outer Space,' was a superior film.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford #9 of the Detroit Lions drops back to pass the football against the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field on August 15, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.

It's a sellout. But how much of a home-field advantage will it really be for the Lions on Sunday, as Steeler Nation invades Ford Field, the site of Pittsburgh's Super Bowl XL triumph in February 2006.

Coach Jim Schwartz reiterated Monday that rookie Matthew Stafford is the Lions' starting quarterback.

Lions coach Jim Schwartz has put a fresh entry into the bland lexicon of coach-speak. A couple hours in advance of releasing the official injury report for Sunday's game against the Steelers, Schwartz gave the media an update on the condition of rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford's right knee.

With injured starter Matthew Stafford on the sideline during the Detroit Lions' 28-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, it's natural to wonder if the rookie would have done better than Daunte Culpepper.

First quarter Pittsburgh's defense hadn't allowed a point in the first quarter all season.

Daunte Culpepper will start at quarterback for the Lions today against Pittsburgh.

Detroit Julian Peterson might have wanted to launch into a tirade on the NFL's treatment of quarterbacks as endangered species and how the 'Brady Rules' are ruining life for defensive players.

Ben Roethlisberger had a season-high three touchdowns passes and the Pittsburgh Steelers held on to beat the Detroit Lions 28-20 Sunday, winning two straight for the first time this season.

Courtesy of a knee injury, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford will sit out Sundaya TMs game against the Pittsburgh Steelers ; Daunte Culpepper will take his place.

Where a well-heeled representative of the "haves" section of the National Football League - either traditionally or just recently - meets a lowly member of the league's less-exclusive "have nots" club.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert A look at the NFC North's abbreviated Friday injury list: Detroit Lions: The Lions listed quarterback Matthew Stafford as questionable because he participated in a portion of practice, but there seems to be little chance that he will start Sunday against Pittsburgh.

Detroit linebacker Larry Foote said he has nothing but respect for his former employer and teammates.

Lions coach Jim Schwartz says Matthew Stafford is day to day with a knee injury.

It was over when ... Bears RB Matt Forte 's 61-yard run in the first quarter set up the Bears' first touchdown.

The five quarterbacks selected in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft are collectively regarded as busts.

For starters, there's no Joe Namath to follow in Motown, and the Lions can barely call themselves a franchise after Matt Millen ran them into the ground.