Bucs considering Culpepper

The St Petersburg Times reports that the Tampa Bay Bucaneers are considering signing Daunte Culpepper to backup Jeff Garcia. Checkout the story here.

Camp Notes: Day 15

• Don't read too much into Josh McCown's stat at QB on Saturday. Daunte Culpepper has been peppering receivers in camp since signing his 1-year deal with the Raiders.

• Not that Raider fans should get too excited about the preseason anyway, but the offense has a way to go, before you can call it a cohesive unit.

• The one offensive bright spot in camp continues to be TE Zach Miller

• JaMarcus Russell has reportedly purchased a home in the Oakland Hills, but he won't be moving in until his deal with the Raiders is done.

• Derrick Burgess will not play in Saturday's game against the Arizona Cardinals. The Pro-Bowl defender returned to practice this week, but the Raiders don't want to rush him into live action. They would prefer to give his surgically repaired hernia more time to heal.

• CB Stanford Routt injured his right knee on Thursday, allowing Chris Carr to pick up some reps at nickle back.


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Camp Musings - Day 7

• Lane Kiffin continues to impress when it comes to dealing with the media. He’s as cool as a cucumber in front of the press. His responses are forthright and to the point. No beating around the bush, or dodging questions.

• As for Kiffin on the field, preparation and fundamentals continue to be the focus of his workouts.

• Continuing a storied tradition of innovation, the Raiders have invited kicker Li Chaoran of China to training camp for a week. With the league always looking to expand and China being the country with the largest population in the world, it was only a matter of time before some figured out to start marketing the game by inviting a national to camp.

• On the national theme, the Raiders have Alfredo Flores of Mexico and Larry Lishey of Sweden in camp as guest coaches. Both promote football in the coaching ranks abroad.

• RB ReShard Lee was waived after injuring a knee earlier in the week.

• Daunte Culpepper showed no signs of the injury that hampered him last season in the afternoon practice. Culpepper hit Will Buchanon for a 50-yard TD pass.

• Practices are being spaced out farther than last year, which has received rave reviews from players. Down time between practices has given the team more down time to recover.

• Al Davis’ proposal to create a quarterback award in honor of Bill Walsh was timely and yet another reminder of Davis’ brand of loyalty. Davis and Walsh maintained a friendship that sadly ended on Monday with Walsh’s passing. Too bad for Walsh that his own team couldn’t think up the idea on their own.

Raiders sign Culpepper

CBS5 reports that the Raiders have signed Free agent quarterback Daunte Culpepper to a one-year deal. The former Minnesota Viking and Miami Dolphin QB conducted a private workout for the Raiders in Florida, before flying out to Alameda on Tuesday for a full work out.

Financial terms of the deal are unknown. Culpepper's signing was motivated by the Raiders inability to sign 1st round draft pick JaMarcus Russell, who remains a holdout.

"We are very excited to have Daunte, and add him to the mix and see if he can help us," Coach Kiffin said. "We think that he adds definite competition."

Culpepper was released by Miami in June after they acquired former Kansas City Chiefs QB Trent Green. Miami tried to deal Culpepper, but they found no takers.

The signing gives the Raiders some new found depth at quarterback, although Culpepper wasn't exactly evasive in the pocket for Miami last season. Mirroring Andrew Walters woes, Culpepper was sacked 21 times in the first 4 games for the Dolphins.

Offensive line coach Tom Cable will have his work cut out for him, given the immobility of the Raiders QBs.