(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
From ESPN's Adam Schefter: Quarterback Daunte Culpepper is on the verge of going from the NFL's Detroit Lions to the UFL's Sacramento Mountain Lions.
Culpepper and the Mountain Lions are putting the finishing touches on a deal that will make him one of the league's marquee names, according to sources familiar with the talks.
Culpepper will be one of the first big-name players to jump from the NFL to the UFL this offseason, according to sources.
Signing with Sacramento will reunite Culpepper with Dennis Green, the Mountain Lions' coach and general manager. The two men worked together in Minnesota and enjoyed some of their greatest professional successes together.
Culpepper's first full season as a starter in the NFL came under Green in 2000, when the quarterback threw for a league-leading 33 touchdowns and rushed for seven more.
The story, of course, does not mention how that season ended. But we have to say: the thought of Denny and Daunte together on a UFL sideline with yawning fans in a one-third full stadium in the background ... well, that's kind of sad. But would we buy a Culpepper Mountain Lions jersey as a novelty? You have to think so, right?
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