In Super Bowl XLI, the world got divided. In their opinion, the Chicago Bears were defeated by the Indianapolis Colts. While half of the people went crazy over Peyton Manning having his first Super Bowl victory, the other half (mostly Chicago fans) hated the match because of the rain, turning it into a sloppy one! Most of the people detested Bear’s QB Rex Grossman’s performance, so much so that they threw an interception that ultimately sealed the game.
Though he played for nearly six seasons for the Bears, Grossman has only near about sixteen full games to his credit. Many people referred to him as Rex Glassman since he had severe durability issues. He could not hold himself together when the Bears took the decision to move on from their 1st round project. After the Texans signed him, Grossman moved to Washington.
Daunte Culpepper
What is the recurring word that you constantly hear while following the NFL quarterbacks? ‘A player has been injured!’ Injury is the most common theme in the lives of the players and has the capability to ruin someone’s career! While some players are able to get themselves back on the field after a gap, others might not be that lucky. Culpepper had the share of both sides of the extremes. He lost his mojo after experiencing a devastating knee injury.
In the 1999 NFL Draft, the UCF quarterbacks were taken by the Vikings with the eleventh pick. Culpepper, during his time as a Viking, made a record-breaking career by overthrowing the great Randy Moss.
He Almost Crumbled
His career had such an uplift at this time that he became a cover athlete for Madden 2002. But as the saying goes, Madden cover invariably comes with a Madden curse, and Culpepper’s performance had a severe downfall during the 2002 season. Once more, during the 2005 season, he failed to make a mark with his performance when his knee had to bear the brunt of one of the worst injuries in the history of the NFL! Due to a tackle by Chris Gamble, Culpepper’s knee bone almost crumbled to dust, and this naturally forced QB to miss out on the rest of the season. However, after this destructive injury, he has struggled to maintain his form and could never perform in more than six matches in a season.
Not only did he have to face numerous injuries, but there was also much opposition from the authorities side as well for Culpepper. As a last resort, he tried to claw back into the game by signing with the Sacramento Mountain Lions of UFL. Though he tried his best, this could not give him his prior place, and no NFL team offered to take him again. Culpepper’s life after retirement was not easy either. He lost one of his grand mansions, located in South Florida, in a foreclosure agreement and also had to do away with his eponymous restaurant in Florida.
Time For Business
He spent his time on the field mostly as a backup and a mentor and spent 3 out of 4 seasons like this as a Redskin. However, Kirk Cousins and Robert Griffin III were helped to a great extent due to this. Since the world does not find Grossman anymore on the field throwing the ball downfield to whoever is ready to take it from him, he spends his time nowadays in the business world.
The Florida Medical Staffing is a foundation that he founded, and it helps to assist nurses in Florida who wish to get employment there. It has not been in the news yet about how he has fared in this field so far, but sources say that the foundation has found quite some success. However, the nurses should not get intercepted on the way to their new jobs.
Brady Quinn
Quinn is considered as one of the most hyped quarterbacks coming out of the college. While the NFL is famous for never letting a player play for long, he is somebody whose career never got off the ground. He left Notre Dame after playing as one of the school’s most decorated players and then, in 2007, went on to the Cleveland Browns, who selected the polished and new him with the twenty-second overall pick.
However, Quinn’s time with the Browns did not last long. He played for only three last seasons quarterbacking and then shifted to four other teams. For a seven-year-long career, he never played for more than 9 games in one season. In fact, his interceptions were better than his touchdowns; he only had twelve touchdowns, which is a lot less compared to his seventeen interceptions. If looked at carefully, it can be said that Quinn’s success rate at the professional level was a stark difference from that at his college level.