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November 15, 2007

Fury like a QB scorned

Sure Josh McCown isn't practicing - again - this time due to a thigh injury, but is there something more behind Lane Kiffin's decision to start Daunte Culpepper this weekend against the Vikings?

As Matt Mosley wrote back in late September prior to Culpepper's big game against the Dolphins :
"According to the Hash research department, scorned quarterbacks are 38-7 in games against their former teams over the past 12 seasons."
Oddly enough, a week after Daunte's 5 TD performance in Miami, Kurt Warner went back to St. Louis and helped the Cardinals beat the Rams 34-31. So make that 40-7, if the initial stat was correct.

It's definitely something worth looking into more. Mr. Mosley? I also wonder how these games turn out when the game is played in the city of the QB's former employer, as happened with the Dolphins, Rams, and with this week's Vikings game.

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