November 2, 200620 yr Dolphins' Culpepper could miss the season BY ARMANDO SALGUERO asalguero@miamiherald.com Daunte Culpepper's continued soreness in the patellar tendon of his right knee is increasingly worrisome to the Dolphins, so much so that the team is seriously considering placing the quarterback on the injured reserve list. Putting Culpepper on the injured reserve list would end his season. The Dolphins position on the former starting quarterback has been that he is being evaluated day to day. But that evaluation has suffered at least two setbacks since he was shelved for the Oct. 8 game at New England and began a new rehabilitation program on his surgically repaired knee the week following that game. ''Sometimes he gets some soreness, mostly in his patellar tendon that restricts his mobility a little bit on the field, but when he's well-rested, he's starting to move around a little bit better,'' coach Nick Saban said Wednesday. ``He practiced some last week on the bye week and he's improving but we're kind of taking it day-to-day when it comes to the football side of it in practice.'' In fact, Culpepper has been restricted in practice since he started his rehabilitation and was inactive for Miami's home game against Green Bay. He had served as the third quarterback the two previous weeks against New England and New York. Culpepper also missed much of Wednesday's practice and was wearing a minimum contact jersey today, suggesting he would either get little or no work during drills.
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