Culpepper Makes It To #1

Daunte Culpepper will be Oakland's starting quarterback in the Raiders' preseason game Friday night against St. Louis. Culpepper, who signed with the Raiders as a free agent July 31 after being released by Miami in the offseason, has been taking the majority of reps with Oakland's starters in practice this week but coach Lane Kiffin didn't announce his plans until Wednesday. "I know Daunte's excited about it, I could tell when I told him," Kiffin said. "He's very excited to get a shot so we'll see what happens." Culpepper is the third quarterback to start for the Raiders this preseason. Josh McCown started against Arizona on Aug. 11, while Andrew Walter got the nod against San Francisco last Saturday. McCown will work in relief of Culpepper against the Rams, while Walter is No. 3 on the depth chart. Fantasy Meaning: Culpepper getting the nod this week does not mean that he will be the starting quarterback in the regular season so he is still a very very risky pick in any fantasy league and I advise anyone that you should NOT take any Raiders QB.