Thanks to Dolphins’ decision for today’s Saints and Brees

During the NFL scouting combine in February 2006, the former Miami Dolphins Coach Nick Saban made a decision to sign free agent quarterback Daunte Culpepper rather than Drew Brees. Four years later to Feb. 7, Brees will come to in the home of Dolphins to pursue the Super Bowl title in New Orleans Saints jersey.

Brees just came off a surgery to his throwing shoulder after an injury in the San Diego Chargers’ season finale, and he was hoping to join the Dolphins at that time. Well, after two hours of weighing and consult with renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews, who had performed surgeries on Brees and Culpepper, Saban chose the latter, who came off a triple-ligament knee repair from the middle of the 2005 season with the Minnesota Vikings.

While Brees has become a star representing a Super Bowl team, Culpepper is now the symbol of someone hanging on, having just finished his second season as a backup for the hapless Detroit Lions. While the Saints are 38-26 in the regular season and 3-1 in the playoffs, reaching the Super Bowl this season and the 2006 NFC championship game since Brees’ arrival, the Dolphins have gone 25-39, making the playoffs only once since Culpepper joined them. And the Dolphins kept making wrong choices, starting seven different quarterbacks, hiring three head coaches, two general managers and having two different owners.