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 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - In his first trip back to the stadium where he tore three knee ligaments a year ago, Daunte Culpepper immediately sought out the man who leveled the hit that changed his career.
"I walked up to Chris Gamble and I told him, 'Thank you,'" said Culpepper after his new team, the Miami Dolphins, lost to the Carolina Panthers 19-10 on Thursday. "If he hadn't hit me like that, I probably wouldn't be here right now. I was very excited to come back to the city of Charlotte and I was glad to go out and show people it really isn't an issue."
Culpepper looked sharp less than 10 months after the devastating injury and five months after his trade from Minnesota. He completed 14 of 19 passes for 130 yards in one half of work, but the Dolphins (1-2) couldn't get into the end zone in the first half.
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