The Facts: Culpepper is on the verge of going from the NFL's Detroit Lions to the UFL's Sacramento Mountain Lions. Culpepper and the Mountain Lions are putting the finishing touches on a deal that will make him one of the league's marquee names, according to sources familiar with the talks.
Diehards Line:Signing with Sacramento will reunite Culpepper with Dennis Green, the Mountain Lions' coach and general manager. The two men worked together in Minnesota and enjoyed some of their greatest professional successes together. ... Culpepper spent last season with the Detroit Lions but struggled to find work this offseason. He even showed up at the NFL owners' meetings in Orlando to see if he could find a job.