Lane Kiffin still hasn’t made his decision as to who will start the team’s season opener, but he’s whittled his options to two: Daunte Culpepper and Josh McCown. The latter will start Thursday against Seattle before being relieved by Culpepper.

“We’re still going to evaluate the two of them for the starting job,” Kiffin.

Fantasy owners should probably draft as if Daunte Culpepper is the starter. He has a better prior history as a starter and his laser arm impressed Al Davis enough to pick him up as a free agent. Ultimately, he’s more talented than McCown.

As far as JaMarcus Russell and Andrew Walter go, they’ve been eliminated from the discussion. If either plays at all this season, it will probably be an injury that gives him the starting spot by default. Russell hasn’t been in camp yet because of his contract isssues, but I’m sure Kiffin would rather play him over Walter if it would come down to that.

Until then:

“I’m going to figure that out when (Russell) gets here, and we’re going to go with what we have right now,” Kiffin said last Wednesday. “Like I’ve said before, I’ve got to get this team ready to beat Detroit with who we have right now, and when he gets here, we’ll figure that part out.”

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