Two star quarterbacks found new homes Tuesday.

Daunte Culpepper wound up in Miami, and Drew Brees landed in New Orleans.

Brees, who had been considering Miami and New Orleans, agreed to a six-year deal with the Saints shortly after the Vikings traded Culpepper to the Dolphins for a second-round pick. However, Brees’ agent, Tom Condon, said his client had been leaning toward the Saints in the last two days.

Not only did that take the two experienced QBs off the market, but it raised another question: Does New Orleans dangle the second pick in the draft for teams seeking Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart? Aaron Brooks, the Saints’ starting quarterback for the past five years, is likely to be released, adding another quarterback who still has some value to the market.

Both Culpepper and Brees are coming off major injuries.

Brees, a standout for the Chargers the last two seasons, injured his throwing shoulder in the team’s final game and underwent surgery.

He has said he expected four or five months of recovery, but said he didn’t anticipate any long-term effects.

The Saints will pay him $60 million over six years, $10 million guaranteed.

Culpepper threw just six touchdowns and had 12 interceptions last season, playing just seven games before he tore three ligaments in his knee. The Dolphins declined to confirm the deal, although the Vikings announced it.

“Anything we do is contingent on a player passing a medical exam,” Miami spokesman Harvey Greene said.

Miami released last year’s starter, Gus Frerotte, who would have cost the team $4.38 million against the salary cap.

Another veteran quarterback, Jon Kitna, is going to Detroit, according to his agent, Michael Moye. Kitna backed up Carson Palmer in Cincinnati for two years after being voted the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2003, his first season with the Bengals and his only one as a starter with them.