Jay Cutler Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week
by John Bena on Nov 11, 2008 5:18 PM MST
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PrintDenver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler will be named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for games played during the 10th week (Nov. 6-10) of the 2008 season, the National Football League informed the Broncos on Tuesday.
Cutler's selection as AFC Offensive Player of the Week is the first such award of his three-year NFL career. It marks his second league-issued honor this season-He was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September.
During the Broncos' 34-30 win at Cleveland on Thursday night, Cutler tied for the third-highest single-game passing yardage total (447) in Denver history and registered his fifth-career fourth-quarter comeback. He helped Denver overcome a 23-13 deficit in the fourth quarter and finished the game completing 24-of-42 passes for 447 yards with three touchdowns and one interception for a 107.9 passer rating.
Cutler, who accounted for 476 yards of offense (447 pass, 29 rush) against Cleveland, also helped the Broncos tie for their second-highest single-game yardage total (564) in club history.
In nine games this season, Cutler has totaled an AFC-best 2,616 passing yards that rank third in the NFL. His five 300-yard passing games this year tie Denver's single-season franchise record and lead his conference while tying for second in the league.
Cutler is the second Bronco to be named AFC Offensive Player of the Week this year with wide receiver Brandon Marshall earning that honor for his Week 2 performance against San Diego. He is the first Denver quarterback to receive the award since 2005 (Jake Plummer, Week 8 vs. Philadelphia).
His selection marks the 43rd time a Broncos player has received AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors since the award was initiated by the NFL in 1984.
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Well it will be nice when Jay and company get some post seasons honors also
Well deserved though.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
I wonder....how many of those 43 times consisted of Elway or TD?
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
I say
80% would have been Elway
somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong
by broncfanstuckinsd on Nov 11, 2008 7:24 PM MST up reply actions
congrats to Jay
What about Eddie—did no-one vote for him—rookie if the week?
The best defense is a good defense!
And last week's young players. Yes!
Not closed yet
I don’t think the Fed X Air player of the Week (or whatever it is called) or the Rookie of the week has been decided. This is an NFL award as opposed to a commercial (Fed X, Tidy Bowl, etc. award) Congrats to Jay!
It all starts in the trenches HT 11/11/08
Congrats to Jay Cutler
He should take his O-line and Tony Scheffler out to a steak dinner . . .
Never argue with a fool, lest you take on his appearance. - my daddy
Totally well deserved and Congrats to Jay
This was also his 5th 4th quarter comeback victory which make it even better.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 5
Drop the 'ints' and he may be the beat in the NFL.
The best defense is a good defense!
And last week's young players. Yes!
Amazing!
I wathced the game, and all I heard about was Quinn! You’d have thought there were no other QB’s in that game!
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
I thought Quinn played for both teams?
No? When did the other guy get in? Wait a minute, what? Quinn lost? I thought he threw 7 touchdowns and ran for 3 more? And played defense and got 3 picks? I could have sworn I read that somewhere from Paul Zimmerman. Hmm.
It was once said that a million monkeys typing at a million computers could reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the internet, we know that is not true.
I voted many times for Royal for 'Rookie fo the Week'
I hope you guys did also………….
The best defense is a good defense!
And last week's young players. Yes!
I'm on 457
and hoping it counts each vote as a new one.
It was once said that a million monkeys typing at a million computers could reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the internet, we know that is not true.
this was a no-brainer
they should have just given it to him after the game on thursday night
hear me, perpetrators of bread crime, your punishment is at hand.
taste my blintzkrieg!
Cutler on his way.
This is the year we all expected him to start getting notice as one of the best young QBs. In just his third year, he is on pace for setting the team record for TD passes in a season, Yards passing in a Season, 300 yard games in a season, and he just led his team to the second most yards ever gained in a single game by a Broncos team.
Pretty damn good, I would say. What is scary is that we know he is just getting started. We know that due to young QB growth pains, he did not play well in four of nine games this year so far. Think of what he will be once he learns how to manage what defenses give him. He will be unstoppable (as long as the line continues to block like they have of course). And think of what will happen when we get our run game back.
Jay has already earned the right to be considered one of the best QBs in the game today. Soon he will prove he is clearly the best in the game. And what is really exciting for Bronco fans is that he has the potential to be an all-time great.
I literally got shivers down my spine
reading this.
So true.
Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.
by Jeremy Bolander on Nov 12, 2008 12:53 AM MST up reply actions
Its Only Going to Get Better
And to think I had someone trying to tell me 48 hours ago Jay was a flop and Plummer should still be the QB.
No, I’m serious. That’s what he was trying to tell me. The leading passer in the AFC doesn’t deserve his job. Now I’ve heard it all.
It must have been LetPlummerPlay
I wonder whatever happened tohim? or samparnell?
It all starts in the trenches HT 11/11/08
Hopefully he doesn't show up here!
What a jacka$$!
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"I love your analysis of our team. Its kinda like watching a spider monkey trying to figure out a jar of peanuts.. you know whats going on.. you know whats in there, but to actually figure it out, is just a bit beyond your mental skills..."
- Bronco Dano
by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 12, 2008 10:28 AM MST up reply actions
Wow
Sounds like someone is a couple cans short of a six-pack.
Don’t get me wrong, I liked Plummer, but letting him go was the right move. It was as good as it was going to get with him. Cutler is leaps and bounds better.
LPP…yeah…what a character.
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