I love Plummer … although I could have done without the leftie toss

was never really ready for the cutler saga to take place and thought shanny pulled the trigger on jake to early….
Jake was probly my favorite player for us other than TD and Elway or the past decade….just loved his passion and everything…..
The boot leg deep bomb he always threw to Lelie was awesome…

But yes the leftie throw was classic

Not at all.

He’s right on with his points too. Shanny cut the cord on him way too early.

in Stefan Fatsis’ book A FEW SECONDS OF PANIC wherein Jake says (after being benched for the boy wonder in 2006 because Jake didn’t meet 100% of off-season workouts – not to mention an incredibly awful game against the Chiefs… on Thanksgiving… on psuedo-national TV — The inlaws still don’t have freakin’ NFL Network): “Mike Shannahan can kiss my f-king a$$ for being pissed at that. You can quote that. I made eighty-five percent of my workouts and he’s still mad about it… Give me a break. That’s the dumbest f-king thing on earth.” (Page 316-7)

In retrospect, Plummer was the freakin’ man. Best QB the Broncos have had in 10 years.

J

not just in football, but all around all of us, there’s fake people talkin nothin – here’s to a guy who tells it like it is when he’s asked. He won three quarters of his starts. Good to see he still cares about this team as we do.

(If I could grow one…) Anyway, I love the dude and he’s always welcome at my handball games (if I ever have handball games…)

“(If I could grow one…) Anyway, I love the dude and he’s always welcome at my handball games (if I ever have handball games…)”

AWESOME. You are my new favorite poster. I’m rockin the ‘stache, which is about the best I can do, lol. In retrospect, Jake was frickin’ awesome. The guy won 75% of his games for us. He helped us beat NE. That was huge. Oh, and the Bailey interception. I still get chills just thinking about it. I said aloud to those standing around me at the bar: “ya know, if Brady tries that again he’s toast.” And THEN……………………………………….
It was awesome. Anyways, The Snake. So yea, the guy didn’t exactly have a laser-rocket arm, but he did well with what he had. He could bootleg like a motherfu**er. To this day, that is still probably my favorite play in football.

“The boot leg deep bomb he always threw to Lelie was awesome”

 YES. Especially in Madden. Lelie (at that point) was unstoppable. Those were the good old days for us is Madden. I hear their lead design guy (at EA) is a Raiders fan. Go figure. Maybe that’s the reason why we always get hosed. WEll, crow tastes in the winter, so I also hear.

So I hear..SO I HEAR. 13-3 baby!! I’m officially on the bus.

He could be frustrating to watch at times but what QB doesn’t have his bad days. The guy won more games than he lost, and I always liked his attitude, drive, and leadership qualities. The few things that I always felt cutler lacked.

I have not read that book but will certainly add it to my list of must reads!

I thought Shanny was right on for getting Cutler and then inserting him when he did.

After ‘06 it was crystal clear that Plummer had topped out in Shanahan’s system. He was as good as he was ever going to get, which wasn’t enough versus the Steelers that year. Then, the next season, with Cutler on the bench, Jake pretty much imploded.

I got no problem with Shanny’s decision to bench Jake for Cutler. The whole problem with the Broncos since then has been defense and he did himself and the team in with his lack of direction on that side of the ball. Just 7 months ago, if a poll was taken, 90+% of us would’ve agreed that with only a mediocre defense, the Broncos would’ve been in the playoffs and a legit threat to do some damage.

Jay Cutler is a guy that if you were with him in a bar and got into a fight, he’d cower off in the corner. He’s the guy that would say “no way man, I didn’t have nothin to do with it”.

Jake would get in the action and punch a guy because he’s loyal to me if I’m loyal to him.

Jake Plummer was ALWAYS a standup guy for Shanahan and the Broncos. He never once had something bad to say about the team or the fans. He loves Denver still and I like to think he’s still a Bronco fan in his heart. There’s been too many instances that I’ve heard about Shanahan really sucking the fun and joy out of playing the game. It’s one thing to be driven, but when you’re practically insulting your players and their intelligence…that’s crossing the line.

I don’t hold anything Jake did against him. He was put in a really crappy spot to begin with. Cutler was the obvious successor to the throne, but to have your coach pretty much openly admit to liking one over another is garbage. I bet if Jake had more job security in the year, he would have done just fine before the benching and after it. Not much changed between 05 and 06, except Jay Cutler.