Comments on: A Truly Freaky Friday

By: Donna Read

Donna Read — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:24:37 +0000

I don’t know why you are bashing Shanahan. He gives a QB 3 years to get their act together. Jake didn’t do it and it was obvious he wasn’t interested any more. As far as Jay losing to the 49′s, he is still a baby. You guys will swallow your tongue if Mike and Jay lead us to the Super Bowl! So shut up! Give the boy a chance. Mike is a great coach. Why do we still have a lot of the same guys? Think!!

By: sess44

sess44 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:00:04 +0000

Yes, the Broncos won more games with Plummer under center, but that was also because the defense wasn’t giving up 28 points per game (140 in Cutler’s starts). Plummer simply was not getting it done. The offense was more productive, I don’t understand how anyone can argue with statistics. Plummer’s rating for the year was a dismal 68.8. Cutler’s rating was 88.5 as a rookie. Had he had the proper game starting experience, I am sure that number would have risen. Unfortunately there are a bunch of uneducated fans out there whothink they know everything about football yet know absolutely nothing about a football team. Keep trying to argue that Shanahan did the wrong thing if it makes you feel better and gives you something to do. The fact is is that Cutler was a better quarterback at the time and he got the job done. All you people are going to be the same ones next year saying “Man that kid is awesome! They should have started him all of last year too!”

By: serious1961

serious1961 — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:12:53 +0000

Scoreboard folks, record book facts show that Jake got the job done. The playcalling and offensive player support was weak last year. The media, written press pundits wanted Jake gone because he didn’t give them the sound bite. Jake won the PAC 10 in college, so BroncoFan_In_AZ must have some heat stroke or sand in their eyes. Jake has the single season passing record in Bronco history books to date. Jake has pressure instinct that comes with years of experience, why was he called the snake-good moves. I hate to see him go but he is gone at this time. Good Luck and Many Successes in your future Jake!

Some of the bloggers are in the fog and some are stuck in the snow bank. Jay has a lot of talent. It took Peyton Manning many years to win a Super Bowl. The Colts had to get the other pieces of the team to fire off at the same time with the same intensity. Mike Shanahan and Mr. Bolen are making the coaching and impact player changes that will compliment Jay’s talent and ability. Intensity and commitment by all the players, coaches and staff will make the difference between a winning or losing 2007. My old coach told us we got beat, didn’t loose. We, the fans and the team need to commit to the positive Vince Lombardi attitude of beating everybody we play on every play. The recent signings of impact players and impact coaches are positive and can earn Denver the Lombardi Trophy. We have many of the pieces and now the team needs to be a team and make the fit for winning.

By: sess44

sess44 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:33:32 +0000

I don’t understand how anyone who has watched football at least once in their life can honestly say the Broncos should have kept Jake Plummer in at the end of the year. Jake Plummer is good enough to be a starting quarterback in the league, no doubt about it. However, Cutler is a younger more improved Plummer. He has a stronger arm and he is much more accurate. He moves in the pocket and on bootlegs just as well as Plummer does. The only difference is that once Cutler got some experience he did not do stupid things like throw a left handed pass from his end zone. His quarterback rating was better than Plummer’s, which I think is pretty good considering he was used to running with the second team offense the whole year and did not have the opportunity to work with Walker and Smith much in practice. As far as him calling a timeout when he saw something on the defense he did not like, name me one quarterback who has never called a timeout because they saw something that they did not like and knew the play was not going to work. Can anyone? As far as Plummer being traded for only a 4th or 5th round pick, he is 32 or 33 years old, he probably will only play for another two or three years. Would you be willing to trade anything higher for a guy who is more than likely not even going to finish his contract as a player? Don’t forget that there are decent quarterbacks who have gone later in the draft than that. Brady was a sixth rounder, so was Bruce Gradkowski. Brad Johnson was a ninth rounder, and Trent Green was right around there as well. I am honestly surprised that they were up to a fourth rounder for Plummer seeing as how that is what Steve McNair went for last year when he was dealt to the Ravens.

By: LetPlummerPlay

LetPlummerPlay — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:08:16 +0000

Big Worm, are you out of your mind? Mike Shanahan was NOTHING before John Elway….guess what, Mike Shanahan is NOTHING after John Elway. Between Sundquist, Bolan and Shanahan Denver doesn’t have a CLUE! They are lost in the afterglow of Elway still. It will take a WHOLE shake up to get this team straight again. Fire Sundquist, Fire Shanahan and start all over. Jay Cutler the real deal? Sweetest thing since Elway, wow, what DISRESPECT to your favorite son Elway. Elway was a GIANT, A LEGEND someone who won in the pros and in college….SO far Jay LOST A LOT in college, 4 years he kept his losing record and now in the pros its the same thing, 2 wins, 3 losses…..Same ole thing for Jay.
Mark my words, Jay Cutler will be forgotten just like Griese. So call me out when Jay makes it to the AFC championship, or when he carries a lowly team like the 98 Cardinals into a playoff victory against the almighty 90′s COWBOYS>…. For goodness sake, all CUTLER had to do was beat the 49ers to make the playoffs and HE FAILED miserably! And what do Denver fans do……. THEY BOO HIM when he calls a timeout because the 49er defense CONFUSED the poor boy. Denver fans will hopefully learn a lesson from this disaster. I have never seen a city boo their players so quickly and frequent as the city of Denver, guess that’s why DENVER will never be known as a GREAT sports city….Poor MELO, he ought to get himself traded.

By: big_Worm357

big_Worm357 — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:58:17 +0000

To anyone who doesn’t support Cutler and are Denver fans y’all don’t have a clew man.
this guy is going to be something special mark my words. I haven’t seen something so sweet in our backfield since #7 so i am definetlly stoked on this guy. oh yeah and F*** LetPlummerPlay you dont know what your talking about Shanny is the s*** and is a ftball genius your about as stupid as they come dissing him.

By: big_Worm357

big_Worm357 — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:51:25 +0000

I have to agree with Mike Shanahan pullng Jake last year and starting Cutler knowing it could have taken us to where it did. OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS. Now Cutler comes into this coming season knowing what to expect in the league, no questions at all. he will be ready and as far as plummer goes in my head, I can give two sh*** what he does. just like homeboy rott tamer says he was a stop gap. thanks go to him for the wins (cause he did win more then he lost) and all the great roll out passes he completed, good luck snake. and as far as Bly we’ll see what happens there, i do know one thing his name alone will cause qbs to throw more towoards My Boy CHAMP and we all know how that goes. So hell yeah shanny nice move.

By: bowang

bowang — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:01:24 +0000

Nothing like a lot vibrant fans but let’s call the facts the facts. Jake had a better winning percentage this year then Jay. Jake had a great year last year and brought Denver to the AFC championship. This is a team sport and I think Jake took the brunt of a lot of underperformance. The defensive play calling was conservative, the rushing production was weak, I saw a lot of dropped balls even when Jay was passing. It’s true we have to move and I truely hope Jay is all he’s cracked up to be. I don’t mind eating crow but as of yet he’s an unproven guy with some solid raw skill.

and one last comment to my point about trying to win everygame. I expect we are trying to win every game. If that’s not the goal then why play?

By: elviselway

elviselway — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:03:12 +0000

to the guy saying Rod Smith and Ed Mcaffrey “struggled to get open” all the time? are you high or retarded? Maybe youve forgotten the 100 catch years they both had, or when Smith was pretty much the only offense we had one year even on two bad ankles. Please tell me youre 16 yrs old and dont remember those days, because while Rod isnt the force he used to be, he’s still an excellent reciever

By: LetPlummerPlay

LetPlummerPlay — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:16:30 +0000

There were many OTHER offers beyond the Tampa Bay one. That’s the one MIKE decided to entertain for a number of reasons…ONE he was trying to ship Jake out of the AFC. Two, he did not want to give Kubiak to Jake, not matter what conference Kubiak was in. THREE he simply did not respect Jake as a player or a person. All MIKE had to do was cut Jake, that’s what Jake asked for, to be CUT. Therefore he could go out and shop himself, he would have ended up on the Raiders or the Texans…and one thing MIKE would not allow was for Jake to come back and shove the mistake Shanahan made in his face. God how sweet it would have been to see Jake come back into Denver and knock them out of the playoffs. In any event, MIKE is next, don’t worry. 2 or 3 more years with no super bowl appearence and it will be clear to Denver management that it was a guy named John Elway w/ MAJOR help from a guy named Terrell Davis that won Denver superbowls, not MIKE SHANAHAN…..