One day after injuring his ankle late in the Broncos’ 23-14 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, quarterback Jay Cutler said he felt “good,” although the injury left his leg “a little bit sore.”
Cutler underwent an MRI examination and post-injury treatment on Monday, and figures he should be ready to practice by the time the Broncos return to the field Wednesday after their day off.
“Everything’s fine. We’ve got a lot of time left. I’ll take it easy these next couple of days. Maybe it’ll be a little sore on Wendesday, but I should still be able to practice and get a full week in.”
Cutler said he injured the play on the Broncos’ next-to-last series, when he was sacked by former Broncos defensive end Reggie Hayward back at the Denver 3-yard-line, forcing the team into third-and-11. Two plays after the injury, Cutler’s downfield pass for Daniel Graham skipped in and out of the tight end’s grasp, effectively ending the Broncos’ comeback hopes.
“As soon as I (was sacked), I knew it was pretty bad,” Cutler said. “In the heat of the moment, there’s some things you can play through and some things you can’t.”
If anything, Cutler was more frustated about the balky sideline-to-quarterback communications apparatii than the injury. The technical snafus forced the Broncos to burn a pair of timeouts in the third quarter, and while Cutler remained composed, his words steamed frustration with the in-helmet radio receiver.
“They’re not the finest contraptions they have out. I don’t know. It gets really loud in some stadiums. At some stadiums they cut in and out. In some stadiums you hear concession people. You never know what’s going to happen with those things. (I’m) serious.”
Fortunately for the Broncos, “serious” does not appear to describe the state of Cutler’s ankle … although Wednesday’s practice will provide futher illumination on the subject.
Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, Jay Cutler
Whew, thats good.
I can totally picture concession people causing havoc with the calls. Hearing a random “2 more bags of fries, ok?” could be a little confusing…
Anyway, thanks Mason, it’s good to know Cutler’s largely ok.
I was worried about that ankle as soon as I saw that he had the injury. It’s good that it’s “not that bad”. But they again, that’s coming from Cutler who has hidden injuries from his coaches in college.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard complaints about the comms system. How pathetic. You’d think the billionaire owners could find someone to build a better system. I mean it’s only their QBs that we’re talking about here! The owners are usually pretty worried about their QBs.
No doubt those stupid headsets and radios cost us huge, because if Jay hears the initial playcall, he doesn’t have to burn the timeout.
But not for the timeouts sake, for the sake of giving the Mastermind’s Braintrust enough time to make one of the worst playcalls in history, a QB sneak with a down and distance of 4th and and long one, with a formation comprised of a FB and a RB set behind Cutler, with no TE’s and 3 WRs.
Quick, can you name the NFL’s leading rusher going into this game?
Hint – he didn’t get a touch on 3rd and 2 or 4th and one with the game on the line.
I wouldnt question mike shannahans play calling unless you have two rings and as many wins as shannahan has i can understand his reasoning on 4th and one he was trying to catch them off guard in that formation so i have no problems with his playcalling think of it like this if daniel ghram would have caught that pass you would be saying what a good play call on that 4th and a mile and travis not having any carries was not because mike didnt want to give him the ball or anything but you have to remember how much time was used on the board on the jacksonville drive and they didnt want to stay behind that long so travis didnt get many carries so as far as that maybe look at it from a differnt point of view before calling shannahan a bad play caller now on short yardage situations i do believe shanahan should have given travis the ball a little more but then again he has two rings and alot of wins so i have no reason to question his reasoning
Wow, it’s been a while since I stopped by old Andrew’s blog. After being reprimanded more than once by Mr. Mason, I just stuck to our infamous letplummerplay.com website. I thought after yesterdays loss and the fact that the Broncos should really be 0-3 right now that some of you would be coming to your senses. Realizing Shanahan maybe made a mistake by deciding to bench a 7-3 Jake Plummer one year after that same Plummer had taken them to the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP….but NO….you still all sit here and think Cutler is the promised one, in fact you go, or Andrew goes so far as to promote the idea that bad headsets caused the problems? WOW! Come on Andrew, you knew Jake, you know Cutler, you know in your heart where the right decision was. ALso, since there are no curse words and no insensitive comments I hope you leave this post up.
For all fans that want to stick with Jake, and what he’s doing, recently married, etc. come over and pay us a visit at LetPlummerPlay.com. We’ve got some wedding photos up from Jake’s wedding!
OOOPS….how could I forget to point out broncosfan1615 who says, “I wouldn’t question mike shanahans decision making unless you have 2 rings.”
HAHHAHAHAHH, did you know Mike named his two rings….He named one John and the other Terrell, because if it weren’t for them, HE”D NEVER HAVE won a ring. WIthout them, he will not win another. Great coaches win with great players, move on, and win with more great players ala Phil Jackson.
Mike road the coat tails of John and Terrel and Pumpkin Pie Jay Cutlers tails aren’t big enough. They can barely carry his losing college record and his now 500 pro record.
OK NOW, BACK TO EARTH K? We loved Jake but honestly I preferred Brian G before him. (having watched them both in college as well as in the pros) I love Cutler now and of the three, Jay has the brightest future. Never mind his obvious poise and blooming skills for a minute… Coach TRUSTS this guy. The option out of the End zone? The questionable but ballsy fourth down yesterday that should have been caught? They’re on the same page. They have a supporting cast… WE HAVE HOPE!! I’m happy.
PS Letplummerplay (yikes) : Elway couldn’t win without Shanny cuz he and Reeves weren’t on the same page… in three tries. They rode on the coattails of a great team playing together. If you love Plummer more than the Broncos than you should have coaxed him over to Tampa where he surely would have won the starting job, had a great coach, great receivers and a very good RB!!! Try not to be a … nevermind
PSS no offense Jake. Loved you at ASU, you should’ve won the Rose Bowl (I was there for that shoeless sock flailing comeback scramble) Hated seeing you beat up in Phx… Loved your play in Denver, wish coach could have turned you loose to beat the steelers one sad Playoff day… I wish you the best. Watch out for stalkers!
I bet a underground communication system would work.
oh my god!!!! Jake Plummer. Are you kidding? Jay Cuttler’s arm strength is much better than Plummer. Jay makes SMART Decisions with the football. Jake constantly screwed up. Jays made mistakes, but he is very young still. What was Jakes Excuse???? He had plenty of talent surrounding him, but was so gun shy from AZ he had multiple flash backs of being sacked, he couldn’t utilize the talent. I was never sold on Plummer coming to Denver. I thought that Shannahan was reaching a bit. Just couldn’t put my hat on anyone else. Brian Greise sucks. He plays with absolutely no heart, He also has a very soft slow delivered pass. Jay will be great. He is an ATHLETE. He is mobile, strong armed, and kinda reminds me of ol number 7 at times. Our offense will be an explosive offense when, shannahan learns what plays to call. Eliminate the BS trick plays. Don’t run Henry on the outside, just between the tackles. Selvin Young can handle the outside. And continue to Trust in Cutler, Marshall, Walker, Stokley. This offense can score quickly. Just gotta call the right plays when there in the end zone. Oh yea, Jay plays with something else Plummer did not posess. CONFIDENCE.. This year I’m afraid fans we’ll have to endure more heart ache then joy. But within two years, mark my words, we’ll be the best Team in the NFL. Maybe as good or better than the PATS. Shannahan is building for the future. He knows he has a lot of young talent. The kind that championships are made of.
broncomania 56….Buiding for the future? In three years Lynch will be gone, Baily and Bly will be near retirement and what does that leave you with Jay Cutler and Shanahan? The future was now. Shanahan made a decision that will follow him the rest of his career. As good as the Pats, wow, that’s as delusional as all these people that keep comparing Cutler to Elway. It’s good some of you watched Jake in college, you know what he did. All those people seem to forget that even with ALL THE TALENT in the world Jay Cutler is 4-4 as a pro. With whatever he had in college, he had a losing record. Why do you all continue to put faith in someone who generated a losing record over 4 years? That’s the reality of the situation. With the talent the Broncos have, Young or Leinart would have had this team in the playoffs last year and not have had them at this terrible start. Put all your eggs in Jay’s basket, it’s sad.
lol wow Bacon Cheeseburger was a play-call for me in high school imagine that
Oh let plummer play, i dont remember Elway doing so hot his first few starts either. oh and look at Jay Cutler’s completion percentage compared to Jake Plummer’s. That says a lot. He’s still new to the game, give him some time.
Leinart would have gotten the team in the playoffs? Is this the same Leinart who is no longer going to start for the Cardinals? You cannot even compare Leinart or Young to Cutler as far as ability. You talk about how “terrible” Cutler was in college with his losing record. Did it occur to you that he had no supporting cast at all? He had no receivers, a terrible offensive line and yet he still managed to lead the SEC in passing. If you put Cutler on that USC team, he would have won 2 Heismans. But that’s what made Shanahan smart. He realized that Cutler had the ability and was able to make things happen with no support, and had to be mobile with no OL. If Arizona was smart, they would have taken Cutler instead of Leinart. He is a much better fit there since they need a QB who can throw from outside the pocket due to poor pass blocking. Unfortunately, Leinart can only throw from the pocket and his arm strength is terrible. What a waste of one of the best receiving duos in football. But I’m not complaining, Denver got the best QB of the draft last year. As long as he grows to eliminate mistakes and feel more comfortable in the pocket, he will easily achieve more than Leinart and Young combined.
LetPlummerPlay – we have seen where your faith led us – the season is young, and we still sit at the top of the West; Overall as a pro doesn’t matter right now. Cutler and the Broncos (it takes all 53 actives every week) are 2-1 this year! Henry is every bit the physical prowess that Terrell Davis was. If our D can learn to stop the run and our O can find the endzone we might turn into the 2005 steelers and play spoiler.
Plummer has retired – get over it.
Go Broncos 2007!!!
LetPlummerPlay:
Okay so you come here to harp on the past. None of your comments express anything other than your own petty grudge against Cutler, which is completely unjustified and childish, and your odd infatuation with Plummer.
I liked Plummer. I still do. He had so much raw potential it was ridiculous. But being a QB isn’t just about potential. It’s about performance and leadership. I watched the 2006 season and I hope you did too.
If not here are some stats for you:
Jake Plummer: 13 INTS / 11 TDs on 317 attempts.
Cutler: 5 INTS / 9 TDs on 137 attempts.
How can you argue? Cutler threw for 4 less TDs on HALF as many attempts. He had a positive TD:INT ratio. And Jake was fumbling the ball pretty consistently.
Sometimes its just time to let go. And trust me I wanted Jake to perform more than anyone, but he just wasn’t. I didn’t turn against him but sometimes you have to make tough decisions and Shanahan made one.
On to another topic:
Does anyone else see massive potential in Selvin Young? Or am I just being silly?
Andrew,
I am new to the board but am a long time, die hard Bronco fan. I can’t decide what I dislike most losing a game or a bye week because I just have to wait that much longer for a shot to redeem ourselves.
I have one question and hope this is the place to ask it. No offense to Daniel Graham because I respect is ability to play TE, but where why did Tony S. not get that call and where has he been this year? He was one of Jay’s primary targets last year and I know he has been hamperd by the foot injury, but I am waiting for him to come along and add the missing piece to the explosive offense that I know we have. Any insight??
Thanks,
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Nice bit of Monday Morning coaching here….easy to do. If Jay makes the play because the defense isn’t expecting it, then it’s a genius call.
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. . . one of the worst playcalls in history, a QB sneak with a down and distance of 4th and and long one, with a formation comprised of a FB and a RB set behind Cutler, with no TE’s and 3 WRs.
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Plummer is gone. He was replaced by the best QB out of last year’s draft. The best coach in the league made the call. Why do so many people think that they can coach in the NFL? Cutler won SEC player of the year in the hardest division in college. He had the least talented team in SEC. Mess is right when he says that if Cutler was at USC he would have won 2 Heismans… he didn’t say though that he would have also won at least 2 national championships. Cutler will get Denver into the playoffs if not the Bowl this year. He has the arm strength of a young Favre or Elway and the pocket presence of Manning easily. Luckily he can scramble to set up the bootleg. There are so many chicken littles after 1 loss that it’s not funny. A loss early in the season is good for the team. Statisticly a team that wins their first 12-14 games loses in the first or second round of the playoffs. Tony S. is sitting with a foot injury. He will be more prevelant in run situations. He is a great blocker, but he can’t be effective yet in YAC if he gets the ball. When you have a TE like Graham, you can afford your other TEs to rest and become 100%. After the Pittsburgh game in week 7 it is all down hill. We WILL win the West. We WILL see New England or Indy in the playoffs and we WILL see the AFC championship AT LEAST. Write that down.
letplummerplay:
I agree …. let plummer play … somewhere else … Jake IMO was a scrub, shanny takes long shots on players sometimes, Jake was one of them. Jake sits in a class with the likes of Rex Grossman (except a SB appearance), Ryan Leaf, Ken Dorsey, Aaron Brooks, Vinny Testaverde, Brooks Bollinger etc. etc. I would rather have Steven Hawking playing QB than Plummer, (at least he could understand ALL the plays) ….
I thought it was very fitting last year to see Jay starting and Plummer as the place holder … I got a lil chuckle out of it every single time …..
Plummer made Tampa Bay a SB contender by not even showing up!!! Seriously ……
…. Good Riddance …..
… May he nor his seed ever leave the state of Idaho ….
Shanahan has three rings. One of them was with San Francisco. Shanahan knows what he is doing.
I love our Broncos but keep in mind that DOOMS day is just around the corner in Indy, on Sunday. I can not forget the spanking we got the last time we were at Paytons place.We left Indy with our tails between our legs. May the force be with us cause we are going to need it. GO BRONCOS!
SHANNY WILL HAVE A GOOD GAME PLAN AGAINST THE COLTS WE WILL
MOVE THE FOOTBALL UP AND DOWN THE FIELD AND SCORE SEVERAL TOUCHDOWNS.AND THE DEFENSE WILL PLAY VERY GOOD AGAINST AVERY GOOD COLTS OFFENSE IM LOOKING FORWARD TO AGREAT GAME
GO BRONCOS !!!!!! LETS HAVE SOME FUN !!1!
GO CUTLER,
I hope you are right.
Hey let Plummer play,
Why dont you start a new web site “let Rex play” he was the NFC play of the mounth last year arround this time. He had lucka few times dose that mean he is better than Vince? You are a Joke who clearly knows nothing about football, and basks yourself in the glory that one player never really had. We all knew Jake was a temp fix at best, and to be honest I am suprised he did as well as he did in Denver… Oh and John Elway looked really bad his first few years, but look were that landed the Broncos!
Might I add Cutler is looking like a top flight QB so far!
LMAO at letplummerplay hahahhahahaha
Jay Cutler has heart!! loads of heart.. he is a man to be respected. i love plummer, but he is over for this season, so focus on what matters, support your team!!
to LETPLUMMERPLAY:
jake has settled down and got married!!!
you should also settle down and get over with it!!!
jake had his years…. and thats enough… he has already passed the peak part of the curve… move on… i feel sorry for you..(wink)
If you can pull up the Vanderbuilt/Tennessee game. In which Vanderbuilt beat TN for the first time in like 25+ years IN TN….. In front of 100,000 fans…… Driving them down the field in the last two minutes. With not a very good offensive line. Only one talented, non-NFL receiver….
Cutler is the best QB from his draft class. He doesn’t seek out the press. He puts it all out on the field. He studies, learns, and loves the game… ARE YOU KIDDING ME Let plummer play??? I *WAS* a staunch supporter of Jake Plummer. I love the guy.. Even when he threw the left handed pass. He was fun to watch and a leader on the field.
But, he was our temporary bubby brister type solution. Time to move on. Cutler is fantastic, tough, incredible arm strength, and a great feel for the game. The only thing that will hold him back is injuries. He is going to improve year after year.. Jake is never coming back.. Get over it.
Shannon (Even a lady knows Plummer was not the permanent answer)
I can’t forget the last time the Broncos were in Indy, I try but I can’t, the way the Colts taunted the Broncos by holding hands and swaying back and forth after they just scored a TD, the Broncos were getting beat real bad on NatL TV. I just hope our Broncos will not let that happen again. If they do not win at least make them work for it. But I still have lots of hope that Broncos will come out with a shocker and put all of the talk of us being a lucky team to rest.
I have no doubt that our team can handle the Colts this weekend; we seem to have the ability to beat them (even with plummer) when it lease mattered; however, when we NEED to beat them, we always end up choking. We’ll beat them this weekend and the way our division is looking, we’ll probably go to the playoffs; that’s where the question mark will lie.
asd
You guys are all out of your minds.First Jake Plummers arm was weak.Second I have bin watching football a long time and we are in for a world of hurt this season.We barly pulled off two victorys.We should have beat the jags,but for the next few weeks we will be getting it handed to us.We needed that victory against the jags to make up for the loses that are to come from Indy ,San diego and pittsburg.In reality we should be 0-6,consider us lucky.The problem lies in our defence . Every team knows it and will explot it . Bad players?NO! The Patriots get it done with who they have,why?Bad defence coaching .the jags drove the ball for 11+min.Our best takler was Champ Baily.Does Al wilson really make that much of a diference?Sorry everyone if Im so – but I just dont see it happening .WE SUCK.
Gooseman:
What’s this talk about the “Pats getting it done with who they have”? What are you saying? That Brusci, Seau, Vrable or Brady, Moss, Maroney are just so-so? You’re an idiot. I expect a written apology after we take it to the Colts. I’m not saying we will win…but it will be a game. Giving up after 3, eh? So be it….go root for the Raiders. BTW…a win is a win – barely or otherwise. About 25% of games where won by 3 points or less last year, and about 50% where decided by 7 or less…does that make the teams that won those games poor? I think not. This is the NFL with salary caps – blowouts are few and far between, and surprises are always around the corner (i.e. Texans, 49′ers, etc.).
Okay goose..so it turns out your not an idiot. I do agree with you that the coaching of the D is our weak point. I also agree that our tackling is sometimes less than stellar (save Bailey of course…he’s da man). It was evident against the Jags, but also evident against the Bills when the rookie RB Lynch seemingly was carried into the end zone by three of our guys. I think it is what hurt us last year, and appears to be a continuation this year. No matter how many points we rack up in the 1st half, the 2nd half is always up for grabs. My question to you, Goose, is this: is this a flaw in the coaching of the D? or a breakdown of fundemantals by our D? And yes….to answer your question, losing Al Wilson did make a difference.
In my opinon its the salery cap.
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Watching Plummer for three years in the stands at Frank Kush Field was about as much as the same as seeing Cutler dance the same way he did the first years. Id prefer Plummer to youth any day. Hes seen it before with a terrible O-line in A.Z. The coping ability is by far on Jakes side.
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