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Posted on 11/24/2006 5:37:16 PM PST by ajolympian2004
Denver lost to a very good KC team in KC's home stadium, not the easiest place to come out with a win. You'd think Denver lost at home to a lousy team.
Cutler is a good QB and probably the Bronco's long term solution to replacing Elway.
Is he better than Plummer? Not today. The question is how fast you want to groom him and whether you've given up on the season.
This is Denver's second straight loss, and both came from divisional opponents.
These were extremely critical games.
So what? What do you think will happen when this kid has to go against a good defensive coordinator who will blitz him into next year? The schemes they run in college are nothing when compared to the NFL. He thought Florida, Georgia and LSU were fast? Wait until he plays every week against defenses where just about everyone can run.
The AFC West has 3 playoff caliber teams in it who are all really good.
Ask Coach Kevlar, not me.
Denver is still in the playoff hunt. I know what's being reported. My question is: Does Denver want to throw away their season by putting in Cutler?
Putting Cutler in is NOT throwing away the season. Quite the opposite.
With Plummer they are 7-4 and more than likely a playoff team. Shanahan could not possibly go to someone who has never taken an NFL snap this late in the year.
With Plummer the team puts itself in a position to choke if it's behind at some point in the game, as shown Thursday night.
So Plummer makes the whole team choke?
The rest of the team can't do much if Plummer can't get the ball out of his hands.
See: Peyton Manning in a playoff game.
Well in the game the other day, one of the interceptions it was tipped. So that doesn't really count.
Indeed. The point is that Plummer has a history of failing when the team needs him the most. Considering that Denver used to have Mister Fourth Quarter himself, John Elway, that isn't exactly endearing to Plummer's status as starter.
Furthermore, saying that the team's record is proof that Plummer shouldn't be benched, then saying that the team is making Plummer look bad, makes no sense. It's one or the other--either the team is doing well because of Plummer, or it's doing well in spite of Plummer. It can't be both. At this point, it's the latter: Denver's winning games when Plummer isn't being asked to carry the team. Those 7 wins are largely the result of the defense being excellent at preventing opposing touchdowns.
I can't believe you are comparng Plummer to Elway. Give me a break.
I did not compare Plummer to Elway. Quite the opposite: I contrasted them in the most minimal of ways by discussing their relative abilities to carry their teams.
If the rest of the team can win games, but Plummer can't, that is a major problem. The QB is supposed to be responsible for winning games.
Even with Elway they lost Superbowls.
Correct, because the rest of the pieces weren't in place. Dan Marino took the 1984 Dolphins to the Super Bowl and lost, because the team consisted of Dan Marino and... well, no one else who mattered enough to change the outcome. Elway won two Super Bowls when Denver finally installed a competent running game.
Denver's current situation is that they have all of the pieces in place except for a gaping hole at the QB position. Jay Cutler was drafted to fill that hole, and now it seems they're going to stick that piece in.
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