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Cutler replaces Plummer as Denver QB
AP via ESPN ^ | November 28, 2006 | Unattributed

Posted on 11/28/2006 8:44:57 AM PST by Terpfen

DENVER -- Jay Cutler's been the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback all of one practice and he's already a rattled rookie.

Cutler was playing it cool in his first interview at the podium when fellow rookies Brandon Marshall and Tony Scheffler began heckling him from the side. Cutler tried to keep from laughing and couldn't.

"I'm excited," Cutler said. "And a little nervous."

The Cutler Era has officially started. Coach Mike Shanahan ended the speculation Monday by elevating the rookie to starting quarterback for the rest of the year, sending Jake Plummer to the bench.

"He's our future, he's our present," Shanahan said.

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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
It helps that Cutler is in Shanahan's system, IMO a much better offensive system than Arizona or Tennessee...
41 posted on 11/29/2006 8:13:35 AM PST by rockthecasbah (The shillelagh resides in Heritage Hall)
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To: Terpfen

So what. My thinking is okay knowing that John Madden agrees with me that its a bad move.


42 posted on 11/30/2006 5:16:44 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: marajade

Your thinking was that Plummer wouldn't be replaced. He was.


43 posted on 11/30/2006 5:20:17 PM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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To: Terpfen

I never said he wouldn't. My argument from the get go has been that its stupid.


44 posted on 11/30/2006 5:26:17 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: marajade

Coach Kevlar disagrees. We'll find out Sunday if he's right.


45 posted on 11/30/2006 5:34:32 PM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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