Rough Road For Plummer [Denver Broncos]

SI ^ | 05/24/06 | Damian Strohmeyer

[WestCoastGal]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer on Wednesday said he did cut someone off while driving last month, but denied kicking and then backing up into another motorist's vehicle in a road rage incident.

[WestCoastGal]

Hmmm..Honda Element.....

Those have to be the ugliest things I've ever seen! Having it dented could make you mad I guess.

[Cyclopean Squid]

I wonder if the guy he cut off was Jay Cutler.

[WestCoastGal]

I don't see a name.

Here is what Jake said....

"I accidentally cut this person off. I admit that. And I was on my cell phone, which I'm embarrassed to admit that while I was driving, and cut a guy off," Plummer said. "I waved in my rear-view mirror and even said sorry while I was talking."

[babble-on]

I think Plummer will be plumb cut by Cutler.

[mainepatsfan]

He said he was sorry so it couldn't have been Cutler.

[A.A. Cunningham]

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Jake Plummer was cited by police at his Cherry Hills Village home.

Plummer ticketed in road rage allegation

By Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News
May 24, 2006

Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer was ticketed for destruction of property for an alleged road-rage confrontation with another motorist last month, Englewood police said Tuesday.

"It was unsportsmanlike conduct," said the alleged victim, Doug Stone, of the quarterback's behavior on April 20.

"I know he's under a lot of pressure, and he just has a lot of competition now," said Stone, referring to first-round draft pick Jay Cutler, the Vanderbilt quarterback selected two days after the alleged incident.

Englewood police issued a summons Friday to Plummer at his Cherry Hills Village home.

According to a news release, police said Plummer's Honda Element had rear-end damage that was consistent with the damage sustained by the Ford Ranger truck driven by Stone.

Stone said the confrontation occurred when he was driving west on West Hampden Avenue and he saw the driver of a gray Honda snaking through traffic and cutting off three other motorists. As the traffic approached South Downing Street, Stone said, the Honda driver cut in front of him.

When they reached the red light at Downing, Stone said the Honda had stopped ahead of him.

"I laid on my horn to give him notice I didn't appreciate him cutting me off as he did the other drivers that I had witnessed," Stone, 47, said.

Stone's honking apparently set off the other driver.

"He had jumped out of his car and kicked my truck and said, 'Stay off my a--,' " Stone recalled. "And he jumped back in his Honda, put his Honda in reverse and backed into my truck. He tried pushing me backward."

When the light turned green, the driver sped away. Stone said that after the confrontation he decided to pull off the highway, where he was joined by a witness who had copied down the license-plate number of Plummer's Honda. Stone then called the police to report the incident.

Stone said he did not recognize Plummer as the man who was behind the wheel and who kicked his truck until he saw a police report identifying the quarterback as the alleged culprit. A big reason for that was that Plummer no longer had his game beard on.

"I thought the guy was about 19 or 20 years old, and he lived with his parents," Stone said.

Plummer, 31, who was driving with his girlfriend as a passenger, denied any wrongdoing and claimed Stone hit his Honda from behind, Stone said.

Stone said that had he known the Broncos quarterback was the Honda driver he would not have honked at him.

"I think he's an all-around good person from the things I heard and the way he conducts himself in his hometown and in Denver," Stone said.

Neither Plummer nor his agent could be reached for comment late Tuesday.

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Courtesy: cbs4denver.com Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer, during an impromptu news conference today, refuted allegations he was involved in a road-rage incident last month. Responding to an allegation by Doug Stone that Plummer backed his Honda Element into Stone's Ford Ranger truck on April 20 while sitting at a red light at West Hampden Avenue and South Downing Street, the quarterback said his car was "bumped" from behind.

Plummer says his car was bumped

By Rocky Mountain News
May 24, 2006

ENGLEWOOD — Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer, during an impromptu news conference today, refuted allegations that he was involved in a road-rage incident last month.

Responding to an allegation by Doug Stone that Plummer backed his Honda Element into Stone's Ford Ranger truck on April 20 while sitting at a red light at West Hampden Avenue and South Downing Street, the quarterback said his car was "bumped" from behind.

Stone also alleged that Plummer, 31, got out and kicked his car and that words were exchanged, but Plummer denied both charges.

Plummer, who said he was en route to an charity evert for the Jake Plummer Foundation, said he got out of his car to check for damage, didn't find any, got back in his car and drove away. While driving, Plummer said, he called 911 to report the accident. The QB said he has a record of the call.

Stone, 47, admits that he "laid on my horn" after pulling up behind Plummer at the stop light because "I didn't appreciate him cutting me off." Stone said he witnessed Plummer's car weaving through traffic and cutting off three other motorists. As the traffic approached Downing, Stone said, the Honda driver cut in front of him.

According to a news release, police said Plummer's Honda Element had rear-end damage that was consistent with the damage sustained by the Ford Ranger truck driven by Stone.

Stone said the confrontation occurred when he was driving west on West Hampden Avenue and he saw the driver of a gray Honda snaking through traffic and cutting off three other motorists. As the traffic approached South Downing Street, Stone said, the Honda driver cut in front of him.

When they reached the red light at Downing, Stone said the Honda had stopped ahead of him.

"I laid on my horn to give him notice I didn't appreciate him cutting me off as he did the other drivers that I had witnessed," Stone, 47, said.

Stone's honking apparently set off the other driver.

"He had jumped out of his car and kicked my truck and said, 'Stay off my a--,' " Stone recalled. "And he jumped back in his Honda, put his Honda in reverse and backed into my truck. He tried pushing me backward."

When the light turned green, the driver sped away. Stone said that after the confrontation he decided to pull off the highway, where he was joined by a witness who had copied down the license-plate number of Plummer's Honda. Stone then called the police to report the incident.

Stone said he did not recognize Plummer as the man who was behind the wheel and who kicked his truck until he saw a police report identifying the quarterback as the alleged culprit. A big reason for that was that Plummer no longer had his game beard on.

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[subterfuge]

Professional atheletes. Is there any law they won't break?

[Condor51]

Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer on Wednesday said he did cut someone off while driving last month, but denied kicking and then backing up into another motorist's vehicle in a road rage incident.

There used to a be a Chicago Bears running back, who was 'kind of famous' (hint, hint), who did this sort of thing fairly regularly. But being that he was 'Sweet Guy' (BIG hint), it never made the news. Nor was he ever arrested, even after he shoot that guy in one of his nightclubs.

[Triggerhippie]

He should be fined for that Jihad beard...

[TommyDale]

So he was "snaking" through traffic? Who'd 'a thunk it?

[NOLA_homebrewer]

I wonder if Stone had a "Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL Champions" bumper sticker on his car.....

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks for posting that, so much better information and pictures too. :)

I definitely don't like him with the beard.

PING to RR for Bronco stuff.

[TommyDale]

That wasn't at Studebaker's in Schaumburg, was it?

[derllak]

Bad Jake! Talking on his cel phone while driving.....when will people ever learn just how stupid that is!

[WestCoastGal]

Some people can do that, others can't. I can usually always tell when someone in front of me is on the phone.

The Denver Broncos have always been my favorite team, even though I only lived outside of Denver about 6 months while my husband had a job there. I have never seen a city anywhere be so supportive of a team.

Of course I lived most of my life near Los Angeles and the teams there were awful.

[babydoll22]

They don't call him Jake the snake for nothing.

[Uri’el-2012]

Stone, 47, admits that he "laid on my horn" after pulling up behind Plummer at the stop light because
"I didn't appreciate him cutting me off." Stone said he witnessed Plummer's car weaving through traffic
and cutting off three other motorists. As the traffic approached Downing, Stone said, the Honda driver cut in front of him.

It sounds to me that the "road rage" was started by Doug Stone.

"laying on the horn" is a sure sign that Doug Stone is a "carpetbagger" from Californiia

What doug stoner should have done was to call *CSP on his cell phone.

This would put him in touch with the Colorado State Patrol and report the plate number.

The State Patrol will follow up with a phone call for each *CSP call.

If there is a pattern, the State Patrol will issue an official warning.

[Condor51]

***That wasn't at Studebaker's in Schaumburg, was it?***

I can't recall if it was there or at his other club, in Rolling Meadows (those village borders always confused me). The one named after his uniform number.

An aside, I liked Studebaker's. I knew a few of the Cocktail Waitresses there who had worked at other Lounges in that neck of the woods I frequented 'way back then'.

But the things he did, oh boy, He got away with so much stuff - all unreported. We'd be doing 20 in Joliet.

[RetiredArmy]

Since he is a pro athlete, he is of course, totally innocent of any crime. Sports stars, movie stars, politicians, they are all above the law, thus not required to live by the same laws and rules as we "little people" have to live by. They are above us. They are our idols. They are our examples. Our children should fodder to them. We should be proud to pattern our lives after them. They set such wonderful examples with their open sex, drug use, rape, pillaging, assaults, bar fights, car incidents, etc. We should be proud. /sarcasm still on.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Who knows what really happened? This guy Stone could be one of those idiots who take personal offense if you change lanes in front of them and claim you cut them off - mostly because they accelerated at the last second to keep you out of "their" lane.

Or Plummer could actually have been cutting people off - it happens, and the morons who do it are a danger to themselves and everyone else on the road.

All these other drivers who Plummer allegedly cut off need to speak up.