tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855708764663901844.post1649885528978252226..comments2023-06-25T01:25:44.412-07:00Comments on Let Plummer Play!: It keeps getting better...Let Plummer Play!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16014566915830375881noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855708764663901844.post-59227481053155756122009-03-11T08:19:00.000-07:002009-03-11T08:19:00.000-07:00You see, the Broncos are only 17-20 in games that ...You see, the Broncos are only 17-20 in games that Cutler has started. Oh, I get it. <BR/><BR/>How dare Jay Cutler not play good enough defense to help the Broncos win more games! Seriously, how much can you pin on the quarterback? Only the hapless Rams and Lions allowed more points than the Broncos defense last season. Only the Seahawks, Chiefs and Lions allowed more yardage. That was Cutler's fault. WHEN YOU POINT TO WIN-LOSS RECORD, YOU ARE INDIRECTLY ATTRIBUTING LOSSES TO THE QUARTRBACK. The same way as some quarterbacks in this league are being attributed wins (Look at Trent Dilfer's record when he played for the Ravens). If you don't want to take that leap, don't use the record as a barometer of how to judge the signal-caller. Your thoughts LPP???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855708764663901844.post-68262145645617574282009-03-02T20:17:00.000-08:002009-03-02T20:17:00.000-08:00Even though it's hard to picture, especially consi...Even though it's hard to picture, especially considering his close-to-the-vest ways, Mike Shanahan is somewhere today probably laughing his ass off. The punch line: The Denver Broncos talked about trading Jay Cutler. Shanahan was fired as the coach of the Broncos after the 2008 season, replaced by Josh McDaniels, who came over from the New England Patriots. <BR/><BR/>Shanahan's undoing wasn't his coaching, but rather his personnel decisions. None of the bad ones he made -- and there were plenty -- could have topped the one the Broncos almost made over the weekend. <BR/><BR/> <BR/>Is Matt Cassel strictly a one-hit wonder? (Getty Images) <BR/>How could they have actually considered trading Cutler? <BR/><BR/>Their target was reportedly Matt Cassel, who played for McDaniels in New England. <BR/><BR/>Did I miss the memo that stated one season makes an NFL star? What is all the fuss about Matt Cassel? I'm not saying he can't be an effective NFL quarterback, or a top-15 passer. But the talk that the Broncos were willing to trade away Jay Cutler in a three-way deal to get Cassel is just stupid. <BR/><BR/>Cutler or Cassel? <BR/><BR/>Please. <BR/><BR/>Last summer, Cassel was just hoping to make the New England roster, nearly being cut in favor of Matt Gutierrez. Now he's being talked in the same breath with Jay Cutler. <BR/><BR/>Has anybody really studied the two? <BR/><BR/>Cutler has a rocket. Cassel does not. <BR/><BR/>Cutler was a first-round pick for a reason. Cassel didn't even start at USC. <BR/><BR/>Yet the word got out Saturday that the Broncos were willing to part with Cutler to get Cassel. They would have worked a three-way deal to get Cassel with Tampa Bay. Instead, the Patriots traded Cassel to the Chiefs, along with linebacker Mike Vrabel, for a second-round pick. <BR/><BR/>Josh McDaniels got a mulligan. He should be thankful. <BR/><BR/>Cutler has started 37 games in his career, completing 62.5 percent of his passes. Last season he threw for 4,526 yards with 25 touchdown passes and 18 interceptions. He improved greatly last season in his second full one as a starter. <BR/><BR/>Poll<BR/>Who would you rather have at QB?<BR/> Jay Cutler <BR/> Matt Cassel <BR/> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>Cassel did well in his 15 starts for the Patriots last year, but anybody who followed him closely knows he's not the same type of talent as Cutler. <BR/><BR/>Why do you think he was almost cut? <BR/><BR/>Bill Belichick is arguably the best football mind in the business. Do you think he'd let a legitimate franchise passer go because of one bad summer of football? <BR/><BR/>Do you think he really would get fleeced by doing a favor for Scott Pioli by trading Cassel to the Chiefs? <BR/><BR/>Belichick wouldn't do a favor for his own family. <BR/><BR/>The Broncos are now putting it out that Cutler wasn't their only player that they talked about in trade talks. <BR/><BR/>That's called spin. <BR/><BR/>Coaches love their own guys, almost to a fault sometimes. There's comfort. They know the system. They know what to expect every day, in practice and in meetings. <BR/><BR/>That's why McDaniels wanted Cassel. <BR/><BR/>He was one of his guys. They probably got close in all those meeting rooms. Can't you see it? They were two young guys trying to make their way underneath the glare of the stars above them, Belichick and Tom Brady. <BR/><BR/>A relationship had to form. That's natural. <BR/><BR/>But to think that Cutler couldn't be that same kind of guy is naïve on the part of McDaniels. Cutler was good enough to play for Shanahan. The relationship between Cutler and the new staff will be fixed. He'll realize it's business. <BR/><BR/>But the foolishness of trying to trade him will linger for some time. <BR/><BR/>So go ahead and laugh, Shanny. The punch line is way too funny: Trade Jay Cutler to get Matt Cassel. <BR/><BR/>You don't get jokes much more laughable than that from those late-night talking heads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855708764663901844.post-80488148648137790882009-03-02T17:58:00.000-08:002009-03-02T17:58:00.000-08:00Couldnt have said it any better. Trade his sorry a...Couldnt have said it any better. Trade his sorry ass to detroit. Mathew Stafford is looking mighty fine right about now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com