The situation's been one giant revolving door since John Elway captured his second Vince Lombardi Trophy while riding into the sunset. Jake Plummer is one man who understands that revolving situation.
Jake the Snake recently spoke about the Denver Broncos quarterback situation and had much to say about the newest man to hold down the fort, Case Keenum, via Jeff Legwold of ESPN.
“You’ve got to have someone pulling the trigger that’s a fearless competitor, who no matter what will fight hard for everyone on the team, everyone in the organization,’’ Plummer said. “Find that kind of a player who has that kind of mentality. Case Keenum is that kind of guy. He’s a fiery competitor, who even if he makes a mistake, goes back out there and pulls the trigger again.’
“Rebounding from mistakes, that’s all this league is sometimes for a quarterback,’’ Plummer said. “Everybody, of course, wants Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, but watch their film, they have days, they have times, when they suck. But when it matters most, those guys don’t remember that, all they do is ball out and make the plays now. You have to be a consistent badass. That’s what you’re looking for, a consistent badass.’’
Plummer, 43, played four seasons in Denver to wrap up his career. He was originally drafted in the second round by way of the Arizona Cardinals in the 1997 NFL Draft. With a career mark of 161 touchdowns and 161 interceptions, “gunslinger” is the only appropriate way to describe the man.
He sees a little of Keenum in him as well.
“Watching their games is the most important thing and I would like to sneak down on the sideline and watch him come off after an interception and see what they do,’’ Plummer said. “Does he sulk on the sideline? Oh, pity me, I’ve got to answer for a mistake. Or are they over yelling at their defense to gimme the damn ball back so I can go score.
Keenum is a journeyman who's long-awaited breakout finally happened a year ago in Minnesota. With 3,547 yards and 22 touchdowns to just seven interceptions, Keenum finished 11-3 with the NFC Championship-bound Vikings.
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