Jake Plummer
Jake Plummer
Jason Steven "Jake" Plummeris a former professional football player, a quarterback for ten seasons in the National Football League. He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft, and spent his first six seasons with the Cardinals and the last four with the Denver Broncos. Plummer played college football at Arizona State University...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth19 December 1974
CityBoise, ID
opportunity
We thought we would get an opportunity (to make big plays),
bad fly happening stuff tag
You aren't going to have someone fly in and tag the holder, ... You do that kind of stuff and there's going to be some bad stuff happening around the field.
ability advantage against athletic bailey ball biggest break champ cover giving great mistake past pay played plays pure reasons skills teammate
Well, he's my teammate now, but I've played against him enough times in the past to know that Champ Bailey is the best. The biggest reasons are his cover skills and his ability to make you pay for any mistake you make. When you don't think he's in position, and you try to take advantage of that, he has such great ability to break to the ball and make up that ground. He'll make you pay, and that's just great cover skills and pure athletic ability. He also doesn't take plays off, so he's always giving you his best.
defense miss
We didn't make the most out of the opportunities we had. When you play a defense like that, you can't miss opportunities.
definitely fire thrown
Being thrown in the fire was definitely tough,
complain die
Every day when I'm out there, he's an inspiration to me, ... I think about him every day. When we complain about something at practice, something little, I think about Pat. He'd die to ...
forever fullest heart individual life lived lives lost love pat remembered touched unique
We lost a unique individual that touched the lives of many with his love for life, his toughness, his intellect. Pat Tillman lived life to the fullest and will be remembered forever in my heart and mind.
beard blue difference gets green scrutiny shoe start talking wore
When they start talking about somebody's beard, that's when it gets a little ridiculous. Come on. This is football. If I wore a green shoe and a blue shoe it doesn't make a difference in a game. The beard doesn't make a difference. But that's the scrutiny we live under, that I live under.
compete might minds offensive top type
During the week, if there's little things I might see, I might say something, but they're usually on top of it before I see it, ... With the type of offensive minds we have here, I'm not going to compete with that.
compete might minds offensive top type
During the week, if there's little things I might see, I might say something, but they're usually on top of it before I see it. With the type of offensive minds we have here, I'm not going to compete with that.
allowed giving guys hang hanging hung offense proud together
They (the Broncos defense) allowed our offense to hang in there and they hung in there with us. I'm proud of the guys for hanging with me, and hanging together and not giving up.
chances couple early games gave missed monday
There's a lot of games left. I gave him a couple chances early and he didn't come through, and I missed him on Monday a couple times. But we'll get on the same page. There's no panic, ever.
bit chance explore word
As a businessman, it's a chance to go out and explore a little bit and to keep my word with Chicago,
ball boots guided opened ran
We ran the ball well, which opened up the boots and the play action. I didn't do much but just guided them down the field.