Plummer's pratfall only fuels the calls for Cutler
By Mark Kiszla
Denver Post Staff Columnist
On a surreal opening Sunday of the NFL season, when the Broncos could not stand up for falling down, committing five clownish turnovers and taking an 18-10 pratfall against the St. Louis Rams, know what was the most surreal scene of all?
In the losing locker room, as TV cameras and reporters engulfed Denver rookie Jay Cutler, a quarterback yet to play a down that counts in the league, veteran Jake Plummer slipped on a sport coat, took his three lousy interceptions against the Rams and quietly walked away.
The problem with being Plummer is he cannot win. No way. No how. This prognosis for his demise has absolutely nothing to do with Denver's 0-1 record.
Plummer can never beat the inevitability of losing his job to Cutler, selected No. 11 in the opening round of the 2006 draft.
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