Jake Plummer Quotes (78 Quotes)

I'm taking the blame for this one. As a quarterback, I have to lead this team to a win, and I didn't get the job done. I made some mistakes and you can't do that in a game like this.

I'm already pretty financially set with what I've gotten there in Arizona. For me, it's winning. Obviously the money will be there, but right the winning part is what I want to look at, which team is going to make that push, make that commitment to do anything and everything possible. Right now, these guys here, the Broncos, are showing me that's what they're geared for.

Game plan, they fax it to me on Tuesday night. That's my input on the game plan.

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.

It's really sad. He was a young kid trying to do what we're all doing. Play football.

We didn't make the most out of the opportunities we had. When you play a defense like that, you can't miss opportunities.

I don't even care what our record was we're ready for the playoffs. We started slowly, but we moved the ball down and scored. We weren't really efficient, but we did bounce back after that first quarter and have some good drives. Obviously, we would have liked to have been a little more crisp, but that was a tough defense we played today.

I know what the league's about. And that's what you do as a quarterback. You pass on to the next guy what you know, and hopefully whenever his time comes, he does well.

I don't want a kid to come in here and be hurt, ... But it's football. You can't make the club in the tub. It's an old saying. Joe Greene used to say it all the time.

Like I told him, I would've made the same pick. You don't pass up a guy that could possibly be a great football player, especially at the quarterback position. We shouldn't be drafting that high for years to come.

I had rib injuries and they're not fun or pleasant.

Even without turnovers, if we lose, I'm taking the blame on this one. That's my job as a quarterback to lead this team to a win, and I didn't get the job done.

His time has come. He's had opportunities in the past, but this one feels right, and we'll miss him.

When I saw Carson Palmer go down, I knew he was done. I didn't think of anything other than his injury. Nothing about the Pro Bowl.

I'll look at the film tomorrow. I kind of don't like grades. We got a 'W' and that's all that matters.

We thought we would get an opportunity (to make big plays),

He's just done what he always does, it's been no different for us in the meeting room. We really didn't notice any difference, other than people talking about the Texans. We're sorry to lose him, but he deserves it.

To lose him is going to be tough. He really helped me step up in my career. We'll miss him but at the same time you're excited for him. He deserves it and he's a great football coach.

want to be more involved with what's happening in the world and in my life. There are too many things happening to just be focused on golf and working out.

As a businessman, it's a chance to go out and explore a little bit and to keep my word with Chicago,

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.

If the opportunity arises, that is something that I feel comfortable doing, but, hopefully, there won't be a whole lot of circumstances that call for that. My guys up front have done a good job at protecting me all year, and you don't want to sit back there all day trying to hold the ball long.

My mobility makes me one of those people that likes to get out of the pocket. If they bring some blitzes, then hopefully I can make a guy miss and get out of there. Every quarterback they have played, especially during their six-game winning streak, they have been able to put a lot of pressure on. They have forced them to make a lot of quick decisions.

Regardless of what I've done so far, this is a big game and there will be pressure. I just look at what's in front of me. It's a great opportunity. At this point, I'm not looking back at the past too much.

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 ...

We had a kicker cause a fumble you don't see that very often. Any time that happens, things are going your way.

One of our goals was to win the division. We won the division. We wanted to get a playoff game at home. We got a playoff game at home. Those are all steps toward our ultimate goal, to win it all. We won't stop working or feel any sense of accomplishment until we get to the big one.

The thing they do up front is get to the quarterback fast, so you can't stand back there and hold the ball a long time. . . . They don't let you really get set back there for too long.

I've been doing the same thing year in and year out, working hard to try to get here. We're here now, and I'm not going to analyze it and try to find an answer. I'm just going to go out and enjoy it.

You can't make the club in the tub. We all know that.

That's the big question this year people trying to figure it out. I am too. I'm just playing football. I'm approaching it the same way I always have. If there was something I was doing differently, I can remember five years ago, I used to prepare the same way back in Arizona.

He is fun to watch. Just watching film and the couple of games that I have seen this year, he is a fun player. He flies around. I am not a strong or free safety. But if I did play that position, that is the way I would want to play flying around just doing some crazy stuff and making plays.

I really don't care, ... . . . I'm going to continue to play football, whatever role or streak I've got going. I'm trying to lead the team the best I can.

We keep pinning it on our defense to stop a team there in the last minutes. They've come through for us a couple of times but doing it again to them is unfair for us, offensively.

They did a great job creating some mismatches and disguising some blitzes to get guys free on Peyton. They're going to keep coming until they get a guy free. They're not going to give me a lot of time to stand back there and go through progressions and hold the ball.

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.

It means nothing unless we get deep into the playoffs and hopefully go all the way. We've had good years and lost in the first round in the past two years. We have a first round bye this year so that isn't going to happen. We know we have a game at home. We hope to get a win at home. We're not done working yet.

That's the big question that people are trying to figure out. I am, too. I'm just playing football. Five years ago, I prepared the same way.

I'm surprised and shocked that we're still talking about it, ... We're playing San Diego this week and they're division rivals. You guys are talking about it amongst yourselves. We're moving on. . . . We're not going to sit here and mope and whine. We're not going to sit here and worry about what we did down there. It's over. It's done. We don't like how it happened, but now the only thing we can do is go play San Diego.

At that point, I just had to react and try to go get it. I probably should have thrown it out of bounds. I didn't know someone had a bead on me. I thought I could pick it up and get it out of the end zone. It was one of those plays, we got the break there.

It's nice that he's back. If he gets a chance to go out there, he'll make sure that he will play hard. That's the kind of player he is. He will be excited to be back here.

Whatever it is, we have to find a way to get over it. All I know is (that) I'm proud of the guys for hanging with me, hanging together and not giving up.

You are going to make mistakes and you hope that they are not big ones. I'm going to come out fighting as I always have. Whatever someone is saying doesn't matter to me. The only thing for me is playing the best I can and doing what is best for the team.

He's running around, flying around, just doing some crazy stuff and making plays. You have to see where he is and someone has to account for him because he can cause you trouble.

Waiting around, man. Just waiting. And sitting. I remember thinking, 'Man, how long can this take' You have to find something else to do - I played some golf and took a nap - because if you just sit there and stare at the names, it's going to seem like forever.

He has taken them down the field many times when they are written off and they still get the victory. That is the sign of a great quarterback to me

As far as him being our No. 1 until he overtakes Rod Smith, that's just not going to happen. That's just plain writing on the wall. I really hope Ashley comes in and works hard to be, whether or not he's No. 1, but be the best person he can be. That will help him in the long run.

I was the holder my whole time at Arizona State, ... Besides, the Broncos always had me as an emergency holder here anyway.

We missed a couple plays but we made enough to move the ball and get some points on the board. It was another team victory for us.

They have quality all around, so nothing really changes. We are going to game plan for whether those guys were there or not.