JAKE PLUMMER TO RETIRE?? (merged)

[flotsamnjetsam]

Just heard this on ESPN...looking for a link.


EDIT: No link available at this time.

[sox 06]

ESPN.com has learned that the Denver Broncos have reached agreement in principle on most of the elements of a trade that will send veteran quarterback Jake Plummer to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Under the terms being discussed, the Broncos would receive a middle-round draft choice, believed to be a fourth-rounder, in exchange for Plummer. The trade could be announced as early as Friday.

Tampa Bay re-signed Chris Simms to a two-year contract earlier this offseason. But with Simms coming off a 2006 season in which he underwent an emergency splenectomy, the Bucs have been shopping for a veteran quarterback to bolster the depth chart.

Veteran backup Tim Rattay became an unrestricted free agent on Friday and was not expected to return to Tampa Bay.

Plummer, 32, lost his starting job in Denver to rookie Jay Cutler late last season and the Broncos have been entertaining trade offers in the offseason. A 10-year veteran, Plummer has started 136 games in stints with Arizona (1997-2002) and Denver (2003-2006). He has completed 2,484 of 4,350 passes for 29,253 yards, with 161 touchdown passes and 161 interceptions, for a passer rating of 74.6.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2785459

[mikus]

I suppose this hurts Jeff Garcia's chances of landing a starting gig in Tampa.

[BigDballer]

Doh our post 2 mins or so apart!

Plummer a maybe sleeper next year? I think he is better than Simms, well any of the QBs they have now.

[The Balanced Man]

Dang! Didn't expect that one!

That really shakes things up.

[deerayfan072]

OMG NOOOOOOO

I HATE U JON GRUDEN

[sox 06]

Doh our post 2 mins or so apart!

Plummer a maybe sleeper next year? I think he is better than Simms, well any of the QBs they have now.

I actually made one also but then I deleted it.

[deerayfan072]

This is stupid. Thisis to try and save Gruden's job, but it won't. It says something when Shannahan gives up on you. It says even more when he benches you in the middle of a playoff run for a rookie QB.

Plummer is garbage, the only thing good that will happen is that Gruden will be fired after this year and we can go sign Cowher or Schottenheimer

[The Balanced Man]

Sirius NFL radio is reporting that this trade is going to be Nullified, and Plummer is going to Retire.

[meatwad10]

(March 2, 2007) -- NFL Network's Adam Schefter has learned Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer is expected to announce his retirement.

Earlier today, it had been reported that the Broncos agreed to terms on a trade that would send Plummer to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick. That trade is expected to be nullified due to Plummer's decision to retire.

Plummer has played 10 seasons in the NFL. A second-round draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 1997, he played six seasons in Arizona before signing with Denver in 2003. He led the Broncos to the 2005 AFC Championship Game, but was replaced as the starter late in the 2006 season by rookie Jay Cutler.