Ok so Bubby was mostly a backup to Elway but he is part of the story. He played well in 1998 when asked to fill in for Elway for a few games. He was poised to be the starter the following year in 99 but a suprising move by head coach Mike Shanhann changed things for Brister when he named the young Brian Griese as the starter.
Statistics as a Bronco
Year Rateing Yards TD INT SACKS
1997 79.9 48 0 0 0
1998 99.0 986 10 3 7
1999 30.6 87 0 3 0
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Total-------------->1,121 10 6 7
Career Statistics
Rateing Yards TD INT
72.3 14,445 81 78
1986-1992: Pittsburgh Steelers
1993-1994: Philadelphia Eagles
1995-1996: New York Jets
1997-1999: Denver Broncos
2000: Minnesota Vikings
Brian Griese was the lucky one who's job was to fill Elway's shoes. Now the Broncos were not horrible under Griese but not spectacular either. He still had a lot of the talent from the Super Bowl Years early on in his carrer and still left much to be desire. It boiled down to consistantly. He never was consistantly good one game he show some promise the next game throw multiple picks and look poor. Unfortunatly for Griese his life after Denver was mediocore at best he was a backup most of his time in Chicago and Tampa Bay howevehe did start on both teams at one point in his carrer.
Statitics as a Bronco
Year Rateing Yards TD INT SACKS
1998 2.8 2 0 1 0
1999 75.6 3,032 14 14 27
2000 102.9 2,688 19 4 17
2001 78.5 2,827 23 19 38
2002 85.6 3,214 15 15 34
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Total------------->11,763 71 53 116
Career Statistics
Rateing Yards TD INT
82.7 19,440 119 99
1998-2002: Denver Broncos
2003: Miami Dolphins
2004-2005: Tampa Bay Bucaneers
2006-2007: Chicago Bears
2008: Tampa Bay Bucaneers
Jake Plummer is the secound best QB the Broncos have ever had. I miss Jake the Sanke. We experinced the most sucess in the post Elway era under Plummer. A lot of fans were divided some were Plummer fans other didn't like the number of picks he could throw. The fact is we won under Plummer and he consistantly got us into the playoffs. We experinced our only playoff win since Super Bowl XXXIII in 2005 against the Patriots. Jake also was amazing when he scrambled he was the king of the bootleg. After a poor showing in the 2005 AFC championship game loss at home against the Steelers Mike Shanhann decided Plummer was not the long term anwser when he moved up in the 2006 draft to select QB Jay Cutler in the first round. The writing was on the wall for Jake at that point and didnt make it trough the entire 2006 season.
Statitics as a Bronco
Year Rateing Yards TD INT SACKS
2003 91.2 2,182 15 7 14
2004 84.5 4,089 27 20 15
2005 90.2 3,366 18 7 22
2006 69.8 1,994 11 13 18
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Total-------------->11,631 71 47 69
Career Statistics
Rateing Yards TD INT 74.6 29,253 161 161
1997-2002: Arizona Cardinals
2003- 2006: Denver Broncos
Mike Shanahan made a splash in the 2006 draft when he taded up for Cutler especially fresh off an AFC Championship location. Cutler started his first game in the last part of the 2006 season against the Seahawks (I was actually at that game It was a cold Sunday night game!) Jay had Denver fans really excited with his rocket arm. He started to emerge along with WR Brandon Marshall and TE Tony Scheffler. It was looking apparent these three were going to part of the bright future of the Denver Broncos. Only one problem Jay put up some decent stats and looked good but we were not consistantly winning under Cutler. It actually cost 14 year head coach Mike Shanahan his job at the end of the 2008 season. To Cutler's defense during his time in Denver Shanahan did not put the best product on the field on the defensive side of the ball but regardless he did lead the leauge from 07-09 in red zone picks. All was okay and fans were really excited when New England Patriots assistant coach and QB genius Josh McDaniels was hired as head coach. Only one problem Josh wasn't excited to work with Jay. He tried to trade for QB Matt Cassell who we had worked with the previous year that didn't go through and he went to the Chiefs. At that point the relationship between McDaniels and Cutler went sour and a very public divorse took place. We traded Cutler and a 2009 5th round draft pick for QB Kyle Orton, 2009 first round draft pick, and 2010 first round draft pick. I will admit I was a Culter fan while he was here in Denver but he imbaresed the Broncos franchise and after he left made some less than classy remarks. I am disapointed with Cutler and now love to root against him. He will regret turning his back on the Mile High City and he had a horrible year in 2009 with Chicago. The only thing he has proven is he is imature, lacks leadership, and has never had a winning season both in College and the NFL.
Statistics as a Bronco
Year Rateing Yards TD INT SACKS
2006 88.5 1,001 9 5 13
2007 88.1 3,497 20 14 27
2008 86.0 4,526 25 18 11
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Total-------------->9,024 54 37 51
Career Statistics
Rateing Yards TD INT
83.8 12,690 81 63
2006-2008: Denver Broncos
2009-Present: Chicago Bears
After the bitter breakup between the Broncos and Jay Cutler in comes Kyle Orton. In my eyes he had a solid year. With that said there is room for improvment. After Plummer and Cutler we were use to mobile QB and one who could make the big play with his arm. Orton didn't exactly throw it deep last year and is not mobile at all. He did put up some good stats but unfortunatly it was another 500 year for the Broncos. Orton most likley won't be a Bronco for the long term. McDaniels showed his desire to upgrade the QB position when he traded for Brady Quinn and moved up in the first round to draft Tim Tebow in the first round this offseason.
Statistics as a Bronco
Year Rateing Yards TD INT SACKS
2009 86.8 3,802 21 12 29
Career Statistics
Rateing Yards TD INT
76.9 9,121 51 39
2005-2008: Chicago Bears
2009-Present: Denver Broncos
That brings us to 2010. Since Elway left we have only hung on to a QB for a few years we still are looking for the long term franchise QB. Let's hope Josh McDaniels was spot on with Tim Tebow and he becomes the face of the Broncos for 15 plus years. In the short term we should expect to see another year of Kyle Orton or Brady Quinn and hopefully Tebow will be ready. Josh says Orton is our starter but he also said he was excited to work with Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall, and Payton Hillis. Cutler is now a Bear, Marshall a Dolphin, and Hillis a Brown. Point is I'll just wait and see who walks out on the field Week 1 in Jacksonville kind of hard to take McDaniels for his word. Regardless McDaniels can redeem himself after his collapse last year and there is a lot of hope and exciment going into the 2010 season! GO BRONCOS!
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