Let me preface this by saying I went to school at ASU and am a huge Jake Plummer fan. But that has nothing to do with what I am going to say here. I think the most shockingly stupid decision of this NFL season belongs to Mike Shanahan when he went to a rookie quarterback. I realize that Jake did not have a great season and their season was in trouble, but there's a no way a rookie quarterback walks in there and wins a Super Bowl for you. Jay Cutler might end up in th hall-of-fame some day, but you don't replace the starting QB in the middle of a season with a rookie Jay Cutler when you have Super Bowl aspirations. You go to a rookie to rebuild, not to win the Super Bowl. I don't think Denver had the talent to go all the way, but it's going to be all the more difficult now with Cutler. This is one of the rare situations where I think even a great coach got bullied by a fan base into a rash decision. The fans always love the backup QB in town and they got what they wanted and they are worse off for it. This one is on the fans. Cutler will probably have a good game this weekend against the Cardinals and Leinart, but Denver had a better shot this year with Jake. The Denver fans and Mike Shanahan should have just waited for 5 more regular season games and turned it over to Cutler in 07.
The MVP race in the NFL this year is very interesting. Is it Drew Brees or LT? I can go either way on this one. Both of them are having awesome seasons and are great role models too. I am amazed Drew Brees is challenging Dan Marino's single-season passing yardage record. LT on the other hand has already obliterated the TD record with a few games to spare. After much thought, I think it's LT. LT is an absolute stud and is dominating the game from the running back position like no other RB has done in recent years. Drew Brees is having a MVP-type season, but LT is having a historic season and that should get him the MVP. It would be awesome if they both meet in the Super Bowl.
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