I made this point in my book. Flemming says yes.
Jake Plummer started it.
After the 2008 season, when Jay Cutler and the Broncos became just the third team in NFL history to blow a three-game lead in the division and miss the playoffs, the former Broncos QB who always seemed to do more with less (he was 40-18 as a starter in Denver) said the physically gifted Cutler (17-20 with the Broncos) was “a helluva player.”
“But,” Plummer added, “Jeff George was a helluva player.”
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