There has been plenty of finger pointing after the Broncos second straight loss. Most fans are pointing the blame at Plummer, but Shanahan, the RB’s and the defense, among others, are getting their share as well. With all due respect to the Chiefs, who came ready to play and deserved the W, I’d like to suggest one other place to point some blame — Adam Schefter.
On Wednesday, Schefter came out with a report that Thursday would be Jake Plummer’s last start. Cutler was to be handed the reins for the Broncos next game on December 3. Thursday, the Broncos looked like a team with no faith in their QB. Plummer looked like a QB with no faith in himself.
Either Schefter got an inside report from a Broncos staffer, or he made it up. I know this is what the media does — they love a scoop. I’m sure the NFL Network loved having such a spicy story to promote their first ever live game broadcast, but reporting this story was irresponsible. If the coaching staff had already made this decision, there is a reason they didn’t announce it. It wasn’t in the best interest of the team for it to be out there. Schefter could have made his report right after the game, and still had his scoop, but unfortunately things just don’t work that way with the media.
If there was a leak out of Broncos HQ that gave Schefter his information, then someone please learn from it. Don’t ever trust this guy with any meaningful information again.
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