Cutler ready to move up the depth chart already

[Bronco Billy]

LINK

 

CUTLER WATCH

 

Progress report

 

The game is slowing down for rookie quarterback Jay Cutler, and it shows. Completing his first full week of camp, Cutler said Saturday he sees things clicking. The former Vanderbilt star isn't lying. Cutler is making strong progress every day and is eating into No. 2 quarterback Bradlee Van Pelt's repetitions.

 

LINK

 

It has finally happened in Denver. The Broncos' starting quarterback is flying under the radar.

 

At least for the first 10 days of training camp, Jake Plummer has been almost an afterthought.

 

"That's what happens when you have a first-round pick in camp," Shanahan said. "But Jake hasn't been under the radar for us....He's been great."

 

In one of the most overshadowed stories in camp, Plummer has been outstanding thus far. Plummer, 31, has looked sharp in nearly every practice as he heads into his fourth season with the Broncos.

 

However, Plummer - a constant subject of headlines since arriving in Denver in 2003 - hasn't been the main story. Jay Cutler, his understudy, has.

 

Cutler, selected out of Vanderbilt with the 11th pick in the NFL draft, is considered a franchise-type player and is expected to make a strong push to start in 2007. Thus, Cutler's camp performance and his attempt to unseat Bradlee Van Pelt as Plummer's backup has been the story.Meanwhile, the starter continues to plug away. "He's having a very good camp," Shanahan said of Plummer.

[broncosn05]

Plummer will be the starter this season. Shanny right now is being nice to everyone. Cutler will be a good QB, but Plummer had a pretty good season last year and I think Shanny wants to let Cutler soak it all in for a year and then throw him the starting job.