Jake Plummer, Please Stay Retired, Classy

Jake Plummer, please stay retired. I mean no harm, no foul in these words – if you came back to the league and decided to play football, that would be fine. I was always a fan of yours, even through the birdie, even after the 2005 AFC Championship game, even through 2006.

There’s just something about the knowledge that you’re traveling the world playing hand ball that brings a goofy grin to my face. You were able to let it all go – all of the crazy media talk around the quarterback controversy in Denver, all of the fans split among supporters and bashers. You sat the bench those last five games, still went out to hold for field goals, and acted like a teammate should. Basically, you moved on in a unique fashion that oozes of class and self-confidence, and I’ll always admire you for that.

And while your decisions are affecting the team I love to this day (if you were to suddenly lace up the Broncos would get a 4th round pick instead of a 7th… pretty significant change there), I can’t ask you to change who you are for us. I think it’s pretty freaking awesome that you can give up millions of dollars to just go out and do what makes you happy.

You’ve found something you love to do, you found someone to share it with (you ol’ dog, you), and you gave every single one of your critics the finger (again) by calling it a career.

May we all be so lucky.