Gunzlingr
08-13-2003, 11:57 AM
NAPA, Calif. - Notes from wine country ...
Troy Aikman, doing the TV thing at the Raiders' camp, has three words of advice for Jake Plummer: No more excuses.
"The people who supported him in Arizona would say he didn't have a real good supporting cast, that he was in a town that hadn't really grown accustomed to winning," said Aikman, who faced Plummer twice a year during his career. "All that's different now. I don't know how he'll do, but I think whatever he is as a quarterback will come out while he's in Denver. He's going to have good players around him and a great coach in Mike Shanahan, who's going to give him every chance. I don't know that you come away from that with a lot of excuses if you don't play well." ...
more (http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~102~1567181,00.html)
Troy Aikman, doing the TV thing at the Raiders' camp, has three words of advice for Jake Plummer: No more excuses.
"The people who supported him in Arizona would say he didn't have a real good supporting cast, that he was in a town that hadn't really grown accustomed to winning," said Aikman, who faced Plummer twice a year during his career. "All that's different now. I don't know how he'll do, but I think whatever he is as a quarterback will come out while he's in Denver. He's going to have good players around him and a great coach in Mike Shanahan, who's going to give him every chance. I don't know that you come away from that with a lot of excuses if you don't play well." ...
more (http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~102~1567181,00.html)