Bradlee Pelt Quotations

I can't hide the fact I'm down; I'd be lying. But I know now what I need to get better at.

I don't view it that way. I've got to keep proving it to my coaches, my teammates and everyone around us that I deserve to be No. 2 and that if anything happens to Jake, that I can step in there and not miss a beat.

I don't think it ticks him off anymore. I think Jake has learned to program critics, the media in general.

Jake knows that he's not John Elway, and I don't think he wants to be. He's Jake Plummer.

I think of myself as a second-year player. Then again, I didn't play much quarterback at all last year. Am I a second- or first-year player? I don't know how the coaches view me, but I expect a lot of myself. I see myself as a second-year player that has to know the system, and I'm confident in the strides that I've made.

I think I'll play; to (what) extent, I don't know. I'm not expecting much. I'm sure they'll tell me what's going to happen.

I shouldn't be taking sacks. I'm too good an athlete to be takings sacks. I need to get the ball gone or find a crease and run through it. . . . As you can tell, I'm frustrated more on the negative than the positive.

As a quarterback you're supposed to complete balls, not rush. It's not something I'm proud of, rushing for more yards than I threw for.

They're going to give a lot of key guys rest.

It's a bigger test. I have to look myself in the mirror and put more pressure on myself. I think I had a step back last week, and this game, I've got to take a couple steps forward.

It was nice to take a snap running with the first team. Not that I want them to get used to me. But every little bit helps ... not with confidence but getting the anxiety off, the pressure off.

I'm just glad to get it out of the way. Now I really know what I have to work on. . . . There's a lot of pent-up emotions. I was nervous.

Being a backup is a lot harder than anyone anticipates. You don't get the reps, but you have to know everything. That's what he warns me about. He says, you've got to know your stuff and no one's going to know if you're preparing right until you go onto the field.

He's taken his team to the playoffs three years in a row. No one ever seems to highlight the good points. They're always pointing at 'throwing too many interceptions, can't lead the team, can't manage it.' They never really seem like they're giving him love.

The last person that was successful here really at an extreme level was John Elway. Anyone that comes to this football club in Denver is going to have to fight it.