Chuck HHey Beantown Chowdaheads...It's Jim Plunkett...Remember Me??
February 5th 2010 17:39
Jim Plunkett was the #1 overall pick in the 1971 NFL Draft, by your Boston Patriots. They were not officially the New England Patriots until a short while thereafter.
Plunkett won the Heisman in 1970 while leading Stanford to a Rose Bowl victory over ‘The’ Ohio State University.
Jimmy’s best year as a Patriot probably came in 1974 when he threw for 2457 yards and 19 TD’s on a very mediocre Pats team. The Pats weren’t exactly what you would call a powerhouse during Plunkett’s tenure. Poor offensive line play led to Plunkett taking way too many chances with the football and led to quite a few interceptions before he was ushered out of New England and the Steve Grogan era began.
Plunkett went on to win two Super Bowls with the Raiders after a brief stint in San Francisco and was the 1980 Super Bowl MVP. You see, those were the days where you didn’t ‘come’ to New England for a chance to win. You ‘left’ New England for a chance to win.
What have you been up to Jimmy? Shoot me an e-mail at the site. Smitty and I would love to take you for a brewski sometime.
(For Jim Plunkett’s complete body of work in the NFL, check out Football-Reference )
Chuck
~TCFB~
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