Jake Plummer: Broncos rookie Paxton Lynch needs time to develop

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Jake Plummer has walked, run, thrown and called plays in Paxton Lynch’s shoes.

When Plummer played quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Gary Kubiak was as the team’s offensive coordinator. The two had success to the degree that until Peyton Manning arrived, Plummer had the Broncos’ highest career win percentage as a starter .

And Mark Sanchez’s recent thumb surgery not withstanding — he is expected to be out seven to 10 days including the start of the team’s organized team activities next week — Plummer sees a significant learning curve for the Broncos’ prized rookie quarterback. He hopes the Broncos give Lynch time to develop.

“I hope that people are patient, not only with his development, but with wanting to push him out there too soon,” Plummer said. “If they do it right, and I can’t imagine (John) Elway and (Kubiak) not having some kind of master plan in working him along in the right way, they have a guy with a huge future. And with Sanchez there you’ve got a guy that’s highly capable of running the system. But coming from where Paxton is coming from to what he’ll do with the Broncos, he’s got some work to do.”

Start with talking and then move to more technical quarterback matters. Lynch didn’t call plays in the huddle at the University of Memphis or work from under center.

“I mean everybody talks, you don’t need to call plays from Pop Warner on to get it,” Plummer said. “But play calls will be different, and in a West Coast-type offense they are a little more wordy than some others. The good thing is the call works you through what everybody’s doing, but he’ll have get used to all of those concepts, the variations, and be ready to do that at game speed.”

Plummer knows calls have …

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