Off Wing Opinion
Off Wing Opinion


October 29, 2004

Band Of Brothers


Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer got a surprise when he opened his fan mail recently:

The white envelope arrived in a large cardboard box stuffed with hats and T-shirts, a package that looked like an ordinary piece of Jake Plummer's weekly fan mail. But when the Denver Broncos quarterback read this particular letter last week, his eyes nearly filled with tears. An Army Ranger had written to thank Plummer for attempting to honor Pat Tillman's death by fighting the NFL two weeks ago. The man had served with Tillman, and he said Plummer's actions had lifted the spirits of the entire battalion. They had lost a brother when Tillman was killed in April. Suddenly, the Ranger wrote, they had found another.

One more time: Thanks to Jake Plummer for standing up to the NFL. And thank you to the members of that Ranger battalion. Thank you more than you can ever know.



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