Editing Jake Plummer (section)

===Arizona Cardinals (1997–2002)===
Plummer was selected in the second round of the [[1997 NFL draft]] by the [[Arizona Cardinals]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> He played behind [[Kent Graham]] and [[Stoney Case]] at the start of his [[1997 Arizona Cardinals season|rookie season]]. He took his first snap late in the 4th quarter of the seventh game, and promptly led the Cardinals on a 98-yard drive, going 4-of-6 for 87 yards and capping it with a 31-yard go-ahead touchdown. He led the Cardinals to three of their four victories that year. Already locally popular from his days at ASU, according to teammate Chad Carpenter he was now treated "like a god. We go to a restaurant and people stand up and clap when he walks by."<ref name=si.ret /> In [[1998 Arizona Cardinals season|1998]], the Cardinals drafted Plummer's friend Pat Tillman, and the two started all sixteen games en route to a 9–7 regular season record. In the tenth game against [[Dallas Cowboys]], he threw for a stellar 465 yards and three touchdowns. In the playoffs, he led the Cardinals to an upset of the same Cowboys for the franchise's first postseason victory since 1947,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/playoffs.htm|title=Arizona Cardinals Playoff History|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref> before losing in the second round to the [[Minnesota Vikings]].

Plummer had a disappointing season in [[1999 Arizona Cardinals season|1999]]; he went 3–8 as a starter, threw nine touchdowns to 24 interceptions, and the Cardinals finished 6–10. Regarding Plummer's season, the [[Football Outsiders]] commented: "At the start of the 1999 season, Jake Plummer was being celebrated as one of the NFL's best young quarterbacks, the man who would make the Cardinals respectable again. By the end of the 1999 season, Plummer ranked as the league's worst quarterback."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-ratings/2005/1999-dvoa-ratings-and-commentary|title=Football Outsiders: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis – 1999 DVOA Ratings and Commentary|work=footballoutsiders.com|access-date=June 7, 2011|archive-date=August 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816110655/http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-ratings/2005/1999-dvoa-ratings-and-commentary|url-status=dead}}</ref> His reputation as a risk-taking "gunslinger" became a liability. In [[2000 Arizona Cardinals season|2000]] Plummer threw for 2,946 yards, 21 interceptions, and had a 66.0 quarterback rating. Although he reached 10,000 career passing yards (in 47 starts), Plummer compiled a 3–11 record and the Cardinals finished last in the NFC East.

Plummer bounced back in [[2001 Arizona Cardinals season|2001]] with his best statistical season with the Cardinals. He was one of only two NFL quarterbacks to take every snap for his team ([[Kerry Collins]] was the other), and he passed for 3,653 yards, eighteen touchdowns, and fourteen interceptions. During the season, he had a stretch of 142 consecutive [[pass attempt]]s without throwing an interception. Plummer also led the NFL in fourth-quarter passing yards (1,227) and the Cardinals to a 7–9 record.

Plummer's last season with the Cardinals was [[2002 Arizona Cardinals season|2002]] and again his statistics were down (65.7 passer rating, 2,972 yards, eighteen touchdowns and twenty interceptions). On September 22 against the [[San Diego Chargers]], he eclipsed 15,000 career passing yards.

{{As of|2017}}'s NFL off-season, Jake Plummer held at least nine Cardinals franchise records, including:
* Passing TDs: rookie season (fifteen in 1997), rookie game (four on 1997-12-07 WAS)
* Passer Rating: rookie game (119.1 on 1997-11-30 PIT)
* Sacked: game (ten on 1997-11-30 PIT), rookie season (52 in 1997)
* Yds/Pass Att: rookie season (7.44 in 1997)
* Pass Yds/Game: rookie season (220.3 in 1997)
* 300+ yard passing games: playoffs (two)