| amp316 said: Sometimes I prefer safe to exciting. I always liked the safe Orton to the risky Grossman. I thought that the losing in Denver had more to do with the entire team than Orton. To be honest, he put up really good numbers last year. When he played for the Bears he also was known as a "boring" player, but with a decent team boring usually wins. Check his win/loss record before leaving Chicago. About Tebow, I actually hope that one day he learns to throw the ball properly because he has a lot of guts, but that will only take you so far in the NFL. The problem with him is if the Broncos fall a couple of touchdowns down they are done because he rarely completes passes (look at the game against the Lions). Sure, he can run people over like a bulldozer at the end of the game when the defense is tired for one drive, but that's asking a lot of the defense to keep the game within a touchdown until the 4th. Thank you. You are a good man that knows who Lanny McDonald is. |
The fact is that Denver has a long memory and they still remember Elway. So they are not satisfied with a boring Quarterback. The only thing that will change this is if Denver has success with a boring safe Quarterback like Orton. Since Elway retired we haved not come close to winning with a boring quarterback. Griese did okay, but never excelled and was not boring. Cutler was never boring, but McDaniels and him had a personality conflict and the city lost out because McDaniels stayed and Cutler left. It is foolish to blame any teams succes compleatly on the qb, but that is how it is usually done by the media and fans. As I have said in talks with insomniac and in this thread we both know that Denver is winning now because the defense has improved over the early course of the season.
Tebow has not been tested in a two touchdown game yet, this season other than against the chargers when he almost won it, while Orton was losing it bad. This guy plays the best under pressure and I believe he has the ability to comeback in the 2nd half down two scores. Tebow also is messing up now due to lack of confidence in his passing game. If he can manage to gain it back he might do better. Time will tell. The one thing there is no denying is almost every week he has been the most talked about player in football. He is exciting and only he and the rest of the team can prove how good they really are.
