 |
| Orton may be smiling but he's about to lose his job. |
First and foremost I understand football is a team game, I
get it. I understand it’ll take time for Fox’s Offensive and Defensive
philosophy to gel. Got it, thank you.
I see and understand how the Broncos D has already improved
(Von Miller is awesome) and will continue to improve, how the Broncos Corners
must improve, how the young OL still is not playing well in the running game or
pass blocking, how the Broncos don’t have a young speedy or even a powerful RB
on the roster, how they don’t really have a solid (Sorry, Lloyd isn’t it) go to
WR and how they don’t have much depth at many positions. Understood, got it.
Lastly, no matter how many fans want to avoid it or deny it, our starting QB is
one of the worst in league and isn’t going to improve. So...DEAL WITH IT!!
That is where I choose to focus my attention because it’s
the most important leadership position on the field. A good QB can make an enormous
difference for a struggling team despite these problems and help the team win
tough games. Orton is never going to be the guy, it’s pure stupidly to believe
he’s going to shed his skin and turn into Brady.
Speaking of Brady, just remove him from the Patriots, or
Manning from the Colts as we’re already seen and what do you have left? About
the same sort of talent the Broncos have on both sides of the ball right now.
So this ridiculous notion that a staring QB doesn’t matter in the big scheme of
things is a big load of bunk and the lamest excuse ever to defend Orton.
One of the things I’ve noticed is that the fans who support
the idea of starting Tebow have less hate and discontent directed at them than
by Orton supporters (Of the few who still do) than during our last big QB
controversy. Tell me if I’m wrong here? We’re only at week 4 of the NFL season
and the rats are jumping the Orton ship much quicker than the same fans that
defended Plummer over Cutler in 2007.
During the Plummer/Cutler nuclear war in Broncos Country
back then at the very least you could say that if you loved Plummer or hated
him he did play well enough to get the Broncos to within one game of a Super
Bowl.
As much as I hated the overrated Plummer and was overjoyed
that he finally lost his job at least he had a few more tools to win a game or
make a comeback in the 4 Q at times. Though he lacked talent in consistently
delivering a long ball, many times the short pass, threw to many INT’s, lost to
many fumbles, telegraphed his throws and missed wide open WR’s (Sounds a lot
like Orton) Plummer at least had a second chance to make a play with his feet.
The other worthy intangible you could hang on Plummer was the guy was a warrior
with some heart and passion and played the game that way even in failure. His
feet and his passion made his game.
Orton has all the flaws that Plummer had and absolutely zero
chance of making a play with his feet. On the field Orton never seems to have
that “controlled desperation or sense of urgency” to be a leader when the chips
are down and the game is on the line. Orton looks like a zombie who took 3
bottles of Xanax before game time. Being calm, cool and collected is alright if
you had a team like Montana had in front of him but when you don’t being a
benign disinterested stiff on a team struggling to win at crunch time doesn’t
get it either. I’ll take some fire over ice; Orton isn’t ice he’s just frozen
solid.
Given all of the flaws in Orton’s game, I just don’t see how
the argument can be made that he gives the Broncos a better chance to win than
Tebow. Tebow has 2 great intangibles that Orton doesn’t. He’s a big strong
young man and is capable of either running or throwing for a TD in the red
zone.
The only intangible that Orton can claim is NFL experience.
If it were good experienced none of this would even be debated, his job would
be secure. But as Woody Paige noted this week, “His overall record as the
Broncos' starter is 12-19. The team has won four of Orton's last 20 — a winning
percent of 20. He is 0.00 percent when the team trails by three or more at
halftime.”
I’m a Diehard Broncos Fan but I’m not a homer, I’m a
realist, the Broncos will get slaughtered by the Packers this week. It’s just a
question of how wide of a margin it is. So after he leads the team to yet
another uninspiring performance I have to believe that Elway and Fox would say
uncle.
Like Tebow or not he absolutely cannot play any worse than
Orton has over the last 2 seasons. He must be the starter for the Chargers game
so we can see if he’s capable of salvaging what’s left of this season. If he
stinks, fine, at least we’ll know and then the Broncos can figure out what to
do with him next year. He’ll win some and lose some with Orton we could lose
all. If nothing else with Tebow in there watching the Broncos won’t be like
putting needles in our eyes, throwing rocks at the TV or falling asleep from 3
½ hours of mind numbing boredom.
No comments:
Post a Comment