I HATE Lamont Jordan

It’s the comfort level he has with Jordan that he will not make mistakes. I completely agree with you that Hillis is the superior athlete but he also has a fumble and a couple of bad penalties. Hillis will get his reps before the seasons over, Mcdaniels has acknowledged his value several times. Mcd could care less if a player is a former “shanny” player or not. Did you see his presser from yesterday?

You are talking about something Hillis did “LAST YEAR”. Hillis has not impressed me in the LEAST this year and has actually disappointed me quite a bit…example: blocking in the back penalty vs Cowboys.

Now, I’ll be going nuts for the guy as much as anyone if he gets to run the rock and bowls some people over, but I haven’t seen that from Hillis CONSISTENTLY yet this season. He had flashes in the pre-season, but then he’d get stuffed on the next play.

Jordan may not be a great back now, but he is a solid back-up with lots of football smarts. I have faith that he can do his job if they call his number…especially since McDaniels won’t be calling his number to do something he’s not capable of.

You’re not a personnel guy in the NFL, are you?

There’s a reason Darius Walker CLEARED waivers. Its because the rest of the NFL didn’t think he was really worth a roster spot either. LaMont is a vet, knows his role, plays hard, does all of the little things right, and knows the playbook inside and out. He is also a good runner, blocks very well, can break tackles, and isn’t afraid to get the dirty yards.

I’m sorry that you pine for a player with flashier open field running skills. Maybe you’d be happier with Darren McFadden or DHB.

Hillis hasn’t done anything to convince me that he’s not just a special teamer or fullback this year. Last year, in a completely different system, he had a good stretch of games (especially versus KC, but I’m pretty sure I could have had a good game against KC last year).

Using the word ‘hate’ is ludicrous. How can you hate someone you don’t know? Unless you’re Charley Casserly or a some retired personnel guy, I will assume you have no clue what you’re talking about.

Being a Broncos fan doesn’t mean you have to like all of our players, but it does mean that you have to trust the personell team and the head coach, espeacially after a 4-0 start. I think they know WAY more than you do when it comes to a player and his roster spot.

I would mostly just like to ditto sadaraine and super7 here.

Lamont is contributing to make our team better. Let’s get behind him.

Hillis and Walker will get their touches before the season is over.

Jordan is a solid vet that seems to be contributing well. He had a couple nice runs on Sunday. However, my favorite thing about Jordan is, whenever they show McD on the sidelines, Jordan is standing next to him almost every time. He seems to be enamored with this young coach, and based on some of his comments he’s been a huge part of the
lockerroom buying into what Josh is selling. He’s the type of positive lockerroom guy that will be key to this team’s success this year.

If Buck’s hurt, Jordan will get carries before Hillis, and if he’s ineffective we’ll see plenty of Hillis, don’t worry. Hillis has been playing poorly this year. I’m bummed about it as much as anyone, but that’s a fact.

A lot of the time Jordan is in there running cleanup. When the game is in hand and the other team just wants the ball and knows Denver is going to run. In these situations Jordan grinds out possitive yards and doesn’t turn over the ball. He’s doing his job!

Mostly because he played for the faders. But Hillis is our only reasonable option at fullback with Spencer Larsen out so it is tough to give him too many carries without risking an injury that hurts the team badly. It just isn’t worth the risk the way I see it

Unless a catastrophic injury happens to Moreno or Buck. Hillis has no place in this offense and they should have tried to deal him over the summer.

Jordan knows the offense and is a mentor to Moreno more than anything else. I don’t really care how he produces in his minuscule amount of touches, though I guarantee he would have gotten that first down on 4th and 1 Sunday.

When you try to change a culture within an organization, you need reliable veteran guys that can help CHANGE that culture. Lamont Jordan is one of those guys. He is also effective when we are trying to pound the rock to close a game out. Knowshon, Hillis, et al will benefit from learning from Jordan on just professionalism and how to carry about your business within a WINNING organization.

Lamont is playing a critical role in the culture changing McD is trying and succeeding in implementing in Denver.

From a Me-First to a Team-First mentality. I like it and I am glad Jordan is on our football team this year.

because it struck as one of those “Do you still beat your wife?” type questions.

There are players that I have questions about why they’re on the team, but that has to more to do with my not understanding the plan McDaniels has for them than anything about the player himself.

Jordan has never particularly impressed me, but I see the importance of having him do what he’s doing — mentoring younger players in the offense, demonstrating a strong work ethic and team-first attitude, etc.

Lamont is not showing quickness, sometimes not even power, but he is also not being asked to carry often. His role has been nicely addressed in the comments. Lets worry about something other than the last RB on the depth chart (at least in terms of carries).

Opponents this year probably have schemed their plan around Hillis after watching what he did last year as a back-up and the old switch-eroo had them second guessing. The stretch down the road gets tougher and tougher and teams will start to relacks their planning against him and conscentrate on something else. Hillis will get his reps.

none of these mistakes that you are talking about happened while he was a running back. they were all on special teams. they are using him wrong! i know i said LAST year. in case you forgot shanny, not a moron. he used hillis very well and knew how to do it. we can learn from anyone not just belicheck. use hillis with the zone blocking not right at the line he runs better this way, down hill. cmon old slow lamont. not impressed. im open minded and yeah maybe he could be a good backup that doesn’t make mistakes but hillis could be a good thunder with knowshon lighting.

and -2 for using a leading question for the poll, I don’t hate Jordan, and for the record I never beat my wife. I don’t really like Jordan as a featured back, but he was practically made for the end of the game protect the lead type of role. It has taken 4 weeks to get Marshall to where he was on Sunday, there is still time for Hillis to work his way into some games.

im feeling a little better about jordan. i think what you said is right. i don’t hate jordan. i love to pull for hillis and to have a guy that i don’t feel like is as good in there torks me off. yeah in the grand scheme it really doesn’t matter. everything is going great why get mad about the 3 and 4 man on the depth chart at RB? that’s why i love going to this site you guys remind me of things that i havn’t thought of. thanks

Jordan has only lost 4 fumbles his entire career. He has lost only 2 over the past 6 seasons.

Jordan suffered through several injuries during camp, and this affected his performance during the pre-season and (somewhat) during the first four games of the regular season.

The Broncos coaching staff isn’t stupid, despite the fact that this accusation was often made during the off-season. Jordan is better than we’ve seen and he’s also very capable in important although underrated aspects of the game — ball security, pass blocking, and receiving ability.

It’s hard to have confidence in his ability since we’ve yet to see it, but the coaching staff didn’t keep him out of faith. We simply haven’t seen the runner who produced all those career stats yet. An added thought — our OL has suffered numerous problems in the late pre-season and early regular season. Some of this was due to injury but some is from the scheme change, along with a combination of both. We haven’t seen the OL at their best and I expect that they’ll find their groove as the season proceeds. Jordan needs a couple steps to get up to speed and he hasn’t had that very often so far.

Than a player. He knew the system and probably is serving as a great mentor to Knowshon. He’ll get mop up duty and get three yards a carry so we can punt it away on 4th. That’ll save our backs. I don’t think a 3rd RB is really supposed to be anything other than an extreme situation spell back.

If Moreno, and Buck both go down, you’ll probably see some free agent activity. I don’t think Jordan contributes anything in terms of physical ability, but he prepares hard, makes an example for younger players, and makes those that are on the field, better.