Is there a QB controversy in Denver? Should there be?

Orton won six in a row and this was nowhere to be found. lighten up a bit. I have seen games where Peyton Manning has thrown six INTs same with Brady. Besides those two picks he has been great about keeping the ball with the offense.
I am not giving up on Orton. against the pats and chargers he was great! He is smart and he learns from his mistakes I think he will be fine.

I would say Orton deserves a chance to continue and see if he can improve, but I can’t say he has no fault in his play. He still has a tendecy to stare down WR, underthrow balls, and take bad sacks. That being said, I think he competes and generally plays up to his abilities. That being said, Chris Simms has never impressed me, I don’t know what upgrade he gives you, he may be a better athlete, but I don’t think he is better athlete. And a rookie is just that, and will probably struggle and not help us win games right now, especially if he does not have a run game to rely on.

Give the guy a break. The last two weeks we were beaten by a better team. If we loose to KC or the Faiders then I would start to worry. We have some issues and we made some mistakes, but we played them tough last night and that is all I ask. We are transitioning the team and yes it will have ups and downs. Our interior line play has been horrible on offense. Yes we need to address this next year in the draft, but those defenses are the best in the league. They do that to just about every team they play. Young Jedi will make adjustments and we will beat the Skins and have a record of 7-2! I will take that record any day.

Simms is a good QB, when he’s “on.” When he’s not…well, he’s off.

Orton’s a good QB, as long as he has protection. Currently, he isn’t getting it.

Brandstater needs to keep holding that clipboard this year. He’ll need all of the next offseason to keep learning this complex system, perhaps make some appearances in some games, and then maybe in 2011 he’ll be our starting QB.

We’ll just have to cool our jets for now and see how things play out the rest of the year.

Why tell me why you would bring in Chris when your team is 6-2

…Was the faith to keep him in as the starter…

Kinda reminds me of Shanny pullin’ Jake prematurely, ta be even thinking of pulling Kyle

- though honestly, before the season started, I had notions of bringing in Chris as QB on second downs and otherwise, ‘randomly’ to confuse Defenses further – almost akin to a QBBC, but more like the Wild Horse, just occasionally…..

But yeah I think it’d be madness to pull Kyle.

I grew a (familiar) fondness for him before and throughout preseason- (especially against the Cardinals!) and obviously every game since -and can’t wait to see the next half of the season with him at the helm, good or bad (and I’m sure it will be the former, at least into the playoffs) – Enjoy! Talk to you later. ( =

Oh give me a break. The guy can’t even work his way up to the No. 2 QB in Philly and you’re whining for his arse?

Chris Simms is more up and down than the stock market, and when pressured is worse than Cuttles. A good No. 2 option for now. Also, he is fragile. How much did he play in preseason before he was shelved by an ankle?

We play 3 teams that we might have to face in the playoffs, why show your whole hand until you have to. Pittsburg, Baltimore and Indy. If we can scheme around these teams and then belt them when it really counts that’s what it’s all about. We don’t really know what’s going on under the surface of this team.

Talking about replacing Orton? You must be mad. He has been OUTSTANDING when he has had protection, the running game is working, and his receivers get open.

But he is only half way through his first season with a difficult Offense. I think he he needs more time to get complete confidence in the system. I hope Josh stays with him through the rest of the season and see how he developes.

Orton has showed through the first 6 games of the year that he can perform in this system, so it’s not fair to want to change another QB already after two losses. Come on people, talk about jumping ship. I’ll wait for my thoughts on Orton after the season at least.

too many teams play QB roulette and lose. Every QB will have a bad game, some more than others. When an individual is being threatened, they will not always step up and move past that threat, more often than not they succumb to it. Let’s not do that to Orton, at least not yet.

For the record, I despise Jay Cutler. I don’t blame McDaniels for “running Cutler out of town” because it is well known that Jay threw a tantrum when his coaches were let go. I do not want Cutler back.

With that being said, Orton is not getting it done. He misses open receivers whenever he tries to throw more than 10 yards downfield. Worse, he has no ability to roll out or scramble. He cannot throw on the run at all. When he is forced out of the pocket he struggles to get the ball over the line of scrimmage.

If Orton is capable of hitting the seam route to Scheffler and the deep post or fly routes to Marshall then he better demonstrate that ability soon. Right now, defenses are bringing pressure and jumping all the short routes. We can’t run because the defense can stack the line knowing Orton won’t try to beat the safeties deep. Polamalu was playing within 10 yards of the line all night.

I think that McDaniels should have put Simms in late in the Baltimore game. Remember when McNabb got benched last year? Are you afraid that Simms might play better than Orton, and then we’d have the dreaded “quarterback controversy”? I’d rather have a controversy than stick with a QB that has no chance of winning against the best teams out there.

If we were 3-5 and trying to salvage some dignity for the season I’d say stick with Orton no matter what. But we were thinking AFC Championship three weeks ago. The games against the Steelers and Ravens have made it clear that Orton cannot compete against the best defenses in the league. If you want to go 10-6, make the playoffs and get beat 42-10 by the Colts in the first round yet again, then by all means let’s stick with Orton. Personally, I’d rather take a chance and see if Simms is more effective. He has the ability to scramble and throw on the run. These are two things that Orton just can’t do.

I know that McDaniels won’t try Simms because he doesn’t want to revive the whole discussion about The Trade. But if we are trying to win now, we should give Simms a shot.

But since McD isn’t going to bench him, it isn’t of any real purpose.

I wonder what the reaction would be if our losses were spread out instead of after 6 straight wins? With that said we do need to get our offense rolling though and hopefully our running game can get some momentum going against the Skins.