Horse Tracks 11/17/09 - Orton's status questionable for Sunday; Harris ruled out

I stopped reading after the 3rd paragraph. He gets paid to write that stuff and have those thoughts.

Based on articles like this, Kiz would be lucky to score the role of janitor at MHR.

That’s one of those calls where if you make it people say:

“Now THAT is the genius who has won three Super Bowls. You have to make those kinds of gutsy calls to win In This League!”

And if you don’t make it people say:

“What an idiot. I just don’t understand that call. You just can’t do that sort of thing In This League and expect to win games.”

He gambled, he lost. It happens. That’s the nature of the game.

You know, whether to post “articles” by folks like Pasquarelli is a constant internal battle for me; between trying to make Tracks objective and all-consuming, and weeding out people I consider (personally) to be hacks. Pasquarelli is so obviously a mouthpiece for player agents and their agendas, that it’s probably against better judgment to subject y’all to his drivel…

Kiszla’s column today is very disappointing to me. I didn’t write above what I truly felt, because I was so taken aback that I figured I misread the whole thing in the first place. How in the world could he make such awful assertions? Orton kept himself out of the game to do what, protect his own ability to procure a contract for next year? Or that if he doesn’t play on Sunday he’s doing the same? I don’t even know what to say…

Kizsla is the Nate Webster of sports journalism.

Totally!

That always brightens up my tuesday mornings.

I used to play goalkeeper in soccer and had a history of injures. I said “injuries” because the list would include countless parts of my body.

One injury that I can say I’ve had a lot of experience with is ankle injuries. The injury suffered by Kyle Orton is one of the nastiest looking ankle injuries I’ve seen. In my experience, unless the ankle is sprained severely, a high quality brace can usually make it workable.

It’s a much easier injury for a QB to deal with than a WR or RB because KO doesn’t really have to run. Like you said, as a Marine, an ankle injury wouldn’t be a good thing because of all the running. Hopefully our offensive line will make it so that KO won’t have to run for his life. Kyle will have to slide around in the pocket to buy a little bit of time every once in a while, but I think that he would be able to do that with a good brace. One of my favorite braces was the McDavid Ankle X. It was more expensive than some of the other braces I had, but it worked really well.

I have no doubt that the training staff will do whatever it takes to get KO on the field and I don’t think KO should be affected too much.

Like poorboywilly said, we don’t want him to injure it even more. Well, the Ankle X brace only allows the foot to bend up and down. The ankle cannot move side to side and that should prevent making KO’s injury worse than it already is. You can still run to escape the pocket with a brace restricting side to side movement, but it feels wierd and slows you down a bit. The key will be to give him good protection and pick up the blitz.

…but we all know how important a QB’s base is, and the ankle on the front foot is actually a very crucial part of this throwing motion as he turns his hips and basically turns on his front foot ankle. Kyle is a tough SOB, and I have no doubt he plays, but I wonder how much the ankle injury (if I remember right and it’s his left ankle) will affect his throwing mechanics…

Yeah, but why be accurate when you can have truthiness!

as mentioned above, Doc… ;-)

Sure, everyone would love for him to play, but if he can’t go, it’s up to him. In the Washington game, he was throwing on the sidelines and told McD that he couldn’t play the second half. That’s when they went with Simms.

It’s up to Orton. If he doesn’t think he can play, he won’t. However, if he feels he can play and the doctors and McDaniels clear him to play, he will.

At the same time, I feel that you play your best players. Although Simms is earning more than Orton, I don’t feel he is a better QB for this team and therefore I would rather have Orton play.

McD puts the best players on the field, not the highest paid. If that was the case, Brandon Marshall wouldn’t get a lot of playing time. He isn’t the highest paid receiver on the team, yet he is labeled the #1 receiver.

Yes, some people did demand that Simms should start over Orton because of some of the preseason games. However, McDaniels saw the guys, day in and day out, and decided that Orton was the better QB.

So, although they signed contracts in the offseason, it doesn’t mean that the highest paid QB will play. At the time, they were projected to perform at a certain level. Simms isn’t playing up to that level and Orton is playing at a higher level than he was projected to. That, in turn, means that Orton is going to start over Simms.

So, why are you saying that broncos fans are ignorant and ungrateful? Are you saying that the members of MHR are ignorant and ungrateful, as well, because we are broncos fans?? By the transient property, MHR members and broncos fans are both ignorant, according to you. Right???

i think i am ill informed at times, and yes, to quick to speak often.

ingnorant? ungrateful? hmmm.

welcome to MHR, where ingnorance and ungratefulness are as plentiful as multiple word sentences at a raider game.

This site, i believe, reflects the best of broncos fanbase. sure there are losers in any teams following, but that does not represent the way i follow the broncos, and nor does it reflect a great number of the people here.

Don’t make the mistake of assuming that all the idiocy you see posted at the DP is reflective of the entire fan base- it isn’t. That’s a ridiculous over-generalization, and an especially silly charge to make at MHR.

There are knuckleheads and fools in ANY group, and moreover, in EVERY fanbase in the NFL and Denver’s no exception. However, those people do not represent the majority.

MHR represents the best of the Bronco fan base, in my opinion, while the DP is the exact opposite.