bash McD. But today he deserves it. He made too many questionable decisions.

In games that are tough and tight our defense has to step up to the plate and make a stand. They haven’t since the bye week. If the on-side kick worked we would have been in the drivers seat. I all turned to crap after that.

Just as you do, I regret this loss. On the bright side, we may have gotten some critical business out of the way. Because of Simms’ $3M contract and prior experience, he had to be given a shot at showing what he could do.

That’s out of the way now, which hopefully means that Brandstater (sp) will be under consideration for playing time sooner, rather than later. I think Brandy has the athleticism, competitive spirit, and leadership qualities that could serve the Broncos well. I’m okay with Orton for now (love his character and plucky ability), but I’m also keeping an eye to the future.

He probably thought Simms gave him the best chance to win, I think he wanted to run the ball, limit Simms throws, and keep the ball game close. What he did not account for is that the Chargers were smart enough to challenege the weak side of the line and get to Simms blind side. I wish they would of flipped Clady and Polumbus, but that is neither here or there. I don’t know if starting Orton would of had much difference, maybe the game is closer, but outside of a couple of drives, the offense really didn’t do a whole lot. The defense played well in spurts, but again, they did not bring pressure and they allowed too many big runs. The biggest problems on McDaniels part was abandoning the run after getting down by 7 and not sliding protection early, the on side kick was a gamble that blew up, because it took away all of our momentum, but if it worked, he would of been hailed as a genius.

You start Simms because Orton is too injured to play without both pain and a higher risk of damage if he does play. You put in the injured #1 QB (and let’s at least hear it for the kind of guts he has) because your #2 has trashed the first Q and you realize that you’re dead otherwise. It’s a slightly desperate act based on the complete breakdown of the backup QB.

This is the same backup QB who played well enough in some preseason action to garner many suggestions that he would be a better starter than Orton… no one could predict that he’d fall apart like that. It happened, it’s a shame, and I hop ethaat Orton didn’t harm himself doing it. He’s going to hurt like blazing heck this week.