It was totally apparent that was his biggest adjustmen from the first game to the second. He suddenly realized he had time to make his checkdowns and didn’t have to get rid of the ball in the first 3 seconds after the snap.

One sentence really stood out.

During his career Orton has thrown 22 touchdowns and only two interceptions inside the opponents’ 20-yard line, while the Cutler-led Denver offense tied for the league lead with seven red-zone turnovers (four interceptions, three fumbles) last season."

Nice to have some level headed analysis.

I have been a supporter of McD’s choice (and confidence) in KO and I am excited to see how we do this year with him at the helm…

I am also looking forward to watching Brandstater’s development…I’m hoping that injuries do not force him onto the field too early but (IMO) TB looks like he is a diamond in the rough…

As always, appreciate your work…Go Broncos

The sooner he adjust to our line, the better we’ll be, but I’m more interested in his pocket awareness than anything else.

…a playbook that’s thicker than Paula Deen’s Southern twang

Gives me hope that maybe there is something to the thought that perhaps McD isn’t using the whole playbook currently. Unless he has, like, 2,000 bubble screens diagrammed in there.

I was perturbed a little by DJ calling Cutler a top-5 QB though.

We can see the anxiety to get rid of the ball in his early games, and can see that he began to settle down in the later game.

Also, if you look at his passer rating game by game, you will see it has improved in each of the three preseason games.

I appreciated the level-headedness of the article too but there was one part of it that left me a bit unease. It was DJ’s comments regarding the QB situation:

“We had a great quarterback — one of the top five in the league,” says sixth-year linebacker D.J. Williams. “[Losing Cutler] set us back a little bit. I would love to see Jay here, but we’ve got to work with the parts we’ve got now — and that’s not to say they’re not good enough or can’t get the job done. They can.”

I’m not sure when that comment was taken….but the context of DJ’s comment seemed a bit more focused on the loss of Cutler rather than what Orton brings to the team. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for their new field general.

Dunno….maybe just a little paranoid I guess.

Whether he comes around to meet those problems is on his shoulders for he must lead the offense. What gets me is the ineffective play calling McDaniels has done thus far. This spread or what ever they want to call it is too predictive. It’s time to air it out a couple of times to keep the opposing defenses off balance even if the play isn’t successful. McDaniels knows better and he may be lulling teams to sleep, at least I hope so.

On another note; did anybody notice the composure and poise Brandstater showed after relieving Kyle in the 2nd qtr? He looked a whole lot better this time and should grow into Mcdaniels’ system and scheme. He’s tall enough to read over defenses and had a couple of nice passes.

And he had a few years learning the system. I’m for giving Orton a full season before passing judgement.

to see a member of the MSM acknowledge that Orton has more time to throw here but has to get used to it. Great link.

ever since I saw Orton play during the practice at Mile High. You could literally count to three “mississippi” and watch him jump. His mental alarm went off, he mechanics got sloppy and he threw to the first person he saw. I’ll admit, I was a little nervous but he has been progressively better and better each week.
I’d say the timing between him and the receivers is his biggest issue right now.