Horse Tracks - 3/19/10 - Brady Quinn Speaks
by John Bena on Mar 19, 2010 7:31 AM MDT
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Brady Quinn spoke to media yesterday for the first time, in person anyway, as a member of the Denver Broncos. He said all the right things, smiled at the right times, looked confident and sincere. I believe he is. He spoke of his workout regimen, how his father instilled in him that one advantage you can gain over the competition is to be in better shape, something you can take advantage of late in games. Perhaps if you look the part, you'll act the part as well. That is the big question surrounding Quinn. There is no doubting that at face value Quinn has all the look and feel of a guy you want to represent your franchise. That does little, however, to in football games. Kyle Orton, while not as flashy as Quinn, has won football games - certainly more than he has lost. In the NFL, that's all that matters, results. Quinn is going to get the chance to get back on his feet, take a deep breath and find himself as a football player - out of the spotlight that comes with being a 1st Round pick. He's now another reformation project in a League that has had plenty of them. He definitely looks and sounds the part of a NFL Quarterback. Now the question becomes can he play like one.
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Thanks John
Alge and Moss. A couple of Fungi for the Pat’s.
Character may be manifested in the great moments but it is made in the small ones -- Philip Brooks
I like the joke butt...
Neither Algae nor moss are in the fungi kngdom. Algae are in either the protista or monera (bacteria) kingdom and moss is in the plantae (or plant) kingdom. Hey, I gotta use my biology degree at some point in my life.
I think he just meant that they're a couple of fun guys.
Ohohohohohohohohohoho…………..yeah, sorry.
Hey kiddies.... I have Internet candy in my van...
Ok
But are they good bacteria or bad bacteria? =)
Character may be manifested in the great moments but it is made in the small ones -- Philip Brooks
I liked Ayer's comments on the affect of combine and draft prep...
and how it shorten’s the time to work on “real” football skills in the rookie offseason. Having a full year prep with real football drills and skills makes me very hopeful for the 2009 guys. :)
"Brandon Marshall will be a happy BRONCO WR in 2010"
Broncotodd - 2009
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
John Adams
Another one of Shanny's guys?
DJ Williams is walking away from $100,000 so he can have an extra month to hang out in Miami?
That kind of decision making makes me worry.
In my opinion.
When you just got paid 3 Million
100,000 thou is a drop in the bucket… He’s probably having a good time with Dumerville down there.
Its common among former Miami players to workout there in the offseason instead of at camps.
Its all about Da U, after all.
I wouldn’t worry.
Thanks for the list, Guru
I don’t envy your time commitment to the Tracks this time of year!
I question whether the “staying home in Miami” is worth the $100,000 to D.J., or if staying away from the Bronco training staff is the primary reason. I don’t recall many players – if any – staying away from OTAs during Shanny’s regime. We kept a majority of the same training staff – what is the difference now?
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted and then used against you.
The owners also didn’t nullify the CBA during Shanny’s tenure. It’s hard to to divine what’s going on in the guy’s head. I’d lean against the hypothesis of sudden contempt for McX, since DJ was in the crew that asked the coach to discipline uncommitted playersin week 17.
I didn't say against McX, I just meant the training staf.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted and then used against you.
DJ's agent said
that it " isn’t some kind of message or anything"
by BigskyBronco on Mar 19, 2010 9:10 AM MDT up reply actions
just saw a youtube of quinn at ND
and it was exhilirating watching a QB that has good mobility and pocket presence and fights off tacklers instead of curling into the fetal position. not saying he’ll be a better QB than orton. just sayin’ he doesn’t look like a wilting flower.
It is exhilirating to see a QB complete passes
Which Quinn has a big problem with. Hope for the better with the Broncos, of course
by si_ice on Mar 19, 2010 9:21 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Peyton Manning falls to his knees as soon as he sees a rusher coming.
Just saying.
"All by their heads, he places crowns."
"Brandon Marshall isn't as good as you think he is." - a random hobo I met
by Tempestuous Binary on Mar 19, 2010 9:28 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
nonsense
he’s far from elusive, but manning can at least feel the pressure and sidestep out of the way extending the play
orton is one of the most timid QBs in the league. he’ll curl up into the fetal position if you get within an arm’s reach
In the super bowl, Peyton was sacked by himself. It's on tape.
If Taylor Swift were to try and tackle me, I'd let her.
PS3 ID: broncomaniac6
by Troy Hufford on Mar 19, 2010 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is true, but he lost.
You play to win the game. You don’t play just to play it.
I’m channeling Herm Edwards.
If Taylor Swift were to try and tackle me, I'd let her.
PS3 ID: broncomaniac6
by Troy Hufford on Mar 19, 2010 11:58 AM MDT up reply actions
hahaha, well played.
My roflcopter goes soi soi soi soi soi soi
If Taylor Swift were to try and tackle me, I'd let her.
PS3 ID: broncomaniac6
by Troy Hufford on Mar 19, 2010 12:01 PM MDT up reply actions
lol
okay, that is pretty funny. but one of the comments nailed it
Brown was lined up at the 3 spot meaning his job is to provide pass protection support against the strong-side blitz. Instead, Brown dives right leaving the Colts left-side line vulnerable instead of picking up the defensive rush. The dropback got messed up from jump because Peyton couldn’t drop straight back, set and fire. Peyton ditched because the best QB in NFL history is not paid to take sitting-duck shots from LBs. Brown missed his assignment, period. Blind-side protection.
Yep
Love Donald’s hands-in-the-air “What?” reaction, hahahahaha
by AllBroncsallday on Mar 23, 2010 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Thanks, John.
I like Wesley and Robert’s comments on Wink.
"All by their heads, he places crowns."
"Brandon Marshall isn't as good as you think he is." - a random hobo I met
by Tempestuous Binary on Mar 19, 2010 9:29 AM MDT reply actions
Wowzers.
B. Quinn sounds like hes been here for years….callin reporters by name….already familiar with “Greek”…I like his style.
On a different note, I really don’t understand why writers feel the need to keep pointing out that Brady Quinn is a good looking guy. I seriously don’t get why that is so much fun to point out or why it matters.
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the writers talk about his good looks
because he hasn’t done anything in the NFL yet. They say winning cures all, and they aren’t kidding. Media bashing, receding harilines, even good looks!
There's a big hard sun, beating on the big people, in the big hard world.
formerly Styg-like
by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 19, 2010 11:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Worth highlighting an answer from Woody's mailbag
I was told Harris is on the way to a full recovery from two different injuries to his right toe. I think the Broncos would like a little more beef at right tackle, but they like both Ryan Clady and Harris
Answers one of the questions often being asked around here.
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes" Douglas Adams
by orange&blue_aussie on Mar 19, 2010 9:46 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Thanks very much O&B
I don’t read Woody, so I missed it. That is good (and welcome) tidings indeed. I just hope it isn’t a drunk fantasy.
Character may be manifested in the great moments but it is made in the small ones -- Philip Brooks
Woody isn't exactly an insider around Dove Valley anymore...
-Stick to the fight when you are hardest hit - it's when things seem worst that you must not quit!
by BroncoSense72 on Mar 19, 2010 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions
I thought this was interested from Woodrow as well
On whether or not blog or media coverage gives any advantage to opposing teams:
…I don’t think any of it makes any difference, except … when the Broncos played the Raiders for the 1977 AFC championship. I was the beat writer/columnist for The Rocky Mountain News.
I was the only person from the paper who covered the team. The Post had two writers — Joe Sanchez and the late Dick Connor. We went to practices all the time.That week I decided to go to Oakland to get stories, and The News put another writer on the Broncos.
Red Miller closed practices for the first time all year. When the game was over, we found out for the first time that quarterback Craig Morton had been in the hospital for part of the week and didn’t practice. Nobody knew.
Morton couldn’t tie his own shoes. Miller did it for him before the game. The Broncos were afraid the Raiders would find out that Morton had a badly bruised hip and would go after him.
Instead, Morton wasn’t sacked once in the game. As a result of that game, the NFL started the injury list.
Woody has his faults, yes, but his insight into the history of the team is often as fascinating as it is occasionally maddening.
"All we're trying to do is win the *********** game!" -- Josh MF McDaniels tearing into his offensive line after three false starts in the red zone. The tirade turned the tide of the game, and the Broncos dominated from that point on.
by broncosmontana on Mar 19, 2010 3:25 PM MDT up reply actions
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