Horse Tracks - 8/16/10 - Bengals 33 - Broncos 24 Edition

I’m glad to have Krieger point out the things I tend to miss when he astutely notes that Orton is ahead of the other two in the QB race. I didn’t pick that up but I don’t have a trained eye like his.

Good game for the Broncos since our 1st string whipped up on Cincy’s 1st and it was their 2nd game…. I don’t think anyone suffered a injury that will require much time off.

The guys that played in the 3rd and 4th quarters better do a lot of running in practice because they were loafing on the field. What a sorry lack of effort from our backups. Denver is not going to keep 80 guys on the active roster so you’d think these guys might actually want to try to win jobs instead of arm tackling and jogging out their routes.

Too bad about the Texans rookie RB – I was hoping the Texans could finally overcome the Colts, but this won’t help. And too bad about Tory Holt – I always liked his game.

orton looked amazing out there last night. the guy was in full attack mode, getting it done

quinn probably just played himself into the number 3 QB spot. unless we see significant improvement soon, anyway

tebow looked great for where he is at right now. he should probably be number 2 QB, with a lot of learning still yet to do. but he was impressive

Does anyone know if NFL Rewind offers up exhibition games too, or just regular season games? I have a sub to the season to watch Broncos games online (after they’re archived) but looks like they may be cheapskates and not offer up exhibition games too.

Otherwise have to wait til Tuesday night it appears to watch replay of it on NFL Network. Knowing the score doesn’t matter much, just want to see some of the action…

We’ve now gotten pre-season looks at 5 QBs taking their first shot at the McD playbook. Every contestant got his hat handed to him on his first time out.

I’ve had patience with McD because I buy what’s being sold about his system. The theory all along was that it’s a short-term disadvantage, but a long-term advantage. In year one, there is just too much to master, especially when you havea roster molded to the equally distinctive Shanny approach. The progress we’ve seen in year 2 from Orton is excellent. We’ll know for sure that things are working in a year, when Quinn and Tebow are in their second camp, and have the chance to show real improvement.

Kyle Orton: “I’m really excited abut our offense. We’re going to have a unit that can dominate a MF game.”

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard Kyle so bold. OK, so I put in the “MF” part, but the rest is true… and bold. And I like to hear it.

Although he takes a long time, he seems to recognize where he likes the match ups and then delivers. You can tell he’s been studying hard and working hard, since this is his first playing under fire and he didn’t throw into quadruple coverage, like someone else did.

Is heartbreaking, really rooting for the kid as soon as he gets back

The Broncos have way too much invested in Tebow for him to being playing behind a third-string offensive line any longer. Plus, the current No. 2 quarterback, Brady Quinn, showed nothing in Sunday night’s 33-24 loss in Cincinnati to prove he deserves to be a backup NFL quarterback.

Call me crazy, but I can barely believe he wrote that. I like the new, decisive Bill Williamson! LOL