Clear as Orange Mud

I’ll try to keep this as clear and concise as possible.

There are a numerous popular beliefs floating around Bronco Country, and frankly, I’m not sold...

·         Fox is bringing a new offense to Denver, and all the players are back to square one learning it...I’m not clear on this; I thought McCoy was retained as OC partly to help maintain continuity on that side of the ball. My impression is that Fox will bring a different balance and preference to the offense, however, the language and plays would come courtesy the system McD implemented...just augmented and re-balanced.

·         Ayers hasn’t shown he can play yet...I admit, he was probably a reach at #17 overall, but just like Tebow at #25 last year, McD showed an inclination to gamble on his 2nd 1st rounders in back-to-back draft years. (Both of his 1st 1st rounders (Knowshon and Demariyus) have been injury concerns too, not a good look, but not on topic either). Back to Ayers; I thought Ayers looked very good setting the edge in numerous games last year (Titans come to mind). When he went down with an injury, MHR was definitely sombre. Yet now, not much love. Granted, he hasn’t shown #17 overall-pedigree, however, we all know he switched to OLB and played well enough to be missed last year. Not having Dumervil was huge too. All of a sudden Ayers was expected to stop the run and get sacks in a Wink’s D which didn’t always seem too systematically sound.

·         Knowshon hasn’t shown anything...come on yall...I give you the injury-concerns, but when Knowshon has been healthy and behind a competent line, he’s looked good-to-very good. He’s very good at catching out of the backfield and picking up hard yards. He’s able to identify blitzers and usually picks up the block and doesn’t shy away from contact. No, he doesn’t have a crazy top-end speed, and he isn’t a power back either...but I saw him run all over the Chiefs and Raiders last year, and he looked like a beast who needs more help from his Oline (scheme, coaching, consistency), needs to stay healthy and needs another RB or two to share the load with (effectively).

·         Renaldo Hill is a bad player...other than his debacle in the Jet’s game, it’s hard for me to fault Renaldo Hill for much last year. He was one of the most consistent players on the team and how many times was his coverage (or lack of it) at fault for converted plays against our D? Last year’s consistent failures were Cox getting abused by veteran QB’s and receivers, as well as BDawk and LB’s getting owned by TE’s...oh yeah, and no pass rush minus Haggan against the Chiefs.  If I was to grade Renaldo Hill l’d give him a “C” and that’s not a “C for Captain”.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m super excited about Moore and Carter, and still hope McBath can keep himself together...but I’m not ready to just write off Renaldo as a bad player; he’s not, and he’s done more positives for this defense in the last 2 years than he probably gets credit for. With that being said, I still would probably release him this year if possible...too many cooks in the DB kitchen...

·         I was tempted to mention both Brady and Richard Quinn...not really sure what to think of these two; have they both been developing behind the scenes, or are they busy floppin and hoggin roster spots?

·         And who here actually thinks Tebow ISN’T a flat-out Winner? Really...? Tebow has too much heart, he won’t lose.