FINAL: Dallas Cowboys 24 - Denver Broncos 23

I hope he is OK amazing how much better the talent this team has selected than what we had to put up with.Players who were starters won’t even make the practice squad.Dell is the other unknown (to me ) receiver who looked really good. OK and Cox,McCarthy,Hunter ,jeez even Jeremy Beal and all the first team D oh yeah and SydQuan.GoBroncos!!

Our 2nd string o-line is embarrassing and I really hope we don’t get any injuries.

I think it’s simple, if you switch Tebow and Orton today, Tebow does even better with more time in all likeliness, and Orton probably takes about 3 sacks.

The 1 thing that pissed me off tonight was when Orton threw the ball away on 3rd down in the goal line. That’s his big knock, that he doesn’t make stuff happen when it’s important, and instead of trying to make a play there and work out his flaws, he just threw the ball away. I could understand that if it’s week 1, but this is an exhibition and no one cares at all if you throw a pick there, give your WRs a chance to make a play. That play sums up a lot of Broncos fans feelings of Kyle Orton and I think rightfully so.

Lets not forget either that Orton’s 1 big play was mostly because Decker got a lot of yards after the catch, and the run game carried him down to the 1 yard line before he couldn’t punch it in when the coaching staff was clearly trying to get him to throw a td.

I just don’t see how he makes it past even the first round of cuts.

My assessment, Kyle orton is gonna bolt out of Denver the minute this season ends, so we know he isn’t the long term answer. Then we would have to wait out another season in 2012 before we really know what we have in Tebow. I say if we are gonna waste a season, let’s use 2011 to see what we have in Tebow. Especially with some big time QB in next draft. Why let Kyle use us as a springboard to go elsewhere, while setting our evaluation process back a whole year. We know we are not hoisting the Lombardi trophy at seasons end anyhow, so why not see what we have in Tebow in 2011 and not stunt the growth of our evaluation process? Dont get me wrong, Tebow could surely benefit from another season learning on the side, but not at the expense of watching Orton walk away while we stil don’t know if Tebow has the potential to invest in long term.

Really excited about this rookie class. I think what I saw from Demaryeus last year shows me he can be special. Big target with explosive stride. Demaryeus and Decker will be great to pair with Julius Thomas and Virgil Green in passing game. And the defensive rookies in Von, Rahim, Quinton, and Nate Irving have me salivating. Think we are on the way to relevance again.

I never got to see last year, wow he is something,still shouldn’t start but real football smarts,incredibly strong and athletic,but even that long completion down the middle was still way off he needs to improve accuracy but what fun watching him improve.BQ looked much better than before.Very good work.

That was a fun game. If that game were repeated in the regular season it would have been both crushing and extremely exciting.

The best moment of the night had to be when my wife said “OMG, your number 71 literally just fell over with no one around him.” I had to rewind and watch AND HE DID. Nice Hochstein. There is a reason an armless Chris Kuper could outplay you.

Orton sure looked like Orton. Tebow looked like Tebow, and who the heck is this Quinn guy? He looked really solid! Did we trade Brady Quinn for someone else? Ok, he looked like good Brady Quinn. Which is really nice to have actully

I think Ball had better start showing more. Now. Not only did he look tentative to me, he blew his blitz pickup at least one time and then stood there not doing anything on another play.

Mr Mays is not giving Nate Irving a chance to take his job. HE IS TAKING HIS JOB! That was neat to see from Mays.

Coaches, Please let the following move up the depth chart
Jeremiiah Johnson
Eron Riley
They sure looked good. I want to see them against better defenders. I suspect Riley just punished a weak 3rd string Cowboys secondary, but he may be pretty good

Finally, please play our 4th QB for a bit. I want to watch him so I can cheer him on in the CFL or Arena League!

I think Jones would struggle to make a 63 man roster after the way he played tonight.

I was at the game and thought there were VERY few standouts in this game.

Quinn showed me something though and I have to say he seemed like a more legitimate back up than Tebow to me. I’m not looking for the most exiting guy I’m looking for the guy that can execute.

Tebow looked no different than we’ve seen before, he’s just as likely to lose the game for you as he is to win it.

I thought Nate Jones was what I thought he was…I hope someone takes his spot.

It’s going to be a damn sham if Cox puts himself inside as he continues to show that he has great potential.

I was disapointed that Franklin didn’t play longer, I wanted to see a lot of him and come away with a real good feel of where he is at and I didn’t get enough of a look in his short time.

Moreno looked great, McGahee is going to do well for us and I love Jeremiah Johnson. I hope those 3 are our backs.

WR depth is deep. It will be a tough decision between Dell, Willis and Riley. I hope we carry 6 so only one has to get cut.

QBs all looked good but I’m still disappointed in Kyle’s redzone play. Tebow is a gamer and Quinn looked good too. We will be in good shape if we still decide to trade Orton.

Nate Jones needs to go. He got burned so much and looked out of position a lot. I am hoping he and McBean are goners.

Kyle McCarthy is making McBath very expendable

Love the potential of our rookie class. I cant figure out who we’ll keep as a TE. Could we possibly carry 4?

I think we’ll also carry 4 DTs. I think Thomas, Vickerson, Bunkley and Warren all make the team.

I’m excited and was glad to watch our team fight to the end of this game. I hope that becomes a staple

1.) The signature Margarita sold at Jerry World is now $16.00 for 12oz.
2.) The sound system at Jerry World is a big piece of crap.
3.) The loudest boos of the night were not for Tebow, but when the giant jumbotron went out. That was pretty funny.
4.) I also saw the giant cup of coffee tackle a kid. However, the pizza slice was a cheap shot artist.
5.) Cowboys fans are still as obnoxious as ever.
6.) The temperature was a cool 72 degrees in the stadium. Not bad at all.

Now for the football thoughts:

1.) Tebow didn’t look comfortable tonight. As I was sitting there watching him closely, I realized how long his stride is. It makes for him to run like a gazelle, but short three and five step drops, and especially handing off the ball causes him to meet the running back just a little bit quicker than usual. I think it feels forced or rushed to him. (At least that is what it looked like up close. Overall I thought he played well. The Cowboys announcers were all over him and the fans were just in shock at how hard he is to bring down. He had two times where he just wouldn’t go down.
2.) There is no doubt that people will pay to see him all over the field.
3.) The team had too many penalties, but what I saw was a team that looked like it knew what it wanted to do. The majority of the penalties were physical discipline issues. There were no communication problems and that is something to be very happy about.
4.) On the first drive, we get three. Tebow and Quinn both would/could have run it into the end zone. I don’t know if he was playing it safe, but there was plenty of running room as well as an angle on it. That is what I believe people are frustrated about. The ability to make any play positive.
5.) Our running game is improved. I believe we took a hit with pass protection, but the line (starting that is) is more balanced.
6.) Interesting formations for the start. They seemed to prefer the heavy TE sets with Tebow and the 3 set with Quinn.
7.) The first string O looks better than they did last year. Balance is the key. The cowboys didn’t seem to lock in on anything, but the body language of the first team looked good.
8.) The first string D looks MUCH better. Just a little more stout up front and way more speed on the sides and mid line. The cowboys were having some trouble with some formations, and I can tell you that the big screen showed something tonight-Miller was around the ball constantly. Doom was a liability in the running game on a couple of plays.
9.) Brady looked good live. I think we do have a quarterback controversy, but its going to be the 2/3 variety. The difference in the team with Brady is they knew where he was going to be. It was just a half second different, but you could notice it.
10.) Nate Jones played himself off the team tonight.
11.) LenDale is not going to be needed. I think he’s lost another step.
12.) I think, just from this showing, we are improving. The team looked like it had a direction.

THANK FOOTBALL IS BACK. THE GAME WAS A BLAST.
GO BRONCOS!

All 3 QBs played fine. It’s also quite apparent that TT has not taken some huge step backwards. Whatever his problems in practice, he looks pretty good in a game situation with lots of pressure.

Would like to have seen the 1st team defense play more. But that’s what the 2nd and 3rd preseason games are for. Excited but nervous about this team. Nate and Cassius looked awful confused on those last few scores by Dallas. Orlando played pretty well except for a couple of big misses. Von and Doom needed more snaps to see their influence. They’ll get there. Much better than last year all in all.

There is no doubt that the move of the kickoff from the 30 to 35 is going to affect games. I was shocked already by how many touchbacks there were. I would even go as far to say that the returners looked like they WANTED to run it out, but knew that it wasn’t a good idea. Its going to change the game.

Also, with the new rules on contact, speed is going to be that much more emphasized. Speed, not size, is the wave of the future NFL.

My only complaint is that the new kickoff rule sucks .

and started every game. Most the complaints in this thread would be worked out by then just off time on the field imo, and if they weren’t we’d be in great position to draft someone else. Orton isn’t gonna be here next year, I don’t get the point in starting him, I don’t think it guarantees more wins necessarily.

The Good -

Orton’s pass to Decker to beat the blitz. It was far better than the constant jump balls down the sideline that he always threw against the blitz last year.

Tebow’s bomb to Willis. It wasn’t the prettiest spiral I’ve ever seen, but the accuracy was good for a deep ball like that. It was certainly Tebow’s best play of the day.

Our OL’s run blocking. Hard to get too excited, since Dallas had a terrible D last year too, but our starters were dominating the line of scrimmage that first drive.

Three solid RB options. While limited to 2 carries, McgGahee looked very impressive to me. Moreno broke some tackles and looked solid, and JJ could be a stud. The rest of the RBs sucked, but those three were standouts.

Jason Hunter – Hard to give him too much credit, considering he was a rotational starter last year who played against a lot of third stringers, but he dominated them.

Perrish Cox – He probably doesn’t have much of a future with the team, but I thought he did a pretty good job on defense today. I really don’t like him as a returner though; he tip-toes way too much.

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The Bad -

Tebow’s jump pick deep in our own territory. Yes, it didn’t count thanks to the Dallas defender tackling our receiver, but it was a terrible pass that you knew was going to be picked as soon as he threw it.

Tebow’s crazy scramble at the end of the first half that resulted in 3 offensive penalties. While I can commend him on his effort, that play was ridiculous.

Any RB not named McGahee, Moreno, or Johnson. Very ineffective…

Penalties – Although expected during the first preseason game, we had a lot of bad penalties. 12 men in the huddle pretty much cost us a TD on that first drive.

Tackling – We had an up and down night on defense. It started strong, but then we let Felix Jones get a couple of big plays. The first teamers did a pretty good job overall, but the tackling got very sloppy as the game progressed.

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The Ugly -

Julius Thomas – I was so excited to watch this kid play after all the training camp hype, but he was in over his head last night. I hope he can be a receiving threat like the past great AFC West TE’s have been, but he won’t get a spot on the field until he proves he can block better than an old lady with a walker.

Nate Jones – More of a continuation from last year. I think he just likes to pad his tackling stats by letting everyone catch passes on him all day long. I’d rather have somebody who sucks at one position than somebody who sucks at two positions, so I really hope he is gone soon. However, he did seem to be one of the only Bronco players the announcers were willing to mentioned during the broadcast…

The Broadcast Team – Man, those guys were horrid. It’s always tough watching a preseason game being covered by your opposition’s announcers, but that was about the worst I’ve ever seen. Very few replays of good defensive plays by Denver, no acknowledgement of our players who were making plays, and constant bashing of Tebow. At least they let Romo talk through the two minute warning so we all missed a play when they put the game back on…

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Overall, I’m happy I got to finally see the team play this season. It’s hard to get a feel for the starters when they all play so little, but I thought our backups did pretty well overall. Next week should be a much better opportunity to evaluate players who we can expect to make a real impact this season.