Denver Broncos News - Horse Tracks - 8/3/11

It really doesn’t matter to me.

This team is not going to make the playoffs without exceptional QB play (the D-line moves are far better then what we had last year, but that is not anything to brag about).

If Orton starts, then is it really that bad of a thing?

Chances are he goes something like 3-6 in the first 10 weeks. At which point we will have finished most of our inner-division stretch and will be firmly out of the playoffs.
Then Tebow will get a 7-week audition.

Everyone should look at the big picture.

1) Tebow is the long-term answer at QB on this roster. Why else would they have attempted to deal Orton immediately. They couldn’t get a deal done, so he probably starts.

2) Tebow is probably not ready to be a starter. I fully believe that he would win games just because that’s what he does. However the big picture is not this season, where we are truthfully not logically destined for the playoffs. So, he sits and learns the game some more, gets a 6-8 game trial and then goes into next season as the starter. If he’s not ready then what’s the rush?

In the end, there is only one thing that stands between Tebow and eventually being the full-time starter and that’s drafting a QB next year.

If everyone truely believes that Tebow will eventually be the man, then you believe that he will prove enough in training camp, practices and eventually in game time to justify passing on a QB next year and instead getting help elsewhere on the roster (where it is desperately needed).

I couldn’t care less who starts this year because I am very confident that Tebow will show enough to justify passing on a QB or trading up for one next year.
Orton is gone either way after this season (unless he plays out of his mind and makes the playoffs, then he might be traded for a first round pick or justifiably would be signed long-term).

Another year of seasoning for all these youngsters and another 365 days to develop for Tebow and some pressure free game time is not the end of the world…..anyone that doesnt bleed orange and blue might tell you that’s exactly what is needed.

I dont care who is the guy but when it comes down 2 it Im for Tim Tebow just which ever guy we go with this year the other guy needs 2 b gone and if tim tebow is the guy who leaves I will rout agaist him just like i do Cutler

That article about Brady Quinn was a great snap shot McD’s real personality. The man is volatile and someone that shots-from-the-hip.

I remember McD calling Cutler “the player”, but these guys are not robots. McD trades for Brady Quinn, lies to him then screws Brady over while still expecting some kind of results. Make that up as just another shot yourself in the foot failure of the McD regime.

I wonder if Josh ever looks back on all the misfires and wonders, "were guys like Phonz, Rich Quinn, Wink and Brady Quinn the failures that let me down or was I the failure"?

With Josh’s hubris, my guess is the former. He was taught to point the figure at himself, but successful men can do that, while unsuccessful men can’t survive too many "my bad moments". Deep down, I bet Josh harbors a lot of anger and blame towards his many misfires in Denver. He should be mad at Joe Ellis for giving him too much power, but I bet he is actually bitter at the players and coaches that didn’t perform up to expectations.

Guess we’ll find out in his next job.

An addition if I may..

Bfree2bronc found this article from the Boston Herald detailing the falling out of Ty Warren with New England.

It’s a great read to better understand how our prized pickup came to be in Denver

and I’m grateful our coach has a name that translates to a Spanish hero rather than a scumbag cheater from Patriot land