Broncos drop winnable game in Tennessee, 14-17

Another typical Kyle Orton performance… choke when it matters.  It’s just simply amazing, yet puzzling, he gets to keep his starting job games after games like this. 

throw in tebow then draft luck

The wisdom of the “old school” philosophy of keeping an immobile QB in the game with 1st and goal and running consecutive runs up the middle rather than inserting a QB like Tebow and spreading the alignment wide to open up pass/run possibilities has surpassed traditional conservatism to the point of clear stupidity. (IMHO)

Whether you are a fan of Tim Tebow or not, how many out there still maintain that keeping the “starter”, Orton in the game in that situation gave us a better scoring opportunity, rather than putting Tebow in to open up the scoring chances?

Saying Orton gives us the better chance to win in that singular scoring situation is just insane and there is only ONE MAN to be held accountable for this continued intransigence.  Fox is a good coach, but his game is falling as short in these situations, as is the QB to which he is remaining falsely loyal.

He is slowly eroding the loyalty of the fans, in my opinion, and if it sustains, he will begin to lose the players, as well, beginning with the defense, who played well enough to win this game.

How long will it take for Orton to prove his red-zone impotence to John Fox, before a better decision is made at times like this, when victory hangs in the balance?  We must start using ALL of our assets, and be damned with old-school tradition and hyper-conservative coaching.  We have got to win the close ones, while we have the chance.

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 No Von Miller shout-out? C’MON MAN! Second sack, second forced fumble I’m very excited about this young man!

Vic Lombardi:  “I’ve watched enough of 8’s games to say this: Whatever that playmaker gene is, he doesn’t have it.”

There is nothing else left to say.

And in the NFL, “close ones” are about 80% of the games.  Foxball at it’s worst and his indefatigable insistence to stick with his “veteran” QB.

Excuse me while I go regurgitate.

we only had one penalty right?  that’s a HUGE improvement.

Still lost, but not because of stupid penalties…. That’ a good improvment.

I’m not a fan of any of the QBs. Orton is the best of bad choices. I want to see the FO dump all three this off season and start over. 

Tough loss! I saw a lot I liked:

Miller had another sack and a forced fumble. He looked more disciplined this week not over running plays.

Defense is coming together and working like a team. I love the gang tackling. 

Defense held a team that physically dominated the Ravens to 17 points and one of the premier runners under 100 yards.

Losing by less than a TD. Yes, losing sucks, but we are in games and we aren’t getting blown out. 

What I didn’t like:

The offense again could not match the play of the defense, although they looked much better than they had all season. It just fell apart in the 4th. 

Ugh the running game. Was glad to see Magahee but man we need a speed demon to match his north-south run style. Hate to say it but the best outside runner we have Tebow.

And speaking of Tebow, I think it’s telling that Tebow hasn’t seen anytime in the goal line packages. I think the trick plays with Tebow have been banned from the play book. That 4th and goal would have been a great time to put him in.

Shout out to Brian Xanders for putting this roster together. Thanks for nothing. Everyone else in the NFL has passed us by. Bengals,Bills,And the Raiders to name a few. Im willing to bet that we will have salary cap trouble this off season. Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse BRIAN XANDERS will show us just how low he could go. PAT BOWLEN NEEDS TO WAKE UP AND FIRE THIS GUY!!!!

Broncos fan for life and don’t care if you think I’m a traitor.  From now on, I’m rotting against Orton every time he is on the field.  I’m going to pray and shout for the other team to sack him hard…not to injure him, but to humiliate him.  I hope he stays good and healthy and keeps on sucking.  This stubborn coaching staff is RETARDED at best to not put the goal-line TEBOW package in to WIN the game.  Orton is done, in my opinion.  He doesn’t care about the fans, he is hurting our team and hurting our Salary cap for 9 Million this year, with no future here.  As far as I am concerned, he is like a Raider or Charger who snuck into our QB position and is stinking it up.  It is obvious we are going nowhere fast with this king of offensive production.  Tebow is the future, and I hope we suck just enough to not be in the Luck sweepstakes, but enough to get a high quality DT in the first round early.  

I love the direction our defense is going.  If Champ would have been in there instead of Vaughn, we win this game hands down…as they picked on Cassius all day…  Von Miller is a beast.  At this point I’m still behind Coach Fox (I spent ten years in North Carolina) but his refusal to use a PROVEN goal line super weapon is inexcusable.  I’m tired of my heart sinking every week when we get in the 4th quarter and Kyle “Captain Collapsable” goes in to either lose the game or to give the enemy another chance.  So since our best chance is to see what we’ve got with Tebow and to design an unconventional offense around his scrambling/shotgun/roll out skills, the more we lose the quicker he may get in there and get some experience so he doesn’t have to suck at the beginning of 2012.  The Bills are lookin good!  Maybe they will be my exile team while we are invaded by Orton’s incompetence…!

and eats them for dinner…

i would as far as to say the defense and special teams is the best attribute to the  Denver Broncos.. Heads up sign Sharper and Tommie Harris.. that way the front is solidify and then we would have a better secondary.. It’s obvious Cassius Vaughn can’t cover squawt.. Send the pressure and force QB’s to make the wrong decision.. Only way we don’t get blow out from GB is if we dial up the pressure with our starters(Von-Doom), Have Champ back in coverage, keep Mays/Woodyard away from Finnley, and start cutting up some rabbit tails..
we are in for a long one guys

First of all, I thought the defense was a bunch of duds, but they really impressed today. Von Miller- awesome…

Orton? What can I say? I’ve defended him just because he’s (sadly) our best option. Quinn and Tebow any better? I guess if we see Tebow by mid-season, it’s because we’re 2-6 and have nothing to lose.

My question for my fellow fans: is our o-line just young and will get better as they play together or are they just not very good? Legit answers please- not that they all F-ing suck and should be cut…

I don’t think any of the Bronco leadership is thinking normally, I think they are afraid to let Tebow have a chance on the field. They have bought all the hype and let it interfere with clear football thinking. Orton will never get better, he blinks in the crisis and doesn’t carry through. Will Elway or someone let the Fans know that they are doing a little thinking and taking a risks to develop a winning Denver Team, do it for the Fans, they are about to step out on you…

There was never a fair competition for QB from the start. Tebow has not taken a snap under center of the first team yet this pre-season or during pratice this year. Fox or Elway had nothing to do with getting him. And they want nothing to do with him.

Tebow-tards. It”s a good name for these morons.  

I think the O-line is better than they appear, and will be strong in the future.  Three out of the 5 starters have less than 2 years experience and it will just take some time for them to gel.  The immediate problem is Orton’s lack of mobility.  Teams know he can’t threaten the perimeter, so they are sending middle blitzes on just about every play.  As a result the O-line spends too much time “catching” the defenders instead of getting off the ball and developing a rhythm.  The middle blitzes are also good for stuffing run plays, and are definately having an effect on the ground game as well.  Tebow’s mobility changes the entire situation.  He’s a big threat on the perimeter, and that will force defenses to move laterally and defend the field sideline to sideline instead of pinning their ears back and blitzing up the middle.  That will exhaust D-linemen & LB’s, especially at Mile High, and help the O-line open big holes in the 3rd and 4th quarters.   Also, Tebow’s chances of developing into a better pocket passer are infinately better than Orton’s chances of becoming more mobile. 

If you’re gonna gamble, use your best poker face and make the opponent think you have the winning hand. If you don’t trust your QB to throw for the final yard, then play your best cards on the running game — put Tebow in at QB. The defense has to consider: will he run and, if so, where? With Orton, you know run is not an option. And any QB can make a handoff to McGahee.

tough to judge from yesterday.  tennessee’s defense is pretty good.  look how they held ray rice last week.  ray rice rushed for 53 against them, willis rushed for 52.  espn has them ranked 9th vs the rush.

i want to say that they will improve, but the only one that i think will really improve is franklin.  the other interior guys, i dont know.

Von is awesome, can’t wait until he gets his other bookend.

I agree, it puts the Titans into a must pass offense and lets your defense plan accordingly.

The guy has been to a super bowl more recently than our franchise.  We’re 3 games into the season.

Why throw in Tebow?  Orton is right on track if Luck is your goal.