McGahee, Royal, Bailey dominate Raiders in 38-24 Broncos win

Yes – That’s IT! GREAT TEAM EFFORT today! Haven’t seen the TEAM EFFORT or the TEAM even show up, in the last 3 games until today. Hmmmm What a concept, to have a whole team show up for the game, instead of just the quarterback. Hope it continues!

While I respect the opinions of others, I feel that we are being way to critical and pessimistic of Tebow. The more playing time he is given, the better he gets in every aspect of his job. He’s going to make mistakes. He is not going to make throws perfectly every time. They will be smarter, however. He’s going to be a great quarterback in the NFL. Playing NFL is opposite of playing college. He’s learning as he plays and puts what he learns to reality in the game. He’s learning the other side this year as opposed to when he was added to the team and was not given much chances to play. Becoming a great quarterback in the NFL does not happen overnight, nor happens straight out of college. Perhaps of colleges went to pro-offienses and defenses, the transition would be a lot easier.

Well that is true I suppose (hands on hips…). Maybe he isn’t liking the front side now, he wants to have someones back instead…lol.

And on the seventh day, the Lord rested, so he sent Tim Tebow to do work. 

What is with all these “broncos fans” not getting behind Tebow??? Get on board with the new era now, idiots. You’re going to feel stupid soon

For every poor performance last week, there was an equally good performance this week, from 1 to 52 on the roster they were superb (sorry Brady Quinn!).  However, one bad game against Detroit didn’t convince me that the Broncos were the worst team in football and one good game against the Raiders isn’t going to convince me they are division title contenders.
 
Although that said, in a capsule, this week was very enjoyable and certainly a marked improvement on previous weeks.  The execution was there when needed and the defense was outstanding against the run.

Now that KC have an entire game tape to study the Broncos spread option it is unlikely that they will be as woefully under prepared as the Raiders were.  So its important for the Broncos to get the next win and keep Uncle Mo on our side.

to add to that, he had four coming in and was tied for the league lead.  now he’s #1 all by himself.

i saw what i wanted from tebow.  improvement.  without going back and watching with a pad and pencil, he only completely missed one reciever early in the game.  he also hit two wide open recievers (which seems to be hard for him for some reason), and did a good job leading decker on the td pass.  his ability to run and sell the belly option really worked for him yesterday.  he did ‘better’ getting through his reads- but is still far from where he needs to be.  his sack total was cut in half today, and against a pretty aggressive defense.

i will note that the ability of the rb’s to run the ball was key to his success later in the game. 

that being said, before i am willing to pass up on a big name qb this draft he needs to keep making strides like this past week.  i think he regressed a little against the lions, but certainly showed improvement this week.  if we keep with him, i think close to today’s stat lines are going to be the norm (150-200 yds passing, 50-75 rushing with a few td’s mixed in).  if you’re looking for 300 yd+ passing outings, he’s not going to give you that without serious help from the recievers getting big yac.

always great to beat the raiders in their shanty. 

Being an option QB is still being a QB…people who are against Tebow are the same people we GT fans (that’s what I am) have to deal with every week.  Tebow made great reads on the read-option play and had an excellent mesh going with McGahee to literally undress the defense.  You want to know why the D got so tired?  Because the option/running game is a lot more tiring for the D as they’re getting hit and running on every play.  That’s why your O-Line got such a good push, the D just basically gives up.  Sick of close-minded NFL fans thinking all a QB can do for a team is throw the ball.  When the QB is a threat to run, then during option running plays it’s 11-on-11 instead of 11-on-10.

Only a little lame?

No, Tebow is not the answer at QB but the Broncos can be competitive and draft for other needs and develop a QB.
Tebow should have never been drafted in the 1st round.  He is an expensive project.

I wish I could put a mute on all of your posts, you are one negative person.  They won…lighten up

No doubt JD… The same place he (or she) will be when things are not good!!

I absolutely LOVED watching Miller drive a helmet into Carson’s chest with only a minute left.  It may have been a bit late and possibly a bit cheap but after Carson got up from that hit he looked like he wanted to retire again.  

“are turning on Manning”

For real. Tebow is improving.  There is no arguing that.  He even seems to play better against better teams. 

He was brilliant selling the fake, too.  One of the best I’ve seen.  And as a former QB let me tell you, there is a fine line between faking a hand-off and fumbling the ball as long as Tebow was holding it. 

Uh, we have a better record under Tebow already this year.  It never ceases to amaze me that Tebow haters like you absolutely refuse to see the facts.  Orton went 1-4 against some weak teams. 

I got ya… I didn’t know they were but that is ridiculous if they are. He dang near single handedly gave them a trophy. But what have you done lately right? I really don’t think Peyton is done by a long shot, I believe he will recover and if not who would want him? No one would trade that pick for a guy that cant get it done… Oh wait!!! The Raiders would sell the farm for him….lmao, love a good Raider dig ;-)…

“Unfortunately with free agency, it is difficult to build anymore with players wanting contracts re-worked, etc.”

What a difference a week makes! Get off the Tebow thing. The Broncos win as a team and lose as a team. It is amazing what a good running game, a little better protection and an improved play calling will do for your offense. Progress is usually two steps forward, one step back. Tebow did great yesterday, better decisions, 100 yard rushing, 2 TD’s and NO INT while he was getting cheap shots from the Faiders all day. The kid is a warrior busted lip and all. McGahee is a beast and he makes things so much easier for our offense. Eddie Royal is finding his way back and Decker is our MVP so far and a great leader. The kid is everywhere and helps everyone. Carson, there is a reason that QB’s stay away from Champ but I guess you forgot during your vacation. One game at a time. Chiefs are beatable and with a little improvement we will be fine next week. GO BRONCOS!

TheTroglodyte 12 hours ago in reply to Hansen
Moore is much smaller than Drew Brees. Brees measured 6’0 at the combine and Moore will be lucky to hit 5’10. On top of that how many 6’0 QB’s have succeeded in the last 20 years that were 6′ or under? ESPN has Kellen Moore at 6′ 1″  190lbsMaybe you should get your facts right.

The idea would be to have a hybrid system that incorporated facets of a spread offense.  I don’t think it could be the core of an offense, but enough to keep the defenses honest enough because of the threat of the run.  The West Coast Offense was not looked upon as a legit style of football at first because it wasn’t ‘smash mouth’ football.  Someday someone, or some team, will develop the next stage, or evolution, of offense.  Bill Walsh was committed to his system and brought in players to play that system.  The success of the 49ers in the 80’s was because Bill Walsh and Joe Montana was a perfect match for that system.  Who’s to say what new system, hybrid system, might turn out to be very successful in the NFL.  Or are the current styles of play the apex of the evolution of football?  Who knows? 

How do you explain Detroit then?

Really where was the Tebow is the messiah crowd last week? 

The Raiders, Packers, Chargers, Titans and Bengals are weak teams?  Thanks for proving more than my point though.

Speed, the NFL is much faster than college and every player is a stud.  I would say that the talent level between Green Bay and Indie would be insignificant compared to the talent Level between LSU and Baylor.
That is why college style offense and defense don’t work in the NFL.  Trying to build a team to run a spread offense would be suicide.  If you think about it this is why the Heisman winners are not as successful as a group in the NFL.