Broncos Name Kyle Orton Starter; Chiefs Fans Are Happy
by Joel Thorman on Jun 13, 2009 3:56 PM CDT
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PrintLadies and Gentleman, I present to you....the Denver Broncos starting quarterback, Kyle Orton.
They'll tell you he's only lost two games at home. They'll tell you he went 10-5 and 9-6 in his only two seasons of starting. They'll tell you he doesn't have the stats because he played in a ball control offense in Chicago.
But the Denver Broncos still replaced the most dynamic, young quarterback in the game with a career 55.3% passer.
First, Jay Cutler is shipped to Chicago. Next, Brandon Marshall stays away from mandatory mini-camp in protest of a contract. Marshall is reported to be skeptical of the team's medical staff. To complete the trifecta, we have this outstanding news (for the Chiefs) that Kyle Orton will be the Denver Broncos starting quarterback in 2009.
Coach Josh McDaniels made the announcement Saturday as the team readied for Sunday's final day of on-field prep for training camp in late July. The former Chicago Bears quarterback took all the snaps behind the first-team offensive line during Saturday's practice.
If there is a football God, he's been smiling over Kansas City this offseason.
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Over at MHR they were pretty psyched for the Orton vs. Chris Simms battle
Supposedly Simms was outplaying Orton earlier in camp. Either way it’s a giant fustercluck. Gotta like the Chiefs’ secondary versus neckbeard on paper.
by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Jun 13, 2009 4:05 PM CDT reply actions
Simms presents a whole new array of problems
Namely Clady as LT….
But it’s not like Simms lit the world on fire THREE years ago when he last played…
by Joel Thorman on Jun 13, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Hard to light up the world
from the bed of the ICU.
No matter what, that kid is tough. He was carried off the field on a stretcher, game back int the game, led a scoring drive, left the game, went to the hospital, had a ruptured spleen, lost 5 pints of blood, almost died…that was a bad day.
by thejesuslizard on Jun 13, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, I'm not doubting his toughness
Just saying he hasn’t played a meaningful game since 2005.
by Joel Thorman on Jun 13, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
You haven't played a meaningful game since 2005
by KansasCityShuffle on Jun 13, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Umm...
Check the tape on my performance against St. Elizabeth’s in fifth grade basketball and keep talking. My stat line would make you go blind.
by Joel Thorman on Jun 13, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
So...
that makes you, what, 15 years old then?
by KansasCityShuffle on Jun 13, 2009 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
And..
according to my scouting reports, the Thorman boy that wore the Rec-Specs was the better of the two
by KansasCityShuffle on Jun 13, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I am younger
But much, much better than Chris. Even he’ll admit that.
I guess you could call me a prodigy? Sounds good.
by Joel Thorman on Jun 13, 2009 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
If I could edit the poll I would
And add Shanahan being fired/McDaniels being hired.
Write in votes are welcome.
by Joel Thorman on Jun 13, 2009 4:10 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
+1
That is the biggest key to the bronco implosion, everything they have done since that point has helped the Chiefs
is it me? or isn't about time the Lamar Hunt trophy belonged to His team?
I was
actually going to mention that as being what I would call the best news. Shannahan being axed led to all of this.
My crystal ball says that the Chiefs will not be drafting Aaron Curry. Their record at the end of 2009 will be 10-6. After witnessing the 2009 draft, their record will be 8-8.
Just think guys
it was only a short time ago when we were the laughing stock of the league after we let our franchise QB go thinking Brodie Croyle would be the answer. If I didn’t hate Denver fans with a passion, I’d probably feel bad for them. chant with me now:
Hey, Donkies, I guess we can safely say your roster is now “INCOMPLETE!”
… jackasses.
I know what you mean
But no reason to call them jackasses – they’ve got enough things going on in Denver right now :)
Jay Cutler to Kyle Orton…wow.
by Joel Thorman on Jun 13, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I have plenty of friends who are Denver fans
seriously, Lawrence is like the Broncos fan hub of Kansas, and they’re all okay in my book but I’ve had way too many bad experiences with Denver fans at Arrowhead to give them any respect at all.
i still cant believe that they got rid of cutler for orton
i think the happiest guy right now has to be lovey smith . He had no option at qb at all now he is set for his career if he can just get some talent around him cutler is a stud a stuuuuuud i saaay . and kyle orton couldent even hold that guys nuts to take a piss . broncos made probably the biggest mistake in broncos history. no doubt in my mind
FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.
by sexassassin on Jun 14, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
He has an AWESOME
option at TE with Greg Olson. From what I’ve read Cutler and Olson have been kickin’ it on the field, off the field, they’ve become good friends. If they can get him a B+ grade WR, Chicago gets real scary, real fast.
by thejesuslizard on Jun 14, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Honestly
I have no idea why they haven’t gone after either Boldin or Burress.
Marley will be walking soon...she could probably play Linebacker better than some of the guys we had.
by PVChiefsfan on Jun 15, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't feel bad for Denver at all.
They had 16 years of John Elway. Boo hoo. The Chiefs haven’t had a true franchise QB since Dawson.
Which kind of explains why I laugh at the 49ers QB troubles… 20 years of Montana and Young leaves little room for me to feel sorry for them.
That's true
I don’t feel bad either. I remember sitting here about this time last year thinking how completely unfair it was that they went through one and a half decades with Elway, then only 7 or 8 years later they get another franchise QB in Cutler.
Ahh…life is good again.
by Joel Thorman on Jun 13, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
As a Purdue alumn
I like Orton. He’s goofy as hell, but he’s a pretty decent guy. He might have won the Heisman in ‘04 if he didn’t get injured, but that’s just speculation.
He’ll do ok if he can stay away from the Coors.
by thejesuslizard on Jun 13, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions
This is excellent...
I made a bet with a guy at the bar last night who said he used to be a sports writer in Chicago, he gets $5 for every loss in a losing Chiefs’ season and I get $5 for every win if the Chiefs have a winning season, not an incredibly heavy bet but still, $40 if the Chiefs go 10-6 and $10 if they go 9-7 ain’t too shabby for rooting for the team I love ( I actually made the bet with his buddy too so that’s why the totals were doubled, I just hope they don’t go 0-16, that’s $80 bucks a piece, ouch and ouchy…)
by ChiefsFootSoldier on Jun 13, 2009 5:26 PM CDT reply actions
good god
He looks like half his face is possibly paralyzed. And he is still sporting the chin curtain. I heard a rumor that he has dentures also.
Don't forget
Firing a proven head coach in Mike Shanahan for an unproven one.
Doing that is the equivellent of trading Jay Cutler, who you already know is a very good young QB for anyone else that could be but might not.
They had to fire Shanahan or demote him.
I think he took over GM duties, and wasn’t up to the challenge without Smellway to hold his hand.
On the current topic – the more you hear about the elevation of Orton, the more muddled it sounds. He’s #1 right now, but they’re going to be duking it out pretty much the same as before. This naming of Orton as the starter means nothing, other than that McDaniels likes to blow a lot of smoke. McDaniels doesn’t really have any idea of what he’s doing.
by hmills110 on Jun 14, 2009 7:44 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I picked the Marshall situation
If you were to just be weighing the loss of Cutler against the possibility of losing Marshall, the Cutler loss is much larger. But when you lose Cutler and if you then turn around and lose Marshall too, that would be devastating.
Weren't they already:)
Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying
by Steve_Chiefs on Jun 14, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
my brother is a broncos fan
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
They are almost as bad as the Raiders!!
You could also put getting rid of Shannahn in the poll too. I think that could be even more devastating since he’s been a successful coach whether we like him or not. I certainly would have taken him to coach the Chiefs.
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