Fans take on the opposition

than Tebow has to succeed this season.

I’m with you, it’s hard not to like the guy sometimes.

The fans in Denver want Tebow, come hell or high water (no pun intended). If you put Tebow number 2, the fans will be calling for him everytime Orton throws a pick. Orton is the best chance they have to win, but Tebow is the one the fans want. Tebow will have to get on the field eventually, even if it ruins the team.

What remains to be seen is if the fans in Denver will recognize if and when Tebow proves he can’t be a starting NFL calibur QB or if they will blindly follow him into the darkness of irrelevence for a decade to come.

…would be having T-bow carry a clip-board for at LEAST his first 3 years. Sure there have been a few QB’s over the last few seasons that started for their teams as rookies (and did a good job) but the “ideal” method for grooming a QB is to make him the 2nd string guy for the first few years with a ‘quality’ starter to learn from.

Aaron Rodgers would be a prime example, but he is not the only one. Even an ‘all-time’ great like Manning who started as a rookie struggled. The Donks have a ‘quality’ starter in Orton…let T-bow ride pine this season (and next) THEN give a real shoot at the starting gig.

All that said I HOPE the Donks trade T-bow to a team where he will have a good chance to succeed in the NFL. Can’t stand the team he plays for, but I do like T-bow (the person) and would love to be able to root for him (on a non-AFC West team) without a guilty conscious.

I would love for Tebow to start, but if the staff feel Tebow isn’t ready then starting Orton would be in their best interest. Orton’s on a one year contract and likely not resigning, so if Tebow’s not ready, let Orton start and then give Tebow the reigns after a full OTA/minicamp with the 1st team

According to Klis of the Denver Post, Miami couldn’t give Orton a contract that he’d accept, so the two teams never even got to the negotiations. But, since this was posted on MHR to ask for some opinions of Broncos fans, I’ll throw in my two cents. Orton is only on our team because he’ll get $9 million this year and become a free agent next year. Miami couldn’t beat that deal or offer him a longterm contract. So, while he does give us the best chance at winning the most games THIS season, it’s highly unlikely that he’ll want to be here next year (or that we would do what it would take to keep him around anyway). Also, just because we’re likely to win more games with him doesn’t mean we’ll make the playoffs by any means. As much as I’d like to put the blinders on and say we’re just a few pieces away from success, I’m afraid we have a long climb out of the basement. So, since this appears to be a building year anyway, I’d prefer to start Tebow just to see what we have in him. If he fails, I’d love to see us try Quinn in there to see if he’s gotten over his issues. If they both fail, then we know that we’re going to have to keep looking for our future quarterback. If one of them succeeds, maybe we already have our man.

Sit Tebow. Let Orton start. Orton starting and performing well (behind a line who is recovered from injuries, a better blocking scheme for the run game, and good receivers) will only drive Orton’s value higher. The trade deadline isn’t for a couple months.

IF we can trade Orton this year sometime, so be it. Orton is worth nothing to my beloved “donkeys” next year as he is a Unrestricted Free Agent. Start Tebow at that point.
OR after the trade deadline expires, start Tebow then. We are not going to the super bowl this year, I believe the extra reps and game time the 2nd half of the season will be invaluable to young Tim.

I also believe trading Orton sometime this season will be worth a lot to us next year. A extra draft pick would help bring fresh talent to our guys and help us that much more rebuild than to have a QB who is no longer with us next year.

As stated before, Denver is not winning the Super Bowl this year, might as well plan for the future!

There was a great article posted on bleacher report: HERE

It talks about how much good sitting on the bench behind McNabb/Kolb and getting coached by Reid did for Vick’s passing game – which has made his scrambling/running ability truly scary. Tebow could achieve similar success if he’s given the time to sit, learn, and develop his passing ability without being thrown into the fire and leaning on his current skillset to win games. If Tebow starts now, he’s not going to develop into a passer very quickly (or maybe at all). If he get more time to sit and learn, practice and develop… he could be one of the greatest QBs to ever play the game. Imagine if Vick got to develop like Aaron Rodgers, and had the leadership qualities and intangibles that Tim has? Vick would be a sure lock HOF’er and in the running for best NFL QB of all time.

As a BRONCO fan, I say sit Tebow until he’s completely ready. If we start him now we’re just going to cripple him.

I think when Denver declared him the starter prematurely he got way too comfortable while Quinn and Orton worked their asses off. Now it’s showing… Do I think Tebow will ever be a solid starting QB? No, he makes Byron Leftwich look like he’s Tony Romo. But, Tebow is driven enough that within a few years he can have a season similar to a solid rookie prospect and grow from there

I think the Broncos are only ruining the kid…

Whatever gives us the best chance to beat KC twice a year. :)

I think John Fox has both feet squarely on the ground. So do Brian Xander and John Elway. They’re not going to be rushed into anything foolish. They’re going to do what they think is best for the Broncos both now and long term. They know Tebow isn’t quite ready. They’re not going to trade Orton anytime soon. They may even try to work out a long term deal with him.

On the other hand, Orton may not want to come back next year. Who can blame him with all that pressure sitting on the bench behind him. But either way it behooves Orton to have the best year he possibly can, either to establish himself as the long term solution at Denver or set himself up to do the same somewhere else. If the Broncos really do improve, you’ve got to think both QB’s are going to be worth more a year or two from now.

Doctors will discover that Tebows blue balls were effecting his ability to throw a accurate pass.
R.Clady will hold T.Hali at least 10 times and not get called for it.
McClain will truck V.Miller at least once this year.

Tebow will be fine, its his 2nd season.