Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
Obviously, every team strives to win the SB... the majority of teams in the NFL are void of an elite QB, so it's not like Denver is in the odd position of just lacking a top 5 QB. Orton didn't lose the game for them yesterday...
There is something missing from McD's game planning, I just don't see him making great decisions when it matters more often than not. I know he's learning and growing into the role of HC, but when you have a team with Marshall, Royal, Gaffney, Stokely, Moreno, Bucky, Hillis, Scheffler, Graham... c'mon, get creative.
Why does the short game suck when you have those types of options? Repeated calls of running up the gut on 3rd and short... at some point, suck it up and call something different.
Some of you will say "It's Orton, give him another QB and he'd do something different." I think that's crap... Orton has played very well, he didn't cost them the game yesterday.
As I mentioned in another post...
Peyton, Brady, Brees -these are your top QBs
Rivers, Favre, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, Eli, Warner, McNabb - these are the guys in that next group for me.
Your next QBs are all jumbled together... Schaub, Romo, Flacco, Palmer, Cutler, Orton, Ryan - say what you will, but I don't think these guys are at that elite or almost elite status. Rivers made that leap when you look at last year and this season. Rodgers has made that leap as well.
But, I think you have your top 10 QBs and then your next best 7 or so... and that is where I put Orton, right there in the mix with those other guys. You can make arguments for who is 10 and who is 17... but, this is my "rough stab" at a three tier grouping.
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