The Donk's interior line is terrible. In truth, it's why Orton didn't make it and Tebow started over Quinn imo. It's because he could scramble. Their tackles are alright but, they're interior gets owned when pass blocking. KC should be very good at blitzing up the middle against Denver this year without Tebow.
The signing of Koppen is a desperate move imo. They couldn't get Saturday last spring and they had to target DTs in the draft because they were the priority.
Elway NEEDED Manning to make this work. I'm sure he wanted Manning but, without him they would have had to stick with Tebow with the guards and center they had. Manning's timing offense and quick release will help make up their interior line weakness. They would suck if they didn't have manning.
Check out how these losers graded out in the top #32 at their position at the end of last year.
Zane Beadles ranked #31 LG
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...-guards/page/3
Chris Cooper ranked #26 RG
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...-guards/page/8
J.D. Walton ranked #29 C
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...centers/page/5
(I know it's Bleacher Report but, it is a reasonable gauge in this instance. They are alright in these rankings imo.)