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Originally Posted by KnowMo2724
I thought Orton sucked when we first got him. I didn't know how well he played the first half of last season though.
I think Orton is good enough to win games and won't hurt our team. He should be better than ever with the offensive line, RB's, and WR's we have here.
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In my view, the biggest flaw in your assessment of Orton is the fact that he was able to play, and thrive, in a relatively conservative offensive playcalling system because of the Bears defense. The philosophy of that team was such and the gameplane was not to put the game on the shoulders of the QB.
Unfortunately, Orton's success in Chicago doesn't correlate to Denver because in Denver your not going to playing in the same types of games simply because of the lack of defense. Barred some miracle that Denver might actually be able to stop someone on defense, more of the teams success is going to be put on Orton than it ever was in Chicago. This is where he will fail, because he is limited athletically. McDaniels probably recognizes this because he's signed and drafted all those RB's.