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Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan
This year, Orton looked like the QB that he was in Chicago. ie: Orton looked like he did every other year that he wasn't being coached by McDaniels.
But, I am SURE, that this is all just coincidence.
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Like I said, too many variables:
1) Defenses tend to be ahead of Offenses to start the season.
2) Our line pass blocked poorly at the beginning of the year.
3) The Broncos tried as hard as they could to keep the pass O that McD put in place but we do have a mostly new coaching staff.
4) Our WR corps regressed with Lloyd being the only consistent target and Decker improving over time.
5) Orton had Tebowmania breathing down his neck, and it's possible that Orton just shit himself under the pressure.
So yeah, I think McD leaving had a negative effect on Orton. They had built a strong working relationship. When Orton first came to the Broncos he said something like, "I have learned more in six months being coached by McD than I learned in six years previously." But there was more going on there.