Ugly

There really isn’t a more descriptive word to sum up the position the Broncos find themselves in now. Three straight losses, a backup quarterback and the Chargers on the horizon, this coming Sunday, the entire season is on the line.
Didn’t we see this coming? The Broncos were fast out of the blocks but the Ravens exposed their weaknesses and every team in the NFL now knows the way to beat them. One final thought. Isn’t it odd that this Cutler trade doesn’t seem to working out for either team? Let me know what you think.

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Old Noodle Arm.

Kyle Orton started his preseason with the Broncos prone to turnovers. For the first six games he appeared to be a changed man. But you can’t change a guy whose arm strength best resembles that of a pee-wee quarterback. This is the Kyle Orton that those in Chicago endured. The Josh McDaniel’s offense is designed to the dink and dunk, but you still have to have a quarterback who can threaten with throwing the ball down field. One play sticks with me from the Steelers game. Orton flushed from the pocket rolls right and gives it his all to get the ball to a wide receiver who has just finished a 10 yard out route. The ball finally made it to him on the third hop. That’s not something you can coach. That’s the difference between a good NFL quarterback and a mediocre one.

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Buzzsaw

That’s what the Broncos ran into when they met the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night. Strange how different the Broncos have looked since the bye week. Just as we thought the Broncos have hit a pretty steep part of their schedule. Before the season began everyone guessed they wouldn’t fare well against these types of smash mouth defenses. But after the 6-0 start I think we all started drinking the Kool-aid. They’ll have a breather against the Redskins (though the way they are playing nothing is a given) and then will face a hungry Chargers team that is starting to smell blood. Orton was awful, the running game was non-existence, the defense struggled and will they please send Mitch Berger back where he came from. Clearly there’s trouble in Paradise.

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The Pigskin Plot

With the Broncos playing tonight it always leaves a bit of a void on Sunday. What’s a person to do? You know you are programmed to watch football on every Sunday during the fall, but then the NFL has to throw in the bye weeks and the occasional Monday night, or Sunday night or Thursday night wrench into the whole thing. Just give us some football. Every week. 52 weeks a year. Is that really asking too much?

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Don’t get Defensive
The Broncos didn’t. I don’t like Bye weeks in the NFL for multiple reasons. It leaves NFL fans totally lost for the weekend their favorite team is off and it can disrupt the routine of players and coaches. I don’t think the layoff helped the Broncos, but really, it was the Ravens defense that beat the Broncos yesterday. That and the intensity of a desperate team. So, over all, I wouldn’t hit the panic button yet. Next week will be the real test against Pittsburgh. If they can bounce back and beat the Steelers we’ll forget that the Ravens defense even existed. Kyle Orton, not so much.

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