Lonestar
09-10-2009, 09:35 AM
Woody Paige
The Denver Post
Posted: 09/10/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
Updated: 09/10/2009 01:20:17 AM MDT
Bob Marley might have sung: "One glove . . . one heart, Kyle gets it together and plays all right."
On Sunday in Cincinnati, Kyle Orton could become the first man wearing one glove to perform at a football game since the 1993 Super Bowl halftime show.
The Broncos' Gloved One said publicly Wednesday that he intends to be "ready to go" and is "preparing that I'm going to play" in the season opener against the Bengals. Ain't no badfinger keeping him down and out.
The collective sigh of relief by Broncos fans produced Chinook winds along the Front Range. No perceived No. 1 quarterback has missed the Broncos' first game with an injury.
Kyle's got style.
But, in his regular-season coming-out party, coach Josh McDaniels will have to choose between a quarterback with an upper extremity injury and another with a lower extremity injury. The third quarterback is not under consideration for the starting job despite being extremity uninjured.
We know that Orton will start, but we do not know if he will finish. We also do not know if Knowshon Moreno, who is recovering from a knee (we think) injury, will play a little or a lot, and we do not know if Brandon Marshall, who has been suffering with foot-in-mouth disease, will play a little or a lot. We do not know if the Broncos will play well or ill.
So we must watch.
"Everybody wants to play opening day, obviously, and I'm no different. I want to get out and compete and do everything I can do to help this team win," Orton said before practice Wednesday.
He is uncertain about the glove on his right hand, which is understandable given the significance of one glove in history and in sports.
Willie Mays' glove was where triples went to die. Bill Buckner's glove was why the Red Sox's hopes for a world championship in 1986 died.
Spartan ruler Leotychides was discovered with a glove full of silver after he took a bribe. Dr. Strangelove wore one black glove to keep his right hand from choking his neck.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos split a pair of gloves and raised them in the 1968 Olympics and were discredited and venerated for the Black Power salute.
Robin Hood was hated by the rich, loved by the poor when he had one glove on the bow. Some bowlers score a perfect 300 wearing one glove, and some doctors are despised when they don one glove.
Michael Jackson was the One-Glove Wonder and sported a long, white, open-fingered glove at the Super Bowl.
Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady have worn two gloves in cold-weather games, but I don't remember a Broncos quarterback ever wearing even one, especially in September, when the temperature in Cincinnati will be in the upper 70s.
Orton will have to be on his game with the dislocation in that location if the Broncos are to score enough points to win against the Bengals. He tied with Detroit Lions rookie starting quarterback Matthew Stafford for most interceptions in the exhibition games (four), completed 67.2 percent of his passes and threw for one touchdown — and left late in the second quarter of the Chicago game with a bloody index finger and an overall 61.5 QB rating.
Will Orton be a smart, efficient, mistake-free quarterback in the opening game? Or will Orton be an immobile, dink-and-dip, pick-prone quarterback against the Bengals?
A strong defense and a solid running game will be more vital to Orton than a glove. And Marshall's hands could be most essential.
The wide receiver already was the happiest man in Denver because the Broncos struggled offensively without him, which could help him get a new contract. If he does, he can be happy and wealthy and show McDaniels and Orton who's the real boss.
McDaniels promised to unveil offensive ideas never seen before in the NFL. The four- wide receiver sets, the shotgun formations and the 4-yard passes in the exhibition games were not novel, so it must be hoped that he switches from French vanilla to Neapolitan.
But, then, Orton is limited in passing range and force, and he does have a bum business finger that could affect his grip and his strength and the snaps from center, and how McDaniels attacks Cincy.
The Bengals may not be great, but they sure were entertaining on HBO's "Hard Knocks" series on the team's training camp.
The attention Sunday, though, will be on Orton and the Broncos. Can they go hand and glove together?
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13304014?source=rss
The Denver Post
Posted: 09/10/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
Updated: 09/10/2009 01:20:17 AM MDT
Bob Marley might have sung: "One glove . . . one heart, Kyle gets it together and plays all right."
On Sunday in Cincinnati, Kyle Orton could become the first man wearing one glove to perform at a football game since the 1993 Super Bowl halftime show.
The Broncos' Gloved One said publicly Wednesday that he intends to be "ready to go" and is "preparing that I'm going to play" in the season opener against the Bengals. Ain't no badfinger keeping him down and out.
The collective sigh of relief by Broncos fans produced Chinook winds along the Front Range. No perceived No. 1 quarterback has missed the Broncos' first game with an injury.
Kyle's got style.
But, in his regular-season coming-out party, coach Josh McDaniels will have to choose between a quarterback with an upper extremity injury and another with a lower extremity injury. The third quarterback is not under consideration for the starting job despite being extremity uninjured.
We know that Orton will start, but we do not know if he will finish. We also do not know if Knowshon Moreno, who is recovering from a knee (we think) injury, will play a little or a lot, and we do not know if Brandon Marshall, who has been suffering with foot-in-mouth disease, will play a little or a lot. We do not know if the Broncos will play well or ill.
So we must watch.
"Everybody wants to play opening day, obviously, and I'm no different. I want to get out and compete and do everything I can do to help this team win," Orton said before practice Wednesday.
He is uncertain about the glove on his right hand, which is understandable given the significance of one glove in history and in sports.
Willie Mays' glove was where triples went to die. Bill Buckner's glove was why the Red Sox's hopes for a world championship in 1986 died.
Spartan ruler Leotychides was discovered with a glove full of silver after he took a bribe. Dr. Strangelove wore one black glove to keep his right hand from choking his neck.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos split a pair of gloves and raised them in the 1968 Olympics and were discredited and venerated for the Black Power salute.
Robin Hood was hated by the rich, loved by the poor when he had one glove on the bow. Some bowlers score a perfect 300 wearing one glove, and some doctors are despised when they don one glove.
Michael Jackson was the One-Glove Wonder and sported a long, white, open-fingered glove at the Super Bowl.
Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady have worn two gloves in cold-weather games, but I don't remember a Broncos quarterback ever wearing even one, especially in September, when the temperature in Cincinnati will be in the upper 70s.
Orton will have to be on his game with the dislocation in that location if the Broncos are to score enough points to win against the Bengals. He tied with Detroit Lions rookie starting quarterback Matthew Stafford for most interceptions in the exhibition games (four), completed 67.2 percent of his passes and threw for one touchdown — and left late in the second quarter of the Chicago game with a bloody index finger and an overall 61.5 QB rating.
Will Orton be a smart, efficient, mistake-free quarterback in the opening game? Or will Orton be an immobile, dink-and-dip, pick-prone quarterback against the Bengals?
A strong defense and a solid running game will be more vital to Orton than a glove. And Marshall's hands could be most essential.
The wide receiver already was the happiest man in Denver because the Broncos struggled offensively without him, which could help him get a new contract. If he does, he can be happy and wealthy and show McDaniels and Orton who's the real boss.
McDaniels promised to unveil offensive ideas never seen before in the NFL. The four- wide receiver sets, the shotgun formations and the 4-yard passes in the exhibition games were not novel, so it must be hoped that he switches from French vanilla to Neapolitan.
But, then, Orton is limited in passing range and force, and he does have a bum business finger that could affect his grip and his strength and the snaps from center, and how McDaniels attacks Cincy.
The Bengals may not be great, but they sure were entertaining on HBO's "Hard Knocks" series on the team's training camp.
The attention Sunday, though, will be on Orton and the Broncos. Can they go hand and glove together?
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13304014?source=rss