RIP, The Paxton Lynch era - 4/28/16-9/2/18

[VonDoom]

Posted in the other thread but I thought it deserved its own:

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1036305310896541696

[Canmore]

Posted in the other thread but I thought it deserved its own:

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1036305310896541696

Amen.....

[UnderArmour]

I beat you in posting this, but I went ahead and deleted mine.

I gotta give major props to Elway this offseason and draft for admitting to his roster mistakes. After going back and reviewing some of Hogan's stuff, he is just a much tougher quarterback both as a runner, and as a passer.

Paxton Lynch was not a team player here in Denver, and when the guy was crying everyone knew it was because his own career was in jeopardy, not the Denver Broncos. Say what you want about Tebow, but even without the talent as a passer, that guy bled and gave every bit for the team, not just for himself. I could never get behind or respect Paxton Lynch, and even if he somehow redeemed himself as a passer here, he just was not a fit for this franchise. Of all the quarterbacks that have started games for us over the last 15 years, I would take any of Siemian, Osweiller, 2015-numb-arm and bum-ankle Manning, Tebow, Cutler, and Plummer over him.

Nothing about him has ever said "team captain" or leader. The quarterback has to be a captain and a leader.

[wayninja]

Well, I guess that ends that debate.

[VonDoom]

How can I edit the thread title to add the slash after the first date? My OCD kicking in ...

[wayninja]

Time travelling Lynch bravely went back in time 800 years for this shot. He'll be... missed?

[aberdien]

Worst 1st round draft pick in Broncos history*


*drafts from 100 years ago don't count, old people

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Worst 1st round draft pick in Broncos history*


*drafts from 100 years ago don't count, old people

Shots fired ladies and gentlemen.

Marcus Nash was equally bad, and Ted Gregory was far and away the worst. Gregory was a top 5 pick who didn’t even make it out of camp.

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

I wonder if Yash has set fire to his laptop yet.

[FanInAZ]

Mods, please do a welfare check on ChubbNYiadom to make sure he's not going to do anything drastic to himself, or innocent bystanders. He took defending Lynch so personal that I can't help getting the crazy notion that he was the real Paxton Lynch coming to our site to drum up fan support for himself. In any case, please make sure that he, and his neighbors, are OK.

[slim]

*Ted Gregory

[Northman]

******* love it!

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

*Ted Gregory

Thank you. I will edit my post.

[Slick]

Shots fired ladies and gentlemen.

Marcus Nash was equally bad, and Kevin Gregg was far and away the worst. Gregg was a top 5 pick who didn’t even make it out of camp.

Kevin Gregg? Who the heck is that?

[chazoe60]

Walk the plank!!!!

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Kevin Gregg? Who the heck is that?

I was referring to Ted Gregory. It was a shotgun blast memory

[UnderArmour]

Shots fired ladies and gentlemen.

Marcus Nash was equally bad, and Kevin Gregg was far and away the worst. Gregg was a top 5 pick who didn’t even make it out of camp.

Jarvis Moss actually hurt me much worse than Paxton Lynch did. Our defense was ridiculously bad, and this guy gets outplayed by John Engleberger of all people. When he was on the field, he was worthless. Thank goodness for Elvis Dumervil, because everyone else around him on that line was crap.

[aberdien]

Shots fired ladies and gentlemen.

Marcus Nash was equally bad, and Kevin Gregg was far and away the worst. Gregg was a top 5 pick who didn’t even make it out of camp.
Nash wasn't our future franchise QB.

Gregory had injury excuses.

Our FO picked a franchise QB knowing he only knew like 6 plays. And there is little evidence to show that he knows more than 6 plays today. The worst.

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Nash wasn't our future franchise QB.

Gregory had injury excuses.

Our FO picked a franchise QB knowing he only knew like 6 plays. And there is little evidence to show that he knows more than 6 plays today. The worst.

I’ve never defended the pick fwiw. Elway of all people should know better than to fall in love with an arm and ignore football iq

[Dapper Dan]

We finally got Kevin Hogan.

[Freyaka]

https://media1.tenor.com/images/d048d543e619c9f362630d4141648bb7/tenor.gif

[GEM]

As I said before, I don't hate the kid so hope he finds success in life. As a fan of the Broncos, Hallelujah!

[FanInAZ]

As I said before, I don't hate the kid so hope he finds success in life. As a fan of the Broncos, Hallelujah!

Just as long as that success isn't with a division rival ;)

[turftoad]

Tommy Maddox:shocked:

[Nomad]

As I said before, I don't hate the kid so hope he finds success in life. As a fan of the Broncos, Hallelujah!

Same here. I just don't think his heart is to be an NFL QB.

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Tommy Maddox:shocked:

Tommy Maddox graduated from UCLA. Tommy Maddox had to compete with John Elway.

[ShaneFalco]

RIP 5 year project

[tomjonesrocks]

Lynch looked as good as he ever has last week. Wonder if he realizes just how colossally he blew it. If he hadn’t been so entitled and clueless and worked his ass off am sure he could have at least been a game manager in this league.

When he’s 30 the realization of how badly he squandered his opportunity will be a tough pill to swallow.

[Bronco4ever]

We’ll never forget you Preston.

[Nomad]

Lynch looked as good as he ever has last week. Wonder if he realizes just how colossally he blew it. If he hadn’t been so entitled and clueless and worked his ass off am sure he could have at least been a game manager in this league.

When he’s 30 the realization of how badly he squandered his opportunity will be a tough pill to swallow.

I agree. I guess when your heart's not in it, then you don't give it your all. I can't comprehend getting this opportunity, and just throwing it away.

[ShaneFalco]

Lynch looked as good as he ever has last week. Wonder if he realizes just how colossally he blew it. If he hadn’t been so entitled and clueless and worked his ass off am sure he could have at least been a game manager in this league.

When he’s 30 the realization of how badly he squandered his opportunity will be a tough pill to swallow.

he looked good because they ran his college offense.

i never understood why they drafted him to play in a pro system

[Northman]

I dont think it had anything to do with drive. I think Paxton did really want to succeed but i also think he didnt realize how much different the NFL was compared to college. In college the "star" players are considered gods among the student base. I think Paxton was very coddled as the star player at Memphis and i think on some level he expected that to continue when he arrived in Denver. But once he realized that you dont just come in and are given the keys to the city and actually have to work for it that he the doubts started to seep in. Even to the end he felt that he had done everything he could to be the starter in Denver and couldnt come to the realization that he simply was not good enough to make it in the NFL. At least against players who are 1st stringers.

[Hawgdriver]

So this isn't some kind of April Fools thing, right? This is real?

[LawDog]

I dont think it had anything to do with drive. I think Paxton did really want to succeed but i also think he didnt realize how much different the NFL was compared to college. In college the "star" players are considered gods among the student base. I think Paxton was very coddled as the star player at Memphis and i think on some level he expected that to continue when he arrived in Denver. But once he realized that you dont just come in and are given the keys to the city and actually have to work for it that he the doubts started to seep in. Even to the end he felt that he had done everything he could to be the starter in Denver and couldnt come to the realization that he simply was not good enough to make it in the NFL. At least against players who are 1st stringers.

A Broncos player said, this year, that Paxton beat feet as soon as he could each day. That’s pretty damning evidence of a lack of drive...

[I Eat Staples]

he looked good because they ran his college offense.

i never understood why they drafted him to play in a pro system

There really is no such thing as a "pro style" offense in college anymore. Even the boring ass grind it out SEC teams are transitioning. Lots of QBs are able to make the transition to NFL offenses, and as it always has, the NFL has been slowly copying college football and becoming more like their offenses.

The problem with Paxton, in my opinion, is that he just wasn't a very bright guy. Which is a hard thing to know about someone until you work with them everyday, and it's probably the most important part of playing QB. Or as Nomad said, his heart just maybe wasn't in it. No matter how good you are at something or how naturally gifted as an athlete, if you just don't love the game, it's hard to go through that grind of working everyday. Sometimes players are good at the sport but don't love it. Maybe he has to find joy in the game again and a change of scenery could help.

Either way, sucks that we missed on the pick, but it's the right time to call it a sunk cost and move on. I have nothing bad to say about Paxton as a person and I wish him the best with whatever he does.

[gregbroncs]

Just as long as that success isn't with a division rival ;)They said success in life, I hope nothing but futility for him as an NFL football player. Because if he has success it's not going to be for my team.

[ShaneFalco]

https://49.media.tumblr.com/2d66d9e9f9a755ade747ac7edd21afff/tumblr_mlonv0bbcg1qjt83xo1_500.gif

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

So this isn't some kind of April Fools thing, right? This is real?

There are at least 13 federal laws disallowing April Fools pranks in the month of September.

[Rick]

Our first rounder may have been a bust but I feel better about moving on from him than I would if say, he made DPOY or something and I promptly traded him out of town.

[BeefStew25]

I sure as hell hope moving forward 7 changes his evaluations up. Maybe the 2018 class is a sign.

[Hawgdriver]

https://49.media.tumblr.com/2d66d9e9f9a755ade747ac7edd21afff/tumblr_mlonv0bbcg1qjt83xo1_500.gif

Fiona Apple?

Wait, no.

Tori Amos?

[Hawgdriver]

I sure as hell hope moving forward 7 changes his evaluations up. Maybe the 2018 class is a sign.

That's what I'm thinking man. I'm in a pretty good place right now as a Broncos fan.

[ShaneFalco]

Fiona Apple?

Wait, no.

Tori Amos?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZE0SrkyNE

[Hawgdriver]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZE0SrkyNE

I was close. Actually I was thinking of Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2U.

[Cugel]

Worst 1st round draft pick in Broncos history*

*drafts from 100 years ago don't count, old people

Don't you tell me that the Broncos horrible draft of 65,400,000 years ago doesn't count you ignorant young whipper-snapper! In that year I remember a giant 10-kilometer rock fell out of space. It landed in Mexico, set all the world's forests on fire, and wiped out the Broncos entire draft class! Of course they were all reptiles, but that's no matter! It was still the worst draft class in Broncos history!

Dinosaur Red Miller was in charge that year, and I remember that Bed-rock Stadium was covered so deep in falling ash they couldn't find the rock-ball!

[FanInAZ]

Don't you tell me that the Broncos horrible draft of 65,400,000 years ago doesn't count you ignorant young whipper-snapper! In that year I remember a giant 10-kilometer rock fell out of space. It landed in Mexico, set all the world's forests on fire, and wiped out the Broncos entire draft class! Of course they were all reptiles, but that's no matter! It was still the worst draft class in Broncos history!

Dinosaur Red Miller was in charge that year, and I remember that Bed-rock Stadium was covered so deep in falling ash they couldn't find the rock-ball!

If the one that wiped out the dinosaurs landed in Mexico, what about the one in AZ?

[sneakers]

I wish him luck

[Cugel]

If the one that wiped out the dinosaurs landed in Mexico, what about the one in AZ?

You mean that pipsqueak? Meteor Crater?
12931

That one was a burp compared with the "Big One". That's what we old-timers call the Chicxulub Impact.
12932

The only Bronco to survive the impact never looked right afterward.
12933

[Denver Native (Carol)]

Chiefs could be an option for former Broncos QB Paxton Lynch

https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2018/09/03/chiefs-in-on-paxton-lynch/

[MOtorboat]

Chiefs could be an option for former Broncos QB Paxton Lynch

https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2018/09/03/chiefs-in-on-paxton-lynch/

Lol.

[Simple Jaded]

Elway is just jealous of PL, I will not be renewing my season tickets.

#SeeHowStupidThatSounds?

[FanInAZ]

If Ryan Leaf could get a 2nd chance with the Cowboys, then Lynch can get a 2nd chance with someone else.

[HORSEPOWER 56]

If Ryan Leaf could get a 2nd chance with the Cowboys, then Lynch can get a 2nd chance with someone else.

He’s got a workout with the Bills scheduled for later this week. With Peterman and Josh Allen the other 2 QBs on the roster Suxton will be the elder statesman... let that sink in.

[BroncoWave]

Yeah he'll get a second chance somewhere. I suspect he'll be out of the league shortly thereafter though.

[dogfish]

Chiefs could be an option for former Broncos QB Paxton Lynch

https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2018/09/03/chiefs-in-on-paxton-lynch/


Lol.

#FingersCrossed

[Cugel]

Yeah he'll get a second chance somewhere. I suspect he'll be out of the league shortly thereafter though.


As Paxton Lynch tries to re-start his NFL career, he’s had a second visit.

Lynch tried out for the Lions, according to Field Yates of ESPN.

Once viewed as the Broncos’ franchise quarterback of the future, Lynch flamed out after the Broncos drafted him in the first round in 2016. In two seasons he started just four games and had a 76.7 passer rating. The Broncos cut him last week.

Now Lynch has had tryouts with the Bills and the Lions. It’s unclear whether Detroit (where Matt Cassel backs up Matthew Stafford) or Buffalo (where Nathan Peterman is the starter and Josh Allen is the heir apparent) are interested enough to sign Lynch. But he’s at least getting some interest after the Broncos sent him packing.

Well, he's "strike one!" Buffalo, and "strike 2" Detroit. Neither of those teams saw fit to sign him, at least right now. There's always the possibility that a team that kicked the tires on him was doing so in order to call him later if one of their top QBs went down and they needed someone during the season.

So, even if he's not on a day 1 roster, he could still wind up somewhere later this season. If not, then he might get an invite to a training camp next spring.

So, he should potentially have as many as 2 more chances to impress some coaching staff enough to keep him around. This is his last chance though. Wherever he goes, he has to impress or his NFL career is done.

He won't get a 3rd chance! :coffee:

[MOtorboat]

So he’s basically guaranteed a third chance now.

[GEM]

Well, he's "strike one!" Buffalo, and "strike 2" Detroit. Neither of those teams saw fit to sign him, at least right now. There's always the possibility that a team that kicked the tires on him was doing so in order to call him later if one of their top QBs went down and they needed someone during the season.

So, even if he's not on a day 1 roster, he could still wind up somewhere later this season. If not, then he might get an invite to a training camp next spring.

So, he should potentially have as many as 2 more chances to impress some coaching staff enough to keep him around. This is his last chance though. Wherever he goes, he has to impress or his NFL career is done.

He won't get a 3rd chance! :coffee:

They probably had the same impression as stink. Stink did an interview with him when we drafted him. The other reporter asked what he thought of him. Stink said what a buffoon. Thought he was a total dork and not very smart.

[FanInAZ]

Well, he's "strike one!" Buffalo, and "strike 2" Detroit. Neither of those teams saw fit to sign him, at least right now. There's always the possibility that a team that kicked the tires on him was doing so in order to call him later if one of their top QBs went down and they needed someone during the season.

So, even if he's not on a day 1 roster, he could still wind up somewhere later this season. If not, then he might get an invite to a training camp next spring.

So, he should potentially have as many as 2 more chances to impress some coaching staff enough to keep him around. This is his last chance though. Wherever he goes, he has to impress or his NFL career is done.

He won't get a 3rd chance! :coffee:

After what the Bills' "QBs" did today, I doubt he'd be much worse.

[Cugel]

After what the Bills' "QBs" did today, I doubt he'd be much worse.

You have a point. They look like the new "worst team in the NFL" now that the Browns are tying games against the playoff Steelers.


With the clock showing 11:22 in the third quarter of the season opener, default was dethroned. Josh Allen replaced Peterman following his second interception of the day. Peterman finished the game with five completions on 18 attempts for 24 yards. He failed to lead the team to a single first down.

Head coach Sean McDermott was asked which quarterback will start the following week, as the Bills host the Los Angeles Chargers. Predictably, he indicated he would need to review “the tape” before making that decision. I’ll save him him the trouble. The Peterman experiment should be over.

They now have no choice but play Allen. And Peterman isn't worse than Paxton at least going by yesterday.

[dogfish]

peterman = siemian. . . allen = lynch. . .

[Cugel]

peterman = siemian. . . allen = lynch. . .

Wasn't "Nathan Peterman" the name of Elaine's boss on Seinfeld? That's where I get confused. :confused:

[Northman]

Glad we dodged that bullet that is Josh Allen.

[Denver Native (Carol)]

The Eagles worked out quarterback Paxton Lynch, Field Yates of ESPN reports.

Lynch had workouts in Buffalo and Detroit last week.

Philadelphia has three quarterbacks on its roster — Carson Wentz, Nick Foles and Nate Sudfeld.

rest - https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/11/paxton-lynch-works-out-for-eagles/

[Poet]

rest - https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/11/paxton-lynch-works-out-for-eagles/

Hope he does well.

[tomjonesrocks]

A lot of tire-kicking...
https://clutchpoints.com/redskins-news-washington-works-out-qb-paxton-lynch/