Kiszla: Hey, Broncos fans — Kyle Orton is glad coach is making QB decision
By Mark Kiszla
The Denver Post
Posted: 08/09/2011 01:00:00 AM MDT
Broncos QB Kyle Orton (Denver Post file photo)Hey, Broncomaniacs. Did you get the message? Kyle Orton is glad you aren't picking the team's starting quarterback.
"My last goal playing quarterback is to win over the fans," Orton said Monday. "That's my last goal."
Orton is a solid NFL quarterback. He makes for a lousy politician, though. I love his spunk. But telling fans in a sports-crazy town they don't count for much? Not a wise move.
In this quarterback competition, touchdown passes and interceptions won't be all that's thrown. There's going to be some mudslinging.
Knowing the people want Tim Tebow, Orton must trust and pray the race for the No. 1 quarterback in Denver will be a football competition rather than a popularity contest.
"My first goal is to win over my teammates, to win over my coaches, and I think I'm well on my way to doing that," said Orton, sounding as defiantly confident as ever in the belief he is the man to lead the Denver offense.
In a city that argued the quality of Halloween candy distributed to trick-or-treaters by a young John Elway back in the day, there's some history of over-the-top debates about the local NFL quarterback.
http://www.denverpost.com/kiszla/ci_18642903
i think his "first goal" should be to "win games" but other than that he's got a point