At most practices, three Broncos typically wear an orange jersey: the quarterbacks.
At Wednesday’s practice, the backs of the quarterbacks read No. 8, No. 3 and no number.
Newly-signed free-agent quarterback Ingle Martin expects not having a number to change quickly.
“I hope that’s part of the plan,” Martin laughed. “We’ll see. Hopefully the equipment guys will hook me up tomorrow.”
Martin was signed Wednesday, joining the Broncos after being waived by the Chiefs on August 5. Running back Marcus Thigpen was also waived.
A fifth-round pick (148th overall) by the Packers in the 2006 NFL Draft, Martin has appeared in one career NFL game – against the Bears on Dec. 31, 2006. He spent time on Tennessee’s practice squad from 2007-08, before finishing last season in Kansas City.
After playing two seasons at the University of Florida, Martin closed out his collegiate career at Furman University – leaving with school records in passing yards (5,751) and passing touchdowns (42).
Now, he has a chance to work with one of the league’s most exciting yet challenging offensive systems. And he’s up for the challenge.
“When you’re a guy like me, you just want an opportunity,” Martin said. “That’s what I’ve got here. Hopefully I can come in and show them a little bit of what I can do and make myself stick. But it’s going to be a lot of hard work and a short amount of time to do that.”
QUICK HITS: Signed by the club on Tuesday, offensive lineman Russ Hochstein put in a full session on Wednesday, growing further acquainted with offensive line coach Rick Dennison and his new teammates.
Here are some more pictures from Wednesday’s practice.- Chris Gentilviso, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Ingle Martin, Roster Moves
Everytime I look at Casey Wiegmann, he looks like a bigger fatter john lynch LOL.
For those talking about Tyler Tigpen, It is obvious he is not a franchise qb but neither is orton but if orton can thrive in our offense which i think he will Tyler thigpen can as well. Once again we got great lines and recievers and T. Thigpen was never scared to hold theball and run when needed. He has potential, with right coaching he could be really good. I would welcome him to the Broncos with open arms, we need as much depth and competition in the QB position as possible.
I still think orton is our best chance at the point so instead of booing him, say he is our guy, theres some power in words and positive thinking. Instead of booing the guy, give him some motivation. He’s got enough critics from the media, analysts, and wannabe analysts….doesn’t need it from fans as well, especially when we as fans know he is gonna start nonetheless.
GO BRONCOS!!!
So I wake up this morning and while drinking my coffee I read the newspaper. Front page of the Sports edition in big bold type says “Cutler says Coach McDaniels is an Offensive Mastermind”. I say it is a ploy to keep the boos at bay while in Invesco Field. What do you all think?
I got this from the DP this morning.:
Wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, who did not make the trip to Seattle because of a leg injury, has practiced so far this week and said he’s hopeful he can play Sunday night against the Bears.
“Lloyd had two catches for 42 yards against the San Francisco 49ers in the
preseason opener.
Running back Knowshon Moreno (knee), cornerback Tony Carter (ankle) and running back LaMont Jordan (leg) did not practice Wednesday. . . . Defensive lineman Marcus Thomas (shoulder) tried practicing wearing a brace on his right shoulder, but he returned to the locker room early during the workout, then went into the team’s weight room. . . . McDaniels said he expected some starters, such as quarterback Kyle Orton, to play in both Sunday night’s game and next Thursday’s despite the short turnaround.”
It’s looking less and less that Moreno will play this Sunday. Just as well, let him rest. Play Walker. He had a good game last week. I would like to see some more of him on the field.
Yeah, I thought the same thing about Cutler. Trying to “bury the hatchet.” Too late Jay. The boo-birds will be in force on Sunday.
I just read something that said when the broncos were about to trade cutler they were also talking to the redskins then decided Kyle would be a beter fit for their offense than Campbell, But as long as first round picks are concerned the redskins are in the toughest division in football even with cutler they’d still end up last in their division meaning high picks this year and next. The best trade would have been Cutler for Brady Quinn and two Cleveland Browns first picks ( offer was on the table according to NFL network) meaning the trade would have looked like this B.J Raji, Brady Quinnn a great young QB and an anchor for the defensive line for years to come, not to mention a first next year.
I dont think Cutler was bullsh*ting to bury the hatchett, Just believe he was playing the indefference card. He is happy where he is and our coach is happy without him…it is what it is. He said in the audio conference that he still expects boo’s and that both sides woulda done things different if giving a do over. Political answers like we expect any NFL player to make
Cutlersucks8
You are telling me we had the option of brady quin with the same stipulations but went with orton?!?!?!? sigh, I think they just wanted cutler out of the conference in general cuz he is a threat. I would most likely go with Orton over Campbell aswell. Redskins seem to suck at drafting QBs (ramsey, J. Campbell)….I should know I live near stadium in MD.
Damn it, I want knowshon to rest but why are we cursed at running back? really wanted him to get some touches before the season began so he could improve and be ORY/RY. I know he wills till do good tho. I see lamont injured his leg and some others got injured but they didnt get canned…still a bad move by McD cutting Ryan Torain in my book.
We should try and get a nose tackle, at least for short-term replacement. We could really use the pressure up the middle.
cutlersucks…
There is always more to it than meets the eye. Perhaps a trade to Cleveland, even though they would be high first rounders, would have hurt us in the end. I would much rather shell out 12 million at #12 or 14 to a player than fork out $35 million at number 4…
Also, BJ Raji… has he even signed yet? I know he was unsigned as of the day Moreno finally signed. Also, Raji hasn’t proved anything in the NFL as of now.
And who knows… Maybe Peterson or Baker might shock everyone?!? Baker looks like an animal out there! And a lot cheaper than Raji ever will be!
Raji has signed, and in a Packer preseason geme vs. the Bills, they had to double and triple team him. I still think that we need to shop around for a nose tackle.
Fields and Baker are our NT. Live with it guys, sheesh.
I jsut think that mabye there are other NT’s out there that could be better than Fields. People are talking about new QB’s, why not NT’s?
ummm i like what i see. i have big hopes. cant wait till i see those jay cutler interceptions. i could see it now. he throws to hester and champ comes and take it for a pick 6 woot woot. cant wait till sunday NBC 8 EST
You guys act like money is just there for the giving? Baker is playing very well and if Fields doesn’t cut it during regular season then Baker will be in. Fields seems to be closing the middle okay. That’s one of the reasons why Peterson is getting those sacks. They double team Fields which free’s up Peterson and McBean. Also, the 2ndary is doing their job which helps for coverage sacks.
People think that we should get a new QB everytime Orton throws a INT. I’m just giving my opinion, that they should try to get more pressure up the middle. How they do that, up to them.
DoomervilRocks92…
Great NT’s are a rarity. They do not come around very often. A team is lucky to have 1 Good, not great, NT. If they have a good NT, they will not even think about trading them – as that is their lines lifeline.
Shopping around is pointless. Raji was the only NT worth taking in the draft in the first round. It is very rare to find a good NT in the draft period.
Fields has been playing well, I wouldn’t worry about it – and Baker looks like he could be good – Great with some time and development.
Like I said, it is no time to panic. I believe our first team defense has been performing in the top 10 this preseason. I’m not sure what all the fuss is about?!?
Again, I’m just saying what I see when I watch the game. I know it’s only preseason, but you can always try to upgrade your team.
People can talk about new QB’s all they want. That’s simply because they refuse to get on the Broncos bus and start asking for big changes 2 games before regular season. That makes me question their logic and knowledge? Not trying to diss here, but it makes absolutely no sense and sounds like complaining by a lot of people about things that are not as bad as you all try to make it out to be. Never satisfied. Me, I’m happy with the team that’s being fielded. As I said, if Fields falters, then Baker will step in. Maybe Thomas, if he’s not too injured and makes the squad. But for God’s sake, everyone needs to quit with the critical appraisals of starting players after 2 preseason games.
Would it be nice to have a franchise dominating NT. Yes. Should we kill ourselves looking for one when no on is willing to let one go especially when we have fields and a promising young baker willing to do a good job for les? NO. The defense is learning a new system as well, give them time as well, our DBs are pretty good and Bdawk will make us stronger. Andre Goodman sure got torched against the seahawks but like many would say, Its hard to look good on the other side of bailey lol
PS: Great article here. Hilarious.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/090814&sportCat=nfl
The season is ours for the taking
GO BRONCOS!!!
Your right, I know. I just thinkk they need more pressure up the middle so that the outside linebackers can get sacks. Your right, though. I shouldn’t be wanting new people in there, especially during preseason. I’ll wait and see how this comes out.
Alright, got to go. See ya guys!
DoomervilRocks92…
As far as Orton goes, he’s a solid QB. He has better statistic (other than passing yards) than Cutler ever did behind a worse line with no name receivers.
His pick ratio is a lot less than Cutlers, he makes wiser decisions and I have yet to see him fumble it for no reason in the redzone. I live in Chicago, I got to see Orton play a lot, he’s not a bad QB. No, he cannot fire the ball as hard as Cutler can, but he is smart and takes what the defense allows.
You cannot judge the preseason games on his performance, as he was put in situations for a reason. You think the Broncos would really try throwing the ball 3 times in a row to get a TD in a real game? No, but later in the season they will find a time where they must throw for a TD rather than run the ball as they will be down to their final few seconds, and a incompletion is a lot better than running the ball and the clock running out.
Look at his career. Look at his W-L ratio. Look at his pass attempt vs interceptions – then go back and look at Cutlers.
Granted, Cutler had some amazing gifts, but instead of using his head, he would use his talents. We couldn’t score in the redzone. Orton can and has.
Before you open your mouth and disgrace the QB because of having a mancrush on Cutler (so do I – but I love the Broncos as a team a lot more), why dont you try not having tunnel vision and look at everything put together.
Because McD is stubborn and Cutler is a little cry baby, they could not live together. Don’t take this out on Orton, all he did was get traded and is doing his best to learn the team, the playbook and get comfortable within the environments.
As far as you stating that “People think that we should get a new QB everytime Orton throws a INT” – you are correct, but by the opinion I’ve heard this is a very minute portion of the public. However, this minute portion just expresses its opinion more than the ones who support the Broncos, including their new QB.
That is my two bits on the subject.
I apologize, I just get sick of seeing these so called “fans” criticize rather than support…
DD you should be proud!
TRB, I agree, hilarious. DJ Gallo is an idiot. Plain and simple.
I never said Orton was a bad QB. I said other people did. I think Orton is just fine.
And I do agree – Doomervil does rock!
55, it’s cool. I will always try to be the voice of reason. I like the group of people who we have blogging here. They have concerns, which is good. They have the ability to debate, which is good. They come back from “the dark side,” which is good. (Sorry, couldn’t resist that last one, ha, ha.)
DoomervilRocks92, you’re always good in my books. But I will watch the D gel, and watch the NT position closely. I think they will do well.
Its funny for those wanting us tog et a new QB many reasons that wont happen and not logical.
First Orton essentiallytrade cutler for orton…..Orton is gonna start.
Second, Orton has improved every game and its still preseason and he has done well without bmarsh who cutler had and who he might soon have hopfully. Ortons gonna start
Third. This offense proves hard to learn, what are the chances of us trading for a Thigpen or Tavaris Jackson, and they come in and learn it in like 2 weeks….Not likely. Orton starts
Wish we got Cassel after all the drama, questions and what we lost due to McD trying to get him. because he would already know offense and all he would have to do is work on chemistry. We didnt. Oh well. I am going crazy waiting for this bears game. cant wait to see how we have improved again. GO BRONCOS!!!
First, McD essentially traded Cutler for Orton****
Yep, I’m ready for the Bears game. Going to my Broncos bar to watch it. Even though it’s televised on national TV, I feel the need for a pitcher of beer. Just as the Broncos are warming up for the regular season, so am I, ha, ha.
Doomer-I agree with you. We should continue to look for ways to upgrade the team if they are out there. McDaniels woould and is. If we can get a better NT and put even more pressure on the line, it will be better for the whole team.
DD- lay off the man. We all love the team and are allowed to look at it critically. Does that also mean we don’t support the guys we have? No way! That is what makes us fans. We cheer for and support the guys we have, who make up our team. But hope and wish for the best team possible and the best result possible……Super Bowl Baby!!!!!
My humble opinion, if more people get behind our current QB, Kyle, he will settle down, stop worrying about his job, and play solid in the red zone. Right now he is forcing it a little to prove to us he is the right man for the job.
The Defense is much better than last year. We have not even seen the starting defense all together yet. They will rock.
Orange Crush!!!!
I agree, I like the people who blog here too, but I am getting aggravated with the lack of support from some of these people who call themselves fans.
A fan is short for Fanatic. You don’t care who plays on your team – you are an obsessed person with the Team itself.
A spectator is one who just enjoys watching the game. Will usually root for the local team, or roots for a team who has a good record. Bandwagon jumpers are spectators. They have the theory “If the team does well I’ll root for them, and if they don’t I’ll go find a new team cause these guys are losers”.
I’m not looking forward to next year because I think we’ll suck this year actually it’s quite the opposite but next year Richard Seymour and Vince Wilfork will both be UFA’s and since Mcdaniels likes his old players maybe he’ll pick up one of them ( Wilfork’s younger but I agree that Baker is our NT of the future) preferablly Seymour. They can only franchise tag one of them. Anyway we’ll be 11-5 this year so what the heck, I have a feeling champ willl return one to the house on sunday because of Cutler’s arrogance
Royal Beast- Right!
Looking back, at the McDaniels offseason, I wish he would have known to either make the deal happen with Cassel or don’t even talk about it. Cassel would have had a short learning curve. It seems that this team is all about winning this year.
I guess I have mixed feelings on that. Is that mentality compatible with building a franschise that can win years to come? Are we mortgaging away to much future potential to win right now?
The Defense is going to get better as the year goes on. I just hope they show up in a big way this Sunday.
Orange Crush Cutler!!!!!!
HomeTeam007, I was never bashing Doom, so reread my posts before you react. I said he debates and has concerns, which is good, or did you miss that part? I also said he’s always good in my books. You must have missed that part too? My argument is that trying to get a replacement at NT, this late in the game is illogical. We have plenty of NT’s to fill the spot. My argument is with people who still talk about replacing Orton, which, I’m sorry, is a very illogical way of thinking? You came on, defending him as if I talked down on him? I didn’t. It’s called debate. It’s called a blog. Nor am I trying to start an argument with you. I just don’t like being accused of something that never happened.
DD- come on. You came down on him when you said “Fields and Baker are our NT. Live with it guys, sheesh.” But I was too busy typing a response to see your later comments(“DoomervilRocks92, you’re always good in my books.”).
Your right, its a blog, don’t get so defensive. I agree with you about replacing Orton….not a good idea. But on the NT postion, not so much. That guy needs to push the line and command two defenders. Its not quite happening with Fields and Baker. Well, with Baker, yes becasue he is playing the second string offense. But, the point is, its not illogical to look for another, bigger, better NT this EARLY in the season.
Orange Crush Fans Forever!!!!
DD- by the way, I am still bitter at you for bailing on my fantasy football league because you were getting punked on this website, unintentionally. So, I apologize…….a little. Your blogs are generally very insightful.
HomeTeam007:
If anything I jumped Doom more than DD.
I agree, its not illogical to look for a better NT, but the problem is, there is no better available in for a 3-4 defense.
If there was one better for a reasonable amount of money, then I’m sure McD would have jumped at it. Everyone seems to have an understanding around here that NT are in abundance and they don’t cost very much, which is the ignorant part of the logic which I think DD was referring to as being illogical.
You cannot simply go out to free agency and get a better one, nor will any team that has a good one give theirs up. If you would find a team willing to trade theirs, do you have any idea what it would cost us? Say goodbye to several top tier players and possibly draft choices. It would be unwise to mortgage our guys off for a NT like Haynesworth.
A good investor is one that buys when everyone is selling, as this will keep the market practical, and sells when everyone is buying (in order to get top dollar). Granted, it does take some patience and time, but it pays off in the end! McD I truly believe, is a good investor!
As far as people saying Orton is not a franchise QB – they said the same thing about Tom Brady back when he first started at QB… look at him now!
007, my leaving the fantasy football league had nothing to with getting “punked” by anybody on this site? Where did you get that? I left for other reasons. My mother was going into open heart surgery. I could not devote the time needed. She passed away in May. Nobody “punked” me on this site. Nobody “punks” me, period. I also dropped out of the fantasy league with Doc. The only problem I had with the site was when almost every post I had written, got deleted. No point blogging if you can’t get it posted. They (Kyle) have since then, fixed the problem and emailed me to come back. I did. After about 2 weeks of working on my account, the problem was fixed. But I never got “punked” by anybody?
DD – that same thing happened to me. Every post I would put up would be awaiting moderator… every single one. I posted asking a simple why as I did not write anything bad about anyone or the team. They said “you’re right”. After a few weeks of this I posted another complaint and said I would be leaving the site as I was very unhappy. Sometimes even if my post did get posted, it would take days, by then a new blog would have started and my voice would not be heard, which defeats the purpose of me blogging here.
They ended up posting my complaint and the problem went immediately away, go figure. lol
I remember when you left, and I was sad to see you go as I always enjoy your posts! You are the one I focus in more than anyone else as you are always extremely insightful and very helpful! But I was happy to see you back as I was sick of trying to be the insightful one lol – you do even have fans of yourself because of how insightful you are in this blog! I’m sure there are more people than just me that look forward to your posts! Possibly some of the players themselves look to see what you have to say!
Also, sorry to hear about your mom, I’m sure that hasn’t been easy on you or your family.
DD- fine. Bad word. You never got punked. And poor timing with your Mother’s surgery. I hope that turned out well and she is recovering well. My Grandpa had the same thing recently. Its a tough ordeal. But judging from your response, you knew what I was refering to. Chill out.
broncs55- agreed. I understand all the reaeson we currently don’t have an Albert Haynesworth. There is money, supply, demand, Obama, a ton of resons. I am just saying that we should never settle for players that aren’t getting the job done.
I love the debate and the positivity of you guys. Broncos will shock everyone else this year. Am I right? Or am I right?
Orange Crush!!!!!!!
55, thanks. When I came back to the blog, it wasn’t long that my mom was in and out of the hospital. I was spending more and more time with her. My mom then tried to get her strength up for the open heart surgery. She went in on March 17 and never recovered. I was with her, holding her hand when she passed. I would occasionally blog while she was in the hospital because it kept my mind off of her suffering, if even for a little while. But I just don’t understand where 007 got the idea that somebody “punked me” on this site? I left other sires because of things that were in bad taste, IMO, but not because of anybody “punking me?” Nobody could do that. Not on a blog, not in person. I’m a little bit stronger then that. I just thought it was a waste of time to, as you said, blog and have all of your post deleted when nothing was wrong. I had asked the site what was going on and got no response, so I left. I found out through Kyle, later, that they were all on vacation for 2 weeks and couldn’t get to it then. He emailed me, we worked on my account and it got fixed. It took about 2 weeks to get it working properly but they did a bang up job.
007, good enough. As I said on my previous post, my mother didn’t make it. She passed away on May 26. It’s just me and my dad now and he takes my full time attention. He had a stroke in 2004 so I take care of the house, cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, yardwork, driving, shopping, you name it. Now that I’ll be writing for Fan Huddle Sept. 7, it will prevent me from blogging here as much. I’ll still stop in, just not as often.
We always seem to be two posts behind each other, ha, ha.
Meant to type 2003, not 2004 for my dads stroke.
lol @ the Obama bit 007!
DD – You’ll have to link the Fan Huddle as I would enjoy reading it! I’m on MileHigh a lot, but being in Chicago I don’t know many other sites.
I think I was born a Broncos fan – my cousin is Rick Dennison (2nd cousin) who used to play for the Broncos a a LB (o-line coach now) – so I have bled orange and blue since birth! Please do not ask me a lot of questions as I barely know him. However since he is family who played in the NFL, and knowing of some of the life situations he has gone through, I have always looked up to him. I havn’t asked for anything from him, except for his own autograph when I was little, nor do I care to do so. So please don’t ask. I am just proud of him, and his accomplishments, even more so as he is family.
When my Great Grandma died (his grandma), that was the last we heard from him.
I only saw him once and he was intimidating, I believe I was about 4 years old. I remember he had tree trunks as legs and I was so shocked when my dad introduced me I couldn’t say a word. That was back in the 80′s. I did try to call him once and left him a voice message this off season, but he never got back to me – so I was kind of discouraged, but understand as he was quite busy I’m sure. I will try again when the season ends as I would just like to say hi, let him know how this side of the family is doing and see how he has been and let him know he is always welcome when he is around Chicagoland!
That is why I went with the username of Broncs55 – that is his old jersey number. He being the one I always looked up to for the situations he went through with his personal life (which I will not mention), and being in the NFL. I am biased I guess, but no matter where I move, what I do, or who I have been with in the past, I have always, and will always be a Broncos fan!
I never knew any of the players personally, although, I’ve met Elway twice, Atwater once. J.E. signed my football for me when I bought my Toyota truck at his dealership. It’s been valuesd at 9K now. Atwater signed my card.
Here is the link to Fan Huddle. It won’t be up and running till Sept 7.
http://www.fanhuddle.com/
thats awesome! I would like to get on board with something like that one day too! I will just have to keep blogging until someone offers me something lol
Thats cool – I can’t even say I have ever went to a professional game. Money is one problem, I am not poor by any means, but I live paycheck to paycheck with some of the luxuries that I have (cable, high speed internet, etc.)
The other problem is tickets to a Bears game (my local team) cost a fortune just for the nose bleed seats, and I’ve never been one for fighting crowds out of a parking lot. I personally would rather watch the game on TV, or if I go to a game I would rather just go to a high school game. Our high school is always one of the top public high schools in the nation. My high school team was #3 when I played as a CB, we had 11 All Americans of the 15 All State players on our team. Owen Daniels was our QB – hes the TE for the Texans now – great kid but I gave him a knee injury that he will always have by accident. I fell and blew out his MCL during a practice. A wide out pushed me to block me b4 two hand touching him (you arent allowed to hit the QB) and I rolled my shoulder straight into the side of his knee. If I knew he was going to the NFL I might of kissed his butt a little more lol
On a side note, if I could go to a Broncos game, I wouldn’t turn down the offer no matter what the crowd size in the parking lot was like!
That’s pretty interesting. Never played football. Kickboxed instead. Then the military. Then my martial arts studio. I have been to many, many Bronco games. Always a good time. The tailgate parties were great, also. Try saving $5 a paycheck for that one game each year. It’s worth it. Even if it’s not the Broncos, wait for that one good match-up that the Bears play (like Green Bay).
Ah the fudge packers. You know – The Broncos are my favorite team, but living in Chicago basically my whole life the Bears have grown on me, and I would put them in my top 5, possibly top 3.
I am just a spectator of them. $5 a paycheck though, I might be able to do – good idea!