On Monday, the Broncos signed Brandon Lloyd. By Wednesday, the seventh-year pro was already jumping head-first into voluntary workouts.
He, along with about 20 teammates, went up to Red Rocks to work on conditioning — a story we’ll have more on in the next few days.
“I just kind of wanted to get adjusted to the altitude, so the best way to do that is kind of jump right in the fire,” Lloyd said with a laugh.
So while he’s already bonding with his teammates through hard work, he is already familiar with one of the quarterbacks who will be throwing him the ball when training camp rolls around.
Lloyd and Kyle Orton were teammates in Chicago last season, connecting for 26 receptions for 364 yards with two touchdowns.
The receiver said Orton was one of many reasons he decided to head to Denver.
“Probably just the excitement of having a fresh new look to the team,” he explained. “The excitement of having (Head) Coach (Josh) McDaniels here and an explosive offense, the new-look defense, just the whole thing. It was very refreshing. Of course Kyle factored into it, too — that was pretty much the icing on the cake.”
Lloyd, who has amassed 2,253 yards and 15 touchdowns throughout his career, went on to explain why he’s glad to have Orton on board.
“I think what the receivers here are going to like is he throws a very catchable ball,” he said. “I think sometimes when receivers say quarterbacks throw catchable balls, people are like, ‘Aren’t all the balls catchable?’ It’s just Kyle has the right amount of touch — he can throw a fastball, he can throw a touch ball, he throws an awesome deep ball — so the receivers here are really going to enjoy playing with him.”
-Gray Caldwell, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Brandon Lloyd, Kyle Orton
Aussiebronco….. Its time!!!! Game 2 on tonight bro! Another bbq with the lads tonight is it? lol
What up Samoan, Game 2 on tonight, hope QLD wins tonight to take 4 straight series, will be an interesting game, since NSW has some many changes to the team. No bbq with that lads tonight will probably just stay at home and watch the game with my dad another proud Queenslander.
Whats up to all the Bronco fan I know and don’t know. lol (so that means everyone) I see we about to Chad Johnson BMarsh this yr. I don’t see him getting traded. Anyone have a take on this? I will understand if your tired of talking about it. I’m not though. lol
uub, that’s chad ochocinco, not chad johnson. LOL
Ok so all i know is ok we lost Cutler but the last thing we need is to lose B Marsh come on guys i know we are all trying to back up Mcdanials but we have to keep some of our stars too. we cant lose 2 out of our 3 pro bowlers from last year. i love the add of Dawkins, Moreno, Ayers and so on but come on Marsh we cant lose him i love the Broncos and i am part of the Nation for life but we all want the same goal and i think losing Cutler is going to hurt that goal A LOT but i still have faith in the team and all the players we have but all i can hope is we don’t lose Marsh and i hope you all feel the same as i do. Bronco Nation!!!!
The way Jay Cutler is talking The B Marsh trade is all but a done deal.
Not to Chicago per say but in general. Not that I trust Cutler at all.
I don’t trust McDaniels either.
Go McDaniels, Go Mr. Bowlen you are best ever. Go Broncos all of are fans love this team. Let two stars go we love this team. Even if we stink and are the laughing stock of the league I love my team so much.
Way to go Broncos your the greatest
Go Broncos.
I think B marsh’s needs to look in the mirror. He needs to know that no one is going to give him a deal this year. There is too much baggage that comes with him, injuries and all the off field stuff. Personally I think the Broncos are waiting to after his upcoming courtcase. Depending on how that goes and if the league suspends him afterwards will determine if he gets a new contract with the broncos. They probably want to have a look at him and see how his injury is going during training camp as well. All these things will determine Bowlens decision. And I think with all the crap that has gone on he could be traded if a good deal presents itself but I doubt it.
Way I see this going down, I hope, is that nothing will come of the court case which means he won’t get suspended. He will be health for the start of the season and if he performs well he will be resigned mid way through the season.
Oh yeah and also he doesn’t get arrested during that time frame.
Go Broncos, Mr Bowlen your the greatest of all time, the best owner in sports. Who cares if your hire an inexperienced 32 year old Coach we love this team so much. Who cares if you trade away are best players thats fine with us because we dont care if you put out a bad product after all you still have your sell outs. I love this team and have for 32 years. I don’t care about going 5-11 because we trust you and can’t be a real fan unless we agree with every move you make. Go Boy genius you are the face of this franchise now I am so proud of our team.
Mr. B I am so happy that you are so honorable to pay that Hall of Fame coach his 7 million a year way to go Mr Bowlen, your the greatest.
We know that the big O for Orton will lead us to victory and the Big D for Dawkins is the greatest thing since sliced 35 year old bread.
Go Broncos.
Bronco Power
Yeah TEAM!!!!!
So what if we lose this year or the next or even the next. This team will be here a lot longer than any one player. We didn’t win with them last year whats to say we will win with them this year. TO and the cowboys for example great player but brought the team down, didn’t make playoffs. Cowboys let him go and are now meant to be in playoff contention. Will the same thing happen with baby TO.
Hey I just noticed they pulled a comment on the other blog, broncos-release-five-players, that was ragging on McD.
I think if Philip Rivers gets injured, the Broncos can win the division.
Orton is underated.
Orton is what he is. He’s a decent quarterback who has a chance to be better than he’s ever been in his career. I’m just not sure he takes you where we want to go. The Denver Broncos have been a proud organization stuck in mediocrity for years and in my mind I think Orton fits the same mold. He’s decent but I’m not sure you can win Super Bowls with him.
sounds like you’ve got some mad internal conflict goin’ on there Broncochick i.e. – “…takes YOU where WE want to go.”
Are you a Bronco fan or an outsider? Us?
, can you reveal at least a mild shade of optimism?
It is understandable to be ruffled by recent ongoings, but please, for the love of the Broncos
LoL, I’m just kiddin’ ya, but still I love the second half of the second sentence “…. who has a chance to be better than he’s ever been in his career.” Because if you’ve noticed his record as a starter (or how talented and underrated he actually IS), getting better than that can only lead to better times. Much love – (Mile High Salute)
I’m glad Lloyd joined the team. The Broncos are going to do great this season. Hope Marshall stays….he just needs to stay outta trouble in the off season. McD may not have had a great start but he is shaping the team nicely! Was there at the fan fair and the electricity in the stadium was soooo awesome! Lets go Broncos…Lets go! FAN 4 LIFE!!!
Orton took the Bears to a playoff game last year…maybe he didn’t make it to the SB but he got further than Cutler ever did! Don’t get me wrong..Cutler is a great QB but the Broncos needed a change and they got it w/ Orton. He is a great QB as well and will so shine after learning what McD has to teach! The Broncos have better receivers than the Bears as well so just wait and see what Orton can do b 4 knocking him down to being an OK QB!
Agreed JJluvs – better coaching, better receivers, and don’t forget that Offensive line!!!
As an franchise, you’re never sure if you can win a Super Bowl with any QB. The only think for sure is you can constanly work and coach him, and hopefully he progresses. If there is one thing that I feel really good about is McDaniels coaching our QBs. A man that can take a no name QB and make him a house hold name deserves a chance to turn our already house hold name QB into a better QB. I ain’t sayin’ Orton is “GOING” to take us to the promise land, but let’s give him a chance. Don’t buy into all that meda BS about how Orton isn’t this or isnt’ that. Let’s just wait and see what progresses this season. Orton already has more class than Cutler, now he has better receivers too.
#24…ben roethlisberger…QB rating 80.1
#25…kyle ortan……………QB rating 79.6
i am so glad that some of you are are backing KO. big ben has won how many super bowls!!!!!!!!!!!!
some need to think things over one more time. ko might not be the best but he is only half a per cent off the super bowl winning QB big ben.
Kyle had that QB rating of 79.6 and surrounded by what talent? None. He didn’t have a line, didn’t have any known receiver.
Devin Hester is about the best he had, and he doesn’t even have good hands. He’s a converted DB.
He is severely underrated. Kyle also got the Bears back in 06′ I think to the Super Bowl, then they started the previous starter (Grossman) who bombed it and lost.
Kyle can get us there. With the talent we have, we’ll have a high powered offense, you watch!
I was watching a game between the saints and Bears from last season. It made me really nervous. Orton was not an accurate long ball througher and he didn’t have enough power on the short through. Yes I am used to watching Cutler who is not normal. But Orton seems very soft in his throughs. If it wasn’t for PI calls the Bears wouldn’t of had a chance. Do you guys or gals see any different?
texark-fan:
Funny you mention franchise QB’s. Last week I did a break down of all QB’s that went to the superbowl.
http://thebroncosmchoodieera.blogspot.com/
Jamesontf I’ll admit that I didnt watch any Bears games, though now I wish I did, but I have watched his highlight vids. I hate bringing up Cutler, but I think both quarterbacks are going to do the exact opposite of what they did last year. Orton had a terrible OL and sub-par recievers. Cutler had a superior OL and above average recievers. Orton will do well here, Cutler is a different story. He needs a go to reciever and right now he doesn’t have that guy. Currently Hester is the #1, 2 years ago this guy was strictly a return man and I think at one point was a DB. Unless Cutler can lobby and get a good WR ie Plexico. I wouldnt expect much in terms of a passing game from Chicago. But I expect great things from Orton, not outstanding things, but great things.
KO better then big ben??? wow….not even close!! the rating is flawed…look at winning!!! and playmaking ability…two diffrent types of QBs…Big ben throws deep out routes…and other throws.. Orton throws screen passes!! and there still near the same!!!
I watched alot of Chicago’s games last year cause I had Forte in my starting fantasy football lineup and NFL Sunday Ticket to allow me to do it. Let me just say that Kyle was very accurate earlier in the year, before his ankle injury or whatever it was. His arm won’t be mistaken for Cutler’s, but you also won’t see him calling out his receivers every time he doesn’t put it right on the numbers. I remember watching Cutler get mad everytime someone dropped one, even if it was his fault. You won’t see Kyle do that. He’s very professional, and mature. I think he’s gonna have a helluvah season, and our WR’s will too. It wouldn’t surprise me to see something like a 3-1 TD-INT ratio either, but maybe that’s just wishful thinking. But the guy throws a very catchable ball from the looks of it, and Brandon Lloyd said so himself.
Remeber too last year we didn’t really have a running game. I think this season we will be very balanced with the run and pass. Therefore Orton won’t have as much pressure on him. That’s not to say he is allowed to buckle under pressure, but he will have a great supporting cast one of which is an outstanding O-line.
Stop it with the sarcasm Bones1965! LOL! Bowlen, please settle this thing with BMarsh already. Imagine how much better the offense will be with him in there. It will be an unstoppable offense if he is healthy. D-coordinators will have fits trying to game plan this offense. At first, I was saying let him go, we’ll be better off without him because he is not acting like a team player, but I can’t blame him for wanting to get paid when some rookies around the league are getting paid more than him and just look at what the Packers did for Jennings who isn’t half the receiver that Marshall is. If he is healthy, clears all his legal troubles and can stay out of trouble, I say pay the man and keep him a Bronco. The sooner, the better!
I am a Bronco fan fellas. But I also am a woman and my mind works a little different than most of yours. Okay here we go…. To the guy who showed the QB rating of Big Ben and Orton…. well Big Ben had the Steeler Defense to carry that team…. To everyone else who says Orton went to the playoffs. This is also true but he also had a superior defense. I am not a Cutler lover people. In fact, I thought he was a punk ever since he took the field in Denver. His leadership skills and attitude is garbage. I just wish we wouldn’t have traded that 1st rounder next year in case this Orton deal does not work out.
broncochick1,
The Bears were actually ranked 21st in the league last year. I wouldn’t call that superior! Here’s the link to the stats FYI.
http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=2&defensiveStatisticCategory=GAME_STATS&conference=ALL&role=OPP&season=2008&seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=TOTAL_YARDS_GAME_AVG&d-447263-o=1&d-447263-n=1
I agree with broncochick about next years 1st rounder. I just wonder which one it was. Was it our first rounder, Chicago’s first rounder or the higher of the 2 (hopefully it’s the latter). But after watching Alphonso Smith’s highlight reel on youtube.com, I can’t help but to be excited about his future. We desperately need playmakers on defense, and he has all the makings of one, except for, you know, his height. But in his defense, he does play much bigger than that!
And history is made!!! Not even a cheap shot from Barrett, poor TMO calls or a tiring defense could stop QLD from taking it out!! lol
I don’t know if BMarsh is aware there is a recession on, and if you are not an elite player, then you wont get jack. (Elite – refer to Peppers deal) I say Marshall if he is smart, will swallow his pride and take what the Broncos deal him for the last year of his contract. He may more equity behind him to ask for a payrise. At the moment he has played so well he made it to the probowl and was rated a top 10 WR 2 years running.
So exactly what 1st rounder did we trade away to get Alphonso Smith? Was it our’s, Chicago’s or whichever winds up being the latest in the first round?
broncofanlvnm: Bears defense slipped statistically last year due to a few injuries, but overall, they play some tough Defense in the “Black n Blue” Divison… (NFC North).
eeerockski: Nice to see your vote of confidence with your post re: Kyle Orton. I did hear one analyst say he played hurt with the ankle last year. That was one of the first things the Team checked out when he came to Denver… Orton is good to go! On your post, according to this link attached, sounds like it was our pick (Broncos) that was traded for Alphonso Smith. Nice article on Smith by the way !
http://www.milehighreport.com/2009/4/25/853564/denver-broncos-trade-up-in-2nd
hey Chris Baker is a Stud!!! i really didnt think about it but then i read he ran the same time as Ayers in the 20 yard shuttle run…spead off the line is equal to our “pass rushing” draft pick…I think Baker could use that speed and work on his strength and he could be a steal for the broncos. I just hope he makes the rotation with Fields and Thomas. Thomas is ready for a break out year…we have speed and talented passers and i expect them to thrive in this system which molded former weekling Manny Lawson into a pretty fierce linebacker….I hope he can do the same with Moss.
oooppss meant to say speed and pass rushers.
Jamesontf – Orton does not scare me because he can’t make the deep THROW as great as Cutler did, nor does he scare me because he isn’t as strong of a THROWER as Cutler. What scares me is someone like you trying to make valid posts when you can’t spell! jk
broncochick1- It made me mad we traded OUR first rounder next year for a high second rounder too, but then I started watching film on Smith, he could have easily been a first round pick, and it excites me seeing someone with his swagger and guts being able to learn from Dawkins and Champ for a few years before he takes over a starting job. OR LIKE I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, AND THE REASON THE GOODMAN PICK UP DOESN’T EXCITE ME TOO MUCH! We need a gutsy player opposite of Champ because he will be thrown at 90% of the time, Goodman is great but he won’t be much better than Bly was because he isn’t used to the attention he will get, and he won’t worry the opposing qb by being an aggressive ball hawk.
But really reason I brought up what you said is you wanted to use it on a qb if Orton doesn’t work out. Remember everyone with Shanny we may have wanted a Moreno type guy, but we didn’t worry cuz Shanny would find one like him in later rounds or through CFA. With McDaniels we need to adopt the same philosophy but with QB’s! That is his forte, and I think Brandstater will be our QB of the future.
Again to point out anyone who missed it. We traded our 1st round pick next year to get the Phonz!
It’ll be the better deal, doubt Chicago goes as far as us, may be optomistic thinking but when all is said and done we will have gotten 1st round talented DB for a 2nd round price, and only dropped back from a 22+ spot in the 1st round to what was it the 8th spot in the 2nd round!
Oh my bad forgot to add in why Orton doesn’t scare me not being the strong arm QB cutler was. Look at Cassell and Brady neither were strong armed, they just played smart and threw accurate short-intermediate passes. Orton will be able to do that just fine.
You may have watched the saints game Jamesontf and seen he didn’t throw it good deep or way hard short, but go back and see how many picks he threw in that game, and compare that to how many Cutler threw against the Saints!
McDaniels doesn’t need a top rated QB, he makes top rated QB’s from scratch and they excell in his system while he teaches them to play smart and take what the defense gives them, while creating mismatches.
Just my thoughts……
Broncofanlvm…. What was the Broncos ranking???? That’s what I thought…. So you could say the Bears had a superior defense then couldn’t you???
2Champ. I will give you that. JMAC can coach the hell out of a quarterback no doubt. Hopefully, he can coach Orton. Listen I am hoping for a great season and in a lot of ways I am really happy Cutler is gone. I just hope we get Marshall to camp and shock some people with our new team. Just a little concerned. But that’s why you play the games right??? Plus it makes for some fun on the blogs while nothing is happening at practice. I also agree your QB does not have to have an amazing arm like Cutler or even Elway to be great. I think Brady, Big Ben and Joe Montana are or were pretty good players.
bronco chick
the stats on ben and ortan were only to show that a fair QB can win the super bowl.
But if you like, pitts was the top d this year. yards per play pitt was #1 @ 3.9 and the bears ware #6 @ 4.9, so the ‘BETTER D’ don’t cut it. What matters is until ortan pulls some real bone head plays I am going to back him. and yards per play shows more ABOUT a deff than scoring points (inc. spl teams) against them. den was 6.1 yards per play.
den O was #2 in yards, but #16 in scoring. The DENVER BRONCOS scored 370 points last year. THE BEARS SCORED 375. Very interesting!!
As far as the #1 draft pick. Is it better to have a person in camp and being trained by a pro coach or waiting a year while he is in school? IMO he gets one years training (vs the next year player) and a big jump on the starting job.
broncochick1, almost everyone’s defense was superior to the broncos last year if you want to look at it that way, you are correct. The point is that you said Orton had a superior defense when he did not have a very good defense LAST year in Chicago and he was still able to take them to the playoffs. That was what you said earlier. Royalbroncofan1, over the years yes Chicago has had awesome defenses, I agree, but this was not the case last year, it doesn’t matter about the injuries.
I think if things had stayed the same this year (still shanny and still cutler) we woulda done better with a defensive overhaul. But that didn’t happen and no changing the past. I personally feel this team is going in the opposite direction but I haven’t seen em play a game yet so what do i know
With that being said, the reason I am hopeful for this season is the reason we lost a lot of gimmes last year….ANY GIVEN SUNDAY!!! We were a pretty superior team last year, just inconsistent as hell with a lot of injuries.
Glad Orton has a familiar face in Brandon Lloyd. I pray Marshall stays. And I pray we make the post season and maybe the Superbowl. Kyle Orton has my support cuz he reminds me of Plummer and I am a Plummer fan.
PS: McD is a Douche bag till he proves different
ORANGE CRUSH ALL DAY!!!
GO BRONCOS!!!
Look at us we’re like a bunch of Raiders fans the way we’re at each other’s throats. Everyone seems to hatin’ on McDaniels. It wasn’t his fault Cutler didn’t return Pat’s phone calls. I don’t know what conversation took place between them but whatever. It isn’t McDaniels that is making Marshall holdout for more money. Everyone’s getting mad because fo those two incidents, TWO incidents. Pat Bowlen is the one that signs the paychecks, probably not, he has his payroll people stampl his signature, but he is the one that pays the money. To all the people that wanted Cutler to stay he’s a punk kid that has some growing up to do. To all the people that want Marshall to stay, pool your money together and give it to Pat Bowlen so he can put it towards a new contract. I do hope that Marshall stays if he stays out of trouble and healthy, and gets his attitude adjusted. Everyones getting mad about what seems like a trivial solution, just give him a new contract. I’m sure it isn’t that easy with Marshalls case. If he was healthy, and not in trouble with the law he probably would have one rignt now. He’d be at camp learning with everyone else that gets paid less than he does.
I would rather have a front office that isn’t afraid to stand up to their players than a front office that just dishes out the money and gets nothing in return. In my opinion more franschise souldn’t be so quick to dish out big bucks for players, no matter how good they think they are. Plus, we’re in a recession, that might have something to do with it also. I doubt that Bowlen is going to put this franshise in financial jeporday for one or two players. When you start letting the players call the shots, that’s when you are no longer a franshise or a team. I don’t know why everyone is getting so upset about things that weren’t entirely McDaniels or Bowlen’s fault. When some of the players in the league start acting like Pros then they should be considered for pay raises. The next thing you know college free agents are going to want millions of $$ for their signings. Where do we draw the line, and what is going to happen when the salary cap goes away? I’ll tell you, the poor teams will suck, and the rich teams will become the Yankees of football. Eveyone’s worried about one player, one guy, he doesn’t make the team. Oh yeah and Marshall already posted a “farewell blog” Which means he probably had no intention on staying.
First of all brian_schneider, it was McDaniels fault that Cutler is no longer here. He went after Matt Cassel and wasn’t able to get him. If he was content with Cutler from the beginning, the offense wouldn’t be in shambles right now.
Second, McDaniels is responsible for bringing in a lot of unrestricted free agents, and giving many of them more money that BMarsh is making. Wouldn’t that turn your head?
Third, if signing UFA is as simple as McD makes it look, then why not throw some coin toward the talent you already have?
Fourth, teams win games, but teams with talent go much further!
Fifth? There are no fifth downs in football! Ha!
Those unrestricted free agents you speak of are at training camp working with the team. Those unrestricted free agents aren’t facing possibly facing further league disciplinary action for off field issues with the law.
If McDaniels really wanted Matt Cassel he could have gotten him. The Chiefs would have taken Cutler for Cassel any day of the week.
All I’m saying is you can’t always just blame one person. If that’s the case we should all blame John Elway for aging and retiring because he hadn’t done that he would still be our QB and we’d still be winning Super Bowls. We should blame TD for tearing his ACL and retire early. We should blame Atwater, Smith, MaCaffery, all those guys for retiring, cuz now we don’t have a good team. That’s all I’m saying is it’s not all McDaniels fault. Maybe Culter should’ve stepped up and silenced McDaniels in his own system.
One more thing, I’d hardly call this offense in “shambles”
There’s no denying that McDaniels instigated the whole Cutler deal, intentionally or not. Look, Bowlen probably agreed that the team needed a major overhaul after the past few years and probably handed McD the keys to the team and told him to drive, and to set his own route. However, I firmly believe that if McD had told Pat that the first thing he’d do was look to upgrade the qb position, Josh wouldn’t be our head coach right now. Call it a hunch. And it’s true Cutler could/should have handled the situation differently, but he’s a young man with an understandibly inflated ego. Hopefully we got the better end of the deal, but only time will tell. But we can’t cry over spilled milk, we just gotta move on.
On a lighter note, I watched the vid of some guys conditioning at Red Rock. Holy !@#$ that would be crazy difficult. I can’t believe Barrett did the wheelbarrow up them. Dude must have some crazy upper body strength. I’d be worried about tumbling face first on my way down.