The NFL season is only five games old for the Denver Broncos. But already they are, in effect, starting over.
Since the Broncos last played against the San Diego Chargers on October 9, they have named Tim Tebow as their new starting quarterback and traded away Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Lloyd.
If something isn’t working, one might as well try to fix it.
“We’re excited to move forward,” Broncos Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway told 850 KOA this week. “Obviously, starting 1-4 and going into the bye, we have to do something that hopefully gives us a spark. With Tim’s following and the fan base that he has and then going down to Miami and the things they’ve orchestrated down there for us coming there, I think creates that interest.”
If ever there were a time when things seemed to be lining up for the Broncos, this week would seem to be that time.
Tebow will have a chance to get his first start of the season against a Miami team that is 0-5. The Broncos will have to do more than just show up to win but they’re clearly not playing the Green Bay Packers.
The Dolphins have chosen Sunday to honor the 2008 Florida Gators national championship team, which Tebow led as its quarterback. That certainly won’t hurt Tebow at all and may serve to help him feel even more at home.
The Dolphins have found it difficult to play consistently well. They surrender 25.6 points per game (6th most in the NFL) and 106.8 rushing yards per game. Offensively, it has been even tougher. Miami averages only 15.0 points per game (30th in the NFL) and has lost starting quarterback Chad Henne for the rest of the season due to a shoulder injury.
The Broncos themselves are finally getting healthy and looking like the football team they expected to have at the beginning of the season. Champ Bailey is back, Brian Dawkins will return this week, as will Eddie Royal and Demaryius Thomas.
“We’re just hoping that we can go down there and play well,” Elway said. “We’ve got 11 games left. It’s an 11-game season for us and (we want to) start showing some improvement and getting some wins under our belt.”
Traditionally, the Broncos haven’t fared all that well against the Dolphins in Miami. But I’m willing to reboot the 2011 season starting this weekend.
Let’s see how much the Broncos can improve over the final 11 games. Let’s see how well Tebow plays. Let’s see if Demaryius Thomas or any of the other young players can seize the opportunities they are getting. Let’s see if the defense can stiffen up.
Let’s see if the Broncos can make something of this season. Sometimes a fresh start can help you get that done.
Thanks for reading.
Best,
Mike
Midnight here where all the Nightwolves at???lol!!!
We are talking about Tebow lol he wpuld politely say well… I’d probably get the checked out… Raiders fan replies what and Tebow will tap his head and say god bless lol… 20 minutes later that raiders fan is gonna be like “what did he even mean?”
That’s a Damn TD!!!!!!!!!!
Then they would realize that Tebow meant God bless your ass goodbye!!!!
Haha except he wouldn’t really say that maybe something like I feel god has blessed you from behind
WTF happened in the Wisconsin M.state game???
I have 4 tvs in my Damn house…and I can’t watch it…wife and kids have all 4 tvs!!!!
Beast that video was the game winning touchdown as time expired lol
I thought that was a TD!!!!!!!!LMAO!!!!!!!!
Well the winning TD Haha
Well Wisconsin has fallen down from the unbeatens!!!!!!!!!!!
I like michigan state so I don’t object haha
Alabama or LSU will be the NCAA Campion…whoever wins the game in 2 weeks..imo!
16 – 7 Cards win. Cards up 2-1 in series in Texas.
Pujols, another card carrying Christian athlete with 6 hits / 3 HR / 6 RBI.
Complete domination on this night.
Not sleeping in CA
LSU Has to QBs who look great Bamas RB is great but passing wins now a days
Ah the WS right now has me torn because I like both teams and I love Josh Hamilton
To be honest I am a huge SEC fan,but it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if Oklahoma won it all…Landry is a Helluva QB!!!!!
My money is on Bama!!!!!
I’ll go for the Rangers too!!
Alright man,I gotta do some s***,but I may be back on later,if I still have enough beer left..lol!!!!!!
I really like Tyler Wilson from Arkansas Nick Foles from Arizona Kellen Moore from Boise
Have a good night haha make sure to save a few… maybe
Oklahoma has a good Offense with Landry,but their Defense sucks,and will not stand up to an SEC Defense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any bets on what quarter D. Thomas gets a season ending injury? I say second.
@ camharland – Thanks for the info!
I’m gonna say…
31-17 Broncos
Thanks Bay!!!
GO BRONCOS – GO TEBOW!!!!!
I dont think anyone would make a bet that d thomas doesnt get hurt… Hopefully he doesnt though and has a breakout game to show we didnt hurt ourselves getting rid of lloyd
….
Gonna be awesome tomorrow! here comes TEBOW!! on another note, watch out for BSU comin up quick!
Huh?
Whatever u say….
less than 300 minutes to go. I am like a little kid on christmas eve.
with the excitement i won’t let the blasphemous disciple comments get under my skin. I am positive tebow would also not approve but what can you do.
FINALLY!!!!!! SUNDAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
GO GET EM’ BOYS!
I for one could care less about Miami’s team. I’m speaking of the QB, the offensive rankings, defensive rankings…blah blah blah…
To me, I wanna watch our team and only our team. I want to see Tim perform. I want to see how he handles all of the “hype” how does the other 10 guys perform. I 150% expect to win this game, most importantly I can’t wait to see “how” we win!
I don’t expect Tim to be perfect, this is going to take a little bit of time to develope chemistry with the ones! Any other NFL team would extend that lee way with a QB who hasn’t played much…So I will too!
Timmy, O’l Timmy! Broncos Country is right behind you! You just move forward one step at a time and let the fan base take care of the rest!
GO GET EM’ BOYS!
All score predictions are in, no picks on game day, no exceptions.
Good luck everybody.
Good luck to our Broncos.
GO BRONCOS!
The stage is set and while we know how the team stacks up so far, let’s take a look at how the new Bronco fan generation stacks up in this; the Tebow era II beginning.
We pretty much got a divided fan base that goes something like this:
1. The Tebow disciples
They are at Tebow’s table waiting for the feast to be served.
2. The Tebow followers
They are at the table hoping a feast will be served.
3. The Tebow neutrals
They don’t care to be at the table as long as the Broncos eat some fish today.
4. The Tebow naysayers
They say why would we sit at the table for crummy crumbs.
5. The Tebow haters
They rather starve to death than sitting at that table.
ESPN NFL live this morning just started the show saying the Broncos organization has not committed to Tebow beyond this game, whatever that means….
Basicallly Tebow said Fox promoted him for this game and he wants to go out and earn that promotion today.
A fairly huge game for Tebow sounds like, in the battle of the 1-9 teams, LOL.
Chris Carter also said the Broncos is the worst team Tebow has ever played on since little league, something to keep in mind, but Tom Jackson was quick to add that Tebow today will be playing the worse team he’s ever played against since little league, haha.
LMBO @ bay!!!!!!
HAPPY GAME DAY BRONCOS!!!!!!!
KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE TEBOW!!!!!!!!
ILMSDB!!!!!!
Great endorsement FOX, When Manning or Bradford were handed the keys their teams allowed them to grow. You give the young guy the vote of confidence and say it’s his job the rest of the season and that the team is firmly behind you. The poorly run teams (like Cleveland of old) will throw the kid out there for a couple of games and then pull him if he gets into trouble. These teams usually have a lame starter/back-up (like Derek Anderson) that the coach feels safer starting. This never works out well, cause you want to do everything you can to lower the pressure on a young QB. The game is fast enough, and it’s hard to learn when you are worried about getting pulled for mistakes (ask Orton about that). So far EFX is showing me that they are complete idiots when it comes to the QB grooming aspect of the game. They have bashed Tebow in the media before the season started, and they have failed to hire a real QB coach since he was drafted. FOX has always been an idiot when it comes to QB evaluations, and so far upper management is showing their weakness as well. If Tebow can overcome all this stupidity and the lack of a real number one receiver then he is indeed the chosen one..
I don’t think some people “get” what Tebow brings to a team, the game and the fans who appreciate his intensity and passion for winning.
I would like to knock Stephen A(hole) Smith’s teeth down his throat when I see him talk about the Broncos and Tebow. He’s got not a clue.
That moron is still saying Orton got robbed and should be the starter because, “all of the experts say he’s a better quarterback”.
Me…*Shakes head and laughs*
I guess I’ll be leaving for the sports bar even before the pregame blog comes up, hardly anyone waking up today…
Oh I am here bay. I am just trying to figure out how much pressure they are going to stack on the kids’ shoulders before his official 1st start of the season. It takes a real idiot to tell a young qb that this is his only guaranteed start, and further starts depend on his performance today. I wish someone would tell me how many qb’s coming up in this league had that kind of pressure. How many had just one guaranteed start to perform for their future. I looked through I don’t know how many qb’s numbers, and I only found just one or two that hade great numbers their first two full seasons in the league as starters. Here is a kid that is expected to do this in just one game!
If Fox really indeed made that statement to Tebow which it seems from what I heard he did, he is obviously totally off his rockers. Even though Tebow is a McD product and not an Elway/Fox one there is no reasoning in the wolrd that can back up that kind of attitude unless they are in a hurry to go back to Orton after they show the fans Tebow can’t get it done any better or they are already looking at next year draft, or both.
Well, let me ask you this. If you have Tebow standing there telling you that this statement was made, and you report it to the fans that Tebow told you this when asked about it, and you have Fox telling you that the Broncos are committed to Tebow and his success, who are you going to believe? Personally, I will believe anything Tebow tells me long before I believe Fox. That guy, to me, is an idiot to even tell a young player this. Just giving him one game to prove himself! You have got to be kidding me! If Elway is buying into this mentality, then I am going to question his skills and mindset of his position too.
It would be stupid to put all that pressure on Tebow. He thrives on pressure usually but that is pushing it.
se, hence I said “unless they are in a hurry to go back to Orton after they show the fans Tebow can’t get it done any better or they are already looking at next year draft, or both”.
That kind of stuff even goes back to when they were putting him in for just one ‘run up the gut’ play each game. Tebow said then when asked by a reporter that they did not have designed plays for him in the current play book. Then Fox comes out saying they have been practicing several plays designed for Tebow. Here again, who to believe? If they had designed plays for him in those first 4 games, they never went to that section of the play book when he went in for just one play. Personally, I feel Fox is a liar that is doing no more than telling the fans what he knows, or thinks, what they want to hear.
I agree. They have no intention on giving TT a chance to be this franchise qb. None what-so-ever. They will use him in one, maybe two games then turn it back over to Orton.
I guess being a product of McD is a curse that you can’t get rid of, no matter how good you are or how hard you try.
bay, enjoy yourself at the sports bar!
I wonder how much “sports politics” has to do with this turn of events?
I mean Champ’s statements earlier this week, combined with the “Tebow Day” in Miami. And this fox “revelation”.
I’m as dumbfounded as everybody else. Honestly. If they made the switch to Tebow, they should stick with it. Unless he gets injured. Or after 4 1/2 games, he proves “ineffective”. Even then, I’d give Quinn a chance to run the offense.
Though, how funny it would be (for me) to see Orton renamed the starter…