Comments on: John Fox won’t commit to a quarterback, or Champ Bailey

By: connorchew

connorchew — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:46:32 +0000

well as a philly fan i’d love it if he we could snag him for one or two years. he’s old, but he’s still better than most corner backs out there.. thats if we dont get nnamdi.. * fingers crossed *

By: broncsfan

broncsfan — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:15:51 +0000

Too bad about Champ, but I’m really glad to hear Fox isn’t jumping on this “who should we trade Orton to?” bandwagon. Whether or not Tebow earns the starting spot (and whoever gets it should have to earn it), they’re going to need Orton badly. If not because running QBs always miss games, then because the alternative is Tebow learning under the veteran tutelage of Brady Quinn.

By: panther17

panther17 — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:10:43 +0000

Foxy likes his Vets at QB. Orton has a serious shot at starting QB with Fox at the helm. He just went through Clausen filled year. He’s not a fan of developing QB. He’d rather have the average vet handing the ball off playing field position offense. It’s going to be boring there in Denver. If the pieces or in the the right places, they will win but it won’t be pretty.

By: shadowgm1

shadowgm1 — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:06:05 +0000

Bravo on the QB non-committal.

First best step in turning this team around. Even Tebow’s completions were gambles that fell short against top D-back talent, but succeeded against poor ones (basically the entire AFC West – and throwing away from Asomugha when playing against him) Tebow can’t read defenses and opts to run too soon.

Destroy the experiment.

By: broncobourque

broncobourque — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:01:05 +0000

Of Course he won’t commit to a QB, since players can’t be traded until the new league year, the Broncos might not be able to trade Orton until 2 weeks before the season. It also means that if they trade him for a pick, it will be a pick in the 2012 draft if the labor dispute isn’t resolved before the end of April. Those are 2 options that make a trade a lot less likely than if it were a normal offseason with Fox coming to town.

By: catman72

catman72 — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:58:53 +0000

So we’re expecting him to name a starting QB in January? LOL

By: gilgafresh

gilgafresh — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:35:15 +0000

Much ado about nothing. Why even report this? If we wanted to hear what Fox had to say (i.e. see above “nothing”) then we would’ve listened to Dan Patrick. It’s not like Fox will be the one making the Champ decision anyway.

By: snaponrules

snaponrules — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:57:51 +0000

If its a fair Qb competition no way will tebust e the starter. All the kid can do is run. He is horrible as a pocket qb who must be able to read defenses and you know, throw the ball.

By: jadmanjeff

jadmanjeff — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:13:04 +0000

Come back to the Skins’ Champ, Denver can even have Portis back!!

By: sirsupersouthern

sirsupersouthern — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:01:15 +0000

Sounds to me like Fox knows its gonna be a rebuilding year, which means Tebow will definitely be the QB and Champ will be somewhere else.

I could be wrong but that would make the most sense to me. I like Orton a lot but Tebow is special. He’s like a Bizarro world Mike Vick with character…

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:31:52 +0000

Chump’s done.