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Would you be OK with peppers 17 Mil being in Kyle Orton's pockets?


thunderraiden

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I feel crazy typing that title, I would have never thought in a MILLION years Kyle Orton would amount to anything but Denver got a super great steal and they have their game manager, but with them waiting to give him a contract extention he might just make it to the off-season to see what he is worth. While, not all the 17 mil, think of it as a "high bid" ya know, as in as long as no one offers more than that, thats as high as we would go. Think of what it would bring us too, a young, franchise signal caller. I mean, there have been crazier things... such as paying a Defensive End 17 million dollars when you don't have a QB.

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Orton has always produced fairly well, other than his rookie season he has never thrown more interceptions than TDs and has shown marked improvement every year he has been playing (completion %, TD:INT ration, fumbles, ypa). I get the impression he is a coaches dream, in that he is a gym rat and studies his ass off.

Despite this he really is not a QB who can throw the team on his back and carry them to victories. He averages a shade over 30 throws per game and I just have a distinct feeling McDaniels feels that he has a system that rewards smart QBs and thus it is not worth spending the big bucks to keep them. Compare Jakes stats when he throws no more than 30 throws...

I fully expect them to do what the Pats did with Cassell last year. Franchise and trade to pick up an extra first or second rounder. Then I expect they might draft their QB of the future. It would end up being a risky move, but I just get the impression McDaniels is a touch on the arrogant side and will believe he can make any QB perform. Two previously unknown commodities in Orton and Cassell have turned out pretty darn well, the only difference was the Pats had Brady to fall back on.

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I want a real QB for once. Not one thats just "good enough". I say no to signing Orton over keeping Peppers.

Ok thats cool man... where you going to get it again? we dont have a first round pick and Drew Brees the #32 pick of the 2001 draft(which would be the first round these days) is the ONLY QB from the second or third round in the last 15 years to be productive, and Matt Schabb has a chance to buck that trend, but he just now coming on. If we go for a QB in the last few rounds, yea, we might get lucky and get a good one, but not for us, he will be a QB for someone else after we release him.

Free Agency? The person this topic is about is the ONLY quarterback avaliable in free agency... that is, unless you think Jason Campbell or Tavaris Jackson are great NFL signal callers. Has no one done any research on QBs?

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