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Originally Posted by laconic1
Ok I made it sound like Kyle sucks worse than he does but to call him the #6 QB in the league? Better than Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, and Philip Rivers? There is more to a QB than just passer rating, and a lot of Ortons decision making isn't very good, such as taking the sack that knocked them out of field goal range late in the game instead of throwing the ball away. Besides, if Stokley wasn't in position to catch the fluke last touchdown pass and it had just fallen incomplete then Ortons passer rating for the game drops to 72.9, which would be 23rd in the league.
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I get what you're saying but all QBs make mistakes at times. The point I was making is that alot of people think Kyle just plain sucks but that is so far from the truth. He's not a superstar, but he's not a basement dweller either. Even last year at the start of week 6, he was the #2 QB in the NFL for TD passes, 2 less than Favre. The sack, yes he probably should have thrown the ball away but the way the Bengals line had been beating the O line, it was probably a better decision to protect against a turnover than to risk attempting a pass.
Kyle Orton is a QB who can get the Broncos to the playoffs as long as the rest of the team does their part, which includes avoiding stupid penalties and not dropping easy passes.