Broncos looking at Bortles

[Megalodon30]

Once I saw Rypien against the Bucs I knew this was going to happen. I think they were just waiting for Lock to be ready to play.

IMO with what I now know of Rypien and what I have seen of Driskel I think we should release Driskel and get another QB.

If that was the plan, they would have kept Bortles and dropped Driskel. I think they’re comfortable with the 3 they have right now.

[Hadez]

Bortles released.

Once I saw Rypien against the Bucs I knew this was going to happen. I think they were just waiting for Lock to be ready to play.

IMO with what I now know of Rypien and what I have seen of Driskel I think we should release Driskel and get another QB.

[BroncoFanDK]

If Tebow was as good as you claim, he'd have started more games for someone. You may feel he was the best QB, but actual football people gave Quinn and Orton another chance.

Tebow was the QB of a team that went to the playoffs, big difference from taking a team to the playoffs (see performance v Buffalo and KC).

But getting back to Bortles, he'll be on the roster for a few weeks, then he'll be released.

No - that is not how the NFL works. People have careers and when a player is as polarizing as Tebow and Kaepernick (post BLM) it a giant career risk to tie yourself to someone as Tebow. Unless you win big with him then it will damage their careers. If someone had banked on Tebow and produced football like Elway's decisions since 2016 would have the Tebow hating crowds demanding his head on a platter. Tebow's situation was exactly as Flutie described his situation https://youtu.be/DKvLNN0yASc?t=773 in Tebow a football life.

Your narrative of giving the praise for the success in Denver on anyone but Tebow, when in effect Tebow becoming the starter by week 7 and Brandon Lloyd being traded were the only personnel moves that happened when the fortunes of the team changed.

Tebow made a really bad judgement call when choosing Jets over Jaguars. He couldn't win over Kyle Orton in training camp, he couldn't beat Sanchez in TC..... but in the games he was extremely efficient.

Talking "performance" against Buffalo - with TD drives to start both halfs, and making mistakes late in the game when special teams and defense had given up massive plays like a return for TD is a level of scrutiny that should have us run Lock out of town if the same standards were applied to his play.

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Broncos...release QB Blake Bortles

https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/b...-blake-bortles

[CoryWinget81]

"if Blake Bortles is the 'answer', I don't want to know the question." -sandy clough

[CanDB]

Bortles released.

[Hadez]

I think in the last 20 years of Broncos football, we had only 2 QB's win a playoff game.
(Tebow and Manning)

Kind of a meaningless stat, by that logic I can say in the last 20 years the Patriots only have 1 QB win a playoff game.

Ooops, I forgot about Jake, I was so disappointed that year, I thought we could have done better with Jake . I wasn't really trying to get at anything, they were talking about Tebow and I just remember for 20 years we haven't won that many playoff games.
(Other than the "Manning Years")

7-7 in the playoffs since 2000 by my quick count

To be 100% real...all these stats and points are meaningless unless we compare them against how the rest of the 31 NFL teams have done.

7 wins may seem small but what if the Patriots are the only other team to win more? What if it is top 5? What if it is top 10? What if 20 teams have done better?

Until we know how we stack up against the other 31 teams trying to accomplish the same goal it is really hard to know if we doing good or bad.

Fans will always want more.

[Capt. Jack]

I don’t really know what Capt. Jack was getting at with his comment. It’s actually impressive that this team has been able to win playoff games with 3 different QBs over that time period. I don’t know if there’s any other teams in the NFL that can say the same.

Yes, these last few years have been rough. But, if you look at the amount of turmoil this team has experienced since 2000, a whole army of different starting QBs, constantly changing coaches, ownership issues, it’s pretty amazing they’ve been able to have the success they had.

7-7 in the playoffs since 2000 by my quick count

Thanks for the 411

[Broncos-R-Great]

Ooops, I forgot about Jake, and I wasn't really trying to get at anything, they were talking about Tebow and I just remember for 20 years we haven't won that many playoff games

7-7 in the playoffs since 2000 by my quick count

[Capt. Jack]

Ooops, I forgot about Jake, I was so disappointed that year, I thought we could have done better with Jake . I wasn't really trying to get at anything, they were talking about Tebow and I just remember for 20 years we haven't won that many playoff games.
(Other than the "Manning Years")

[Broncos-R-Great]

Jake Plummer

I don’t really know what Capt. Jack was getting at with his comment. It’s actually impressive that this team has been able to win playoff games with 3 different QBs over that time period. I don’t know if there’s any other teams in the NFL that can say the same.

Yes, these last few years have been rough. But, if you look at the amount of turmoil this team has experienced since 2000, a whole army of different starting QBs, constantly changing coaches, ownership issues, it’s pretty amazing they’ve been able to have the success they had.

[Broncos-R-Great]

I think in the last 20 years of Broncos football, we had only 2 QB's win a playoff game.
(Tebow and Manning)

Kind of a meaningless stat, by that logic I can say in the last 20 years the Patriots only have 1 QB win a playoff game.

[samparnell]

I think in the last 20 years of Broncos football, we had only 2 QB's win a playoff game.
(Tebow and Manning)

Jake Plummer

[Capt. Jack]

I think in the last 20 years of Broncos football, we had only 2 QB's win a playoff game.
(Tebow and Manning)

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And even in doing that he still probably completed the pass for a first down or more.

I bet there was at least one guy on the D who went for the fake. I'd love to see film of it.