Broncos vs. Bengals

by AMAS85 on Jul 17, 2009 11:27 AM EDT

This is how I see the first national headlines after the Bengals game against the Broncos.

ORTON, Why?

After giving up three interceptions, Kyle Orton is asking himself what happened? Coming out of his best season last year, no one could have predicted this type of game from him. The first drive was their best, which resulted in a 32 yrd. Pratter field goal. But after that, it was all down hill. It seemed like Orton's play led the Broncos to there first loss of the season. Orton made many bad decisions and was very indecsive with all of his passes. The only highlight from this game was Marshall catch over two Bengals defenders for 25 yrds. This could be a long year for the Broncos if they keep giving up 27 points to teams like the Bengals!

Broncos 6 Bengals 27

Key Players

Broncos Bengals

Orton - 17/28 215 yrds, 3 int Palmer- 22/30 330 yrds, 2 TD's

Moreno- 15 rush 50 yrds, 3 rec 17 yrds Benson- 25 rush 107 yrds

Marshall- 8 rec 89 yrds Ochocinco- 5 rec 85 yrds, TD

Pratter-2/2 FG (32,35) Coles- 8 rec 75yrds

Henry- 3 rec 50yrds, TD

Graham- 2/2 FG (25,33)

Defense Broncos Defense Bengals

1 fumble rec, 3 sacks 3 sacks, 3 int, 1 fumble recovery

I think its going to be funny because I know if the bengals were to win like this, the first thing the analysist will say...."It was Orton's horrible play that led them to their loss".... I think the Bengals defense will hardly even get noticed because of last year. And by the end of the year all the analysist will be on their bandwagon saying they knew that the Bengals had a great defense but they just had to prove them selfs!

Feel free to do week two! or fix up my prediction!

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i think you’re selling Benson short. An abysmal run defense probably gets worse with the Broncos switching to the 3-4. While i’m unsure of Denver’s free ageny transactions, I do think Shanahan’s 4-3 leftovers plus an 09 First Round pick of a 4-3 DE should make for a disastrous transition.

Call me crazy, but i think Benson pops off 132 rushing yards, and Leonard and Scott rake in some rush yards as well.

I like the optimism about the passing game, but i truly believe the best way to get this new OLine comfortable is a heavy dose of the run game. We get 2 straight weeks of teams that were awful against the run, both of which are switching to the 3-4, this is a perfect opportunity for the offense. Palmer needs this group to jell ASAP and i think Cedric can hammer out some big yards to boost the confidence of the Big5, whomever they may be. If we can get the ground game, we can get the play-action……then Palmer will get back to slicin-n-dicin.

I agree that Orton will be terrible…..verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry terrible.

3 yards and a pile of dust

by Hudepohl Dey on Jul 17, 2009 12:38 PM EDT reply actions

orton is a turd

by nadfflictar on Jul 17, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Bengals defense to get 3 sacks and 4 turnovers? When is the last time they did that? And against the Broncos o-line?

Wow. That’s optimism.

And Orton has always been a smart player, very rarely making mistakes. He may not have a big arm, but he isn’t the bumbling fool you make him out to be.

I think it will be a good game. Obviously I want the Bengals to win, but I don’t think a drubbing of this magnitude is realistic.

by indesignkat on Jul 20, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions

Didn't we pick off Orton 4 times in Chicago in '05?

by smoormandiddy on Jul 21, 2009 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions

5 times actually, but 2005 was the magic year. The Bengals also picked off Daunte Culpepper and Brett Favre 5 times each, Rothlisberger 3 times in 1 game and 1 in the other, Garcia 3 times, McNair twice, Boller twice, Dilfer twice, and once each for Peyton Manning and Kelly Holcomb. All that and with a mediocre at best pass rush. I don’t know how they did it, and I’d love to see them do it again, but it isn’t likely. They also played guys like David Carr and Charlie Frye that year but didn’t pick them off once. That was just a very strange year.

by indesignkat on Jul 21, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions

H-Orton hears a Who-Dey

Lotta love it!

Anyhoo, I think the key factor won’t be so much about our offense, other than the O line working to become solid. The key for this game will be our Defense making life miserable for Orton. Expect blitzes on passing downs. Look for LBers stuffing running backs at the line. Look for picks from the D-backs.

Unless everyone totally screws up, expect some hard hitting smash mouth ball.

by UpStateMike on Jul 21, 2009 8:11 AM EDT reply actions

i disagree

while the benglis couild beat denver if they do it will be close yes orton might be sub-par i like the match-up of monero on your d my wr will eat your cb up benson wont run well because he is not fast enrough to burn our bad run d palmer will be good through the only hope u guys have is turnovers i am a broncos fan i understand u rosey opimtem it will be a good game the key to the will be fored turnover anyway den 24 ciny 21 or viceversa

by j-man on Jul 23, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions