What to Look For Week 5: Beware of Broncos' Kyle Orton

by Bruce Raffel on Oct 8, 2010 10:14 AM EDT

A portion of the release from the NFL related to the Ravens hosting the Broncos game this Sunday:

THE LEAGUE LEADER: Through Week 4, Denver Broncos quarterback KYLE ORTON leads the NFL with 1,419 passing yards. With 332 passing yards on Sunday, Orton can rank in the top five for the most passing yards through a team’s first five games of a season.

TRIO OF PASSERS: Through four games, quarterbacks KYLE ORTON (1,419) of the Broncos, PEYTON MANNING (1,365) of the Colts and PHILIP RIVERS (1,328) of the Chargers are on pace to reach 1,500 passing yards in their team’s first five games in 2010. If Orton, Manning and Rivers each reach 1,500 yards on Sunday, they will tie the mark set in 2002 for the most quarterbacks with 1,500-plus yards through their teams’ first five games in NFL history.

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Don't overlook Flacco

He only needs to throw for 580 yards Sunday against the Broncos.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 8, 2010 11:03 AM EDT reply actions

LOL

I hope you guys aren’t holding your breath

"Bombs dropping down overhead. Underground. It's instilled to want to live." -EV

by sadaraine on Oct 8, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

[turns red, faints]

"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco

"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden

by jackmca on Oct 8, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions

You forget

Cam Cameron is an offensive genius. Ask anyone here.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 8, 2010 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Cam Cameron is an offensive genius

He’s turned our offense from being absolute crap and ruining years where we had amazing defenses into being able to carry the defense on off days. (The week 3 Browns game)

The only issue is that his play calling is occasionally astoundingly stupid.

by Roa on Oct 8, 2010 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Cam Cameron is … occasionally astoundingly stupid.

I agree.

Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.

by Ampallang on Oct 8, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I still say Flacco

… sets the NFL record for most passing yards in a game with 580 against the Broncos, surpassing

522 yards by former Terp Boomer Esiason, Arizona vs. Washington, Nov. 10, 1996
527 yards by Warren Moon, Houston vs. Kansas City, Dec. 16, 1990

and …

554 yards by Norm Van Brocklin, Los Angeles vs. N.Y. Yanks, Sept. 28, 1951

Bet that’s a piece of trivia few of you would have guessed.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 8, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I still dream of havibng a hame where flacc passes for 400 yards. man that woulf be awsome to see..

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 9, 2010 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions

shit, gotta look at my keybord more ogten

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 9, 2010 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions

The only reason Flacco will ever pass for over 400 yards

will be when we are in serious poo-poo and trying to keep pace with, say, Houston, who has a great offense but no defense. I actually now can see that happening and perhaps, dare I say, even winning a shootout?

My how times have changed, huh?

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Oct 9, 2010 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions

My how times have changed, huh?

About a year ago, Flacco threw for 385 yards against the Vikings, who had 2009’s 6th best defense.

Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.

by Ampallang on Oct 9, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions

oh the good old days

of smoking and drinking ’til 3:30 in the morning.

Seriously though, and all kidding about 580 aside, I do think this is a good week to have Flacco starting on your fantasy team. Even though he says otherwise, I think Cam really wants to make all the receivers happy and get the fans off his case. 400 is a nice dream, but 330-350 with 3 TD would make me very happy on Sunday.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 9, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Ugh, gotta stop getting on here late. Anyway, I really hope that we can see a game like that from Joe. Joe needs a 400 yard, 3-4 TD game and just show the WR that we can indeed allow for everyone to have huge games for us. It would be sweet to see a TD to Boldin, Mason and Housh.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 9, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions

prediction

Ed Dickson gets his first NFL TD.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 9, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions

I would love that. What about Flacco 3 TD’s, one to Heap, one to Dickson and one to Pitta.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 9, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

That would be fantastic, but

Please give Housh one! And throw him at least 8 balls. Otherwise we’ll have to hear him complaining all next week.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 9, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha, as long as we are winning, I am sure he is happy. The media is blowing this stuff wayyyyy out of proportion.

I always wanted to ask this question to a WR like Housh. Which would you rather have, 10 catches in a loss or 1 catch in a win? I think Housh would choose the win each time.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 9, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

The Real Stats...

The broncos are 2-2…Yes, Orton is having a great season fo far,however his offense is like a one legged man in an ass kicking contest…they have to pass because they have No running game and he’s not exactly Manning or Brady who can get away with it,sooner or later its going to comeback to haunt them,hopefully this weekend.Its obvious what he’ll face this weekend in Baltimore,4 man rush,sometimes blitz and the secondary is going to keep everything in front of them and make the sure tackle so there are YAC.Expect alot of nickle and dime packages with blitzing from the edge.I think the D line will not give him all day,so Ortons decisions are going to have to be quicker.The Broncos were 6-0 last year with alot of hype….the real stats count,who wins and I can’t see Denver stopping our offense…

by thomlord on Oct 8, 2010 11:58 AM EDT reply actions

Sometimes the best passing offenses

are the ones that have to keep throwing to catch up in games they’re losing. I remember the ‘99 Rams had the best rated run defense, but that was because Kurt Warner’s offense was putting up so many points that teams had to abandon the run and pass to stay up with them, which they ended up not being able to do. So was the Rams run defense actually that good? No.

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Oct 8, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Good Points

I would be in wait and see mode regarding this

I can’t see Denver stopping our offense

I’m not going to say the Ravens can’t score a lot of points, but right now with 15.2 points a game I wouldn’t characterize the offense as a juggernaut either. However, the Ravens could also use ther defense and special teams to add to the point total as they have in the past.

Josh McDaniels-All he wants to do is win a MF'in game!

by RockyMountainThunder on Oct 8, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't forget that Denver is the second weakest defense we've played this year

We scored a respectable 24 against the Browns. Can’t fault us for being held to low scoring games by the other 2 AFC North teams and the Jets.

by Roa on Oct 8, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions

and last year

w averged 10 points more at home than on the road, so 25-30 points is relatively within our range.

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Oct 9, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions

I would call that an understatement.

Excluding Steelers/Bengals games, we averaged about 33 a game last year at home. Throw out the Indy game and it was 36. So I would correct your statement to 33-36 points is within our range.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 9, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions

Question for everyone

What the hell are we going to do with Stallworth when he comes back? This guy was supposed to be an intricate part of our offensive game plan this year and I find it hard to believe that the coaches aren’t going to want to get him the ball because of the elite athleticism he has. Sort of a good problem to have.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 9, 2010 10:49 AM EDT reply actions

And will we ever see 4 WR sets?

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 9, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Don’t think we have seen Reed or Smith out on the field yet, but Stallworth may change that. Cam Cameron might be saving his 4 WR sets for when Stallworth comes back and it could really help us.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 9, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Agree. I have been surprised we have not been running the ball more out of spread formations. Or the 2-wide with 2 TE in the slot sets. I have a feeling Cam opens things up more this week now that we are past seeing top tier D’s.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

by Fandemonium on Oct 9, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I get the sense that we don’t run out of the 2 TE mainly because Dickson and Pitta just aren’t good enough blockers yet. It is damn tough for a rookie to come in and block DE and LB.

I have a feeling Cam opens things up more this week now that we are past seeing top tier D’s.

Yes, thank god we are done with that 4 game stretch. That was brutal to go through, but is only going to help us. I have a strong feeling that a game like this, Joe is going to be standing back there and saying to himself “damn this is easy.”

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 9, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm pretty confident that we'll see plenty of 4 receiver sets

I can already imagine it. 3 top class receivers down in the 5-15 yards out from the line of scrimmage range and Donte up deep. Can’t wait. Our passing game will really benefit from that vertical stretch.

We should be getting Donte and Ed back at around the same time right? Krugar as well I think. Should be nice to have some guys like that come in mid season and rejuvenate our team.

by Roa on Oct 9, 2010 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Fantasy question

McCluster or Lance Moore this week? I know this is a stupid question

"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco

"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden

by jackmca on Oct 9, 2010 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

I’m starting Moore obviously but I keep wanting to start McCluster and I’m worried I might miss starting him whenever he decides to run a kick back to the house.

"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco

"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden

by jackmca on Oct 9, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions