Impact on Orton with Moreno Out (1 Viewer)

[Sammy Traveller]

does this help or hurt Orton this weekend?

 

[TheWick]

no change...what they have behind him can do what Knowshon was doing

 

[killrobotkill]

Maybe you'll see more slants and short passes to Royal. But Indy's pass defense is tough, so they may have been planning to do that anyway.

 

[Clifford]

Maroney to start?

 

[JMJ]

Less of a chance for a big screen play as Moreno has a better chance of taking a screen 50+ yards than Buck does.

Other than that ... no change.

 

[Captain Hook]

Maroney to start?

Buckhalter

 

[Mark Wimer]

Less of a chance for a big screen play as Moreno has a better chance of taking a screen 50+ yards than Buck does.Other than that ... no change.

Buckhalter has the skills and savvy to be a 4.0+ yards per carry back, but his top gear isn't there anymore IMO. However, if they feed him the ball 25 times then he'll have a decent day. I don't like mystery injuries at all - seriously concerned about Moreno's 2010 short-term prospects. May be a groin/hernia issue that was being covered up by the team... sports hernias are notoriously hard to treat without surgery. Just a total guess, but given the sudden breaking news I'm assuming that the injury was an issue all along, but now has flared up to the extent it can't be covered up any more.

 

[Sammy Traveller]

Maybe you'll see more slants and short passes to Royal. But Indy's pass defense is tough, so they may have been planning to do that anyway.

right. Indy's D may have more opportunity to stack the box and force Orton to throw - having Moreno out helps the cause a bit.

 

[ponchsox]

Denver has to keep Indy off the field as much as possible. If they can't run the ball, they have to rely on short and intermediate passes to move the chains. I can see the Colts going up 14-0 early and the Broncos will be forced to abandon the running game.

 

[Sammy Traveller]

sounds like it doesn't really make much difference because Moreno isn't bad, but not great either.

you're right, Denver may not have much of a run game this weekend with or without Moreno if Indy goes ahead early. Only way Denver can win is if they feed the ball early and keep Indy off the field.

 

[THE UNDERCOVER BROTHA]

I know this tips me rolling out Demaryius out in one league and Royal in another as they will probably pass even more now.

 

[munygon2]

Yep, I have Orton as one of my QB's (2 qb league) and also D. Thomas and Royal. I'm going to start all 3 with this news.

 

[Mooks77]

I hope you all keep in mind what happened on Monday night when Indy knew the Giants were going to pass the ball. I don't know if this really helps the Broncos passing game.

 

[rizzler]

I hope you all keep in mind what happened on Monday night when Indy knew the Giants were going to pass the ball. I don't know if this really helps the Broncos passing game.

Diehl couldn't deal.. that's why eli manning had no chance.

 

[ponchsox]

Denver is at home so I don't see them getting blown out like the Giants did. Plus they will be playing with very high emotions following the tragedy.

 

[Mooks77]

I hope you all keep in mind what happened on Monday night when Indy knew the Giants were going to pass the ball. I don't know if this really helps the Broncos passing game.

Diehl couldn't deal.. that's why eli manning had no chance.

Mathis was also causing problems and the right side of Denver's line is hurting. My only point is that just because Denver wants to pass the ball more due to Moreno's injury; that doesn't mean they are going to be able to do it against this pass rush.

 

[yrforyg]

Orton's gonna be friggin huge when GB trades Finley for Moreno

 

[cstu]

Denver is at home so I don't see them getting blown out like the Giants did. Plus they will be playing with very high emotions following the tragedy.

I think it has a negative impact on the team given that it was a suicide. It'll be tough to the team to get 'up' for the game.