During the off-season, the Broncos decided that they had – had enough with disgruntled quarterback Jay Cutler and shipped him off to the Chicago Bears. When the draft had arrived, The Broncos didn’t feel a need to select a quarterback, but instead they opted to go with a running back with their first round pick (12th) and a defensive end/linebacker with the 18th pick. They did eventually select a quarterback in the sixth round, but there is no reason to think he’ll be seeing any immediate playing time. Instead, Kyle Orton is believed to be the favorite to start for the Broncos. He has expierence as starting, but he hasn’t been one to light up the statsheet nor the score board when he was starting with the Bears in the past.

There’s no question that the Broncos will miss Cutler’s huge arm and his fearlessness to be a play maker. He had what appeared to be a good relationship with his receivers and expressed plenty of confidence and trust and them all. Kyle Orton now has to win those guys over and show them that he’ll still be able to make the same throws that Cutler made and if he can do that, he should have no problems with gaining their trust, thus making the transition of the changing of quarterbacks on this team smooth and painless.