PATRIOTSFANINPA

If anything I think Orton is surrounded by superb talent at the WR and a good young RB to compliment the passing game and he has done a good job.

King thinks Orton could be on his way to a 2001 Brady season based on play thus far - I say he is nuts.

Not the same thing IMO,If anything to compare Orton to I would say Ben Roethlisberger who came into the starting job by injury like Brady.

I do think that Orton and the Broncos may find themselves in a rough neighborhood when the go to SD and IMO will lose this game and once they get a loss who knows if the confidence factor will change.

Kyle Orton, Josh McDaniels making believers out of Broncos, NFL fans - Peter King - SI.com

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PatsWickedPissah

Peter King needs to fill column space and attract eyeballs via controversey.

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DefenseRules

Peter King needs to calm down.

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BradyFTW!

Every week, King says something that reminds me that he's more concerned with throwing out random declarations than conducting any kind of coherent analysis. This was that statement for this week.

farn

I was a big Orton over Cutler fan this summer... but I would've never thought he'd be as productive as he's been so far. I like the fact that he "just wins". His record is actually quite impressive.

I, like you guys, do no think he's headed for 01 Brady results. That doesn't happen that often, and we were lucky to be around to see it. It's still kinda hard to believe everything that happended that year.

RussFrancis

Peter King gets on a different guy's jock literally every other week. He jumps to a new conclusion literally week to week. His columns are usually entertaining. But youve just gotta know going in the man defines flavor of the week.

khayos

2001 Brady sounds reasonable actually even if he hits a rough patch:

2001 Brady
Rating 86.5
Completion 63.9%
TDs 18
INTs 12
Yards 2843

2009 Orton (5 games)
Rating 97.4
Completion 63%
TDs 7
INTs 1
Yards 1236

2009 Orton (projecting off 5 games)
TDs 22
INTs 3
Yards 3955

BradyFTW!

Except Brady in 2001 was a second-year player who had never started a game in the NFL, or even gone through a training camp as a starter for that matter. This is Orton's fifth year in the league, and he had plenty of starting experience coming in, so he's much closer to his ceiling than Brady was circa 2001.

WhoaDirty

I think your subject line is a little bit inflamatory (you'll get all the King haters to look thinking King said Orton will be as good as Brady), but it's tough to argue with the success Orton has had so far this season. I will be interesting to see how the season plays out though. Orton is a good QB who has been given a solid game plan tailored to his style. It's outside of a player's comfort zone that makes a really good QB. So far Orton's defence has been solid - let's see how Orton does when facing a deficit of a couple TDs.

Did Brady overcome any double digit deficits in 2001?

PATRIOTSFANINPA

I like the way he says Orton could be on his way to lead the Broncos like Brady did in 2001 but quickly says don't compare Orton to Brady - He needs to take time before he writes columns so as to not confuse people with his random wild thoughts

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