Posts Tagged ‘john-fox’

Fox Says That Orton Still Gives Team Best Shot to Win

John Fox insists he remains confident in quarterback Kyle Orton. “Right now, in our opinion, Kyle gives us the best chance to win,” Fox said Monday. Orton has gotten off to a very poor start this season, averaging just 224 yards while completing only 57.3 percent of his passes. His 6.11 YPA is 26th in [...]

Fox Says Orton is Still the Starting QB for Broncos

Broncos coach John Fox says he is sticking with Kyle Orton at quarterback, this despite the crowd at home Monday night chanting for 3rd string QB Tim Tebow. “Some good, some bad like everybody else on the team,” Broncos coach John Fox said during a conference call today when asked to assess Orton’s performance in [...]

Broncos Can’t Stop the Run, Nor the Raiders in 23-20 Loss

It took Broncos fans all of a few quarters to start the chanting for third-string QB Tim Tebow. And with that, the John Fox era has begun. It started Monday night with a rather ugly 23-20 loss to the Raiders, a night complete with a lack of a run defense, and an offense that had [...]

Tim Tebow Slipping on the QB Depth Chart in Denver?

First John Fox put Kyle Orton right back in as the teams starting QB when he didn’t get traded to the Dolphins. Now is Brady Quinn moving up the charts ahead of the Broncos golden-boy – Tim Tebow? There’s been a lot of talk about how poorly Tebow has been looking during camp, and how [...]

Broncos Coach John Fox Says QB Spot Still Wide Open

Broncos head coach John Fox has said that there will be an open competition for the team’s starting quarterback job, a position he maintained on Thursday to Woody Paige of The Denver Post. Fox also listed what he’s looking for in a starter. “I prefer a gamer to a good practice player,” said Fox. “I [...]

New Broncos Coach Fox Says Orton, Not Tebow, the Broncos Starting QB

New Broncos coach John Fox has announced his first huge announcement since becoming the Denver Broncos head coach. At the NFL Combine in Indy Thursday, Fox, who came to the team after being fired from the Carolina Panthers, announced that Kyle Orton is as of now the Broncos starting QB – not former first round [...]

Broncos Give John Fox the Reins in Denver; Former Panther Coach Takes Over

Broncos executive VP of football operations John Elway announced via Twitter that John Fox has agreed to become the 14th head coach in the franchise’s history. Fox interviewed with the team on Wednesday and beat out Jaguars offensive coordinator Dick Koetter, Texans offensive coordinator Rick Dennison, Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell and Broncos interim coach [...]

Broncos to Speak to Former Panthers Coach John Fox

The Broncos are going to chat Monday with former Panthers coach John Fox according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. Fox’s Panthers finished an NFL-worst 2-14 in 2010 in the last season of his deal with the team, but is highly regarded and shouldn’t be without a job for long. On Sunday the team spoke to [...]