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Blaming Orton is a weak jab... is he a top 7 QB in the league? No, but you also don't need one to win if your team is overall fundamentally sound and last year, they were not... despite the 6-0 surprising start.
In 2009, Orton was...
6th overall in attempts
10th overall in completions
13th overall in yards per game
15th overall in TDs
17th overall in INTs
14th overall in QB rating
14th overall in completion %
16th overall in 1st down %
16th overall in average completion
McD's offense didn't impress many last year, I think he was too conservative at times... it's hard for me to fathom how he couldn't get more production from Royal, Gaffney and others. The ground game wasn't consistently dominant.
Some will blame Orton for all of that and that's fine, I just don't agree with it. Orton was in the top half of just about every important statistical category last year... no, he wasn't perfect and nobody should expect perfection - it's incredibly rare.
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