Drew Litton: Broncos Too Little….
Panic.
That was the look on Chris Simms face on the first series. The second and third one too. Why he started is anyone’s guess. I’m not sure Josh has this “how to handle quarterbacks” thing down too well.
It was ugly.
“nuf Said.
Yeah, Simms started because of how well we ran the ball on that first drive. McDaniels was hoping that he wouldn’t have to do much, and you don’t risk injury to your starter if you don’t have to. There was no way to know that Simms would perform so poorly, so it made sense to start him. Once he proved that he wasn’t going to get it done, then you play your guy in a situation where you need some fire injected.
I don’t fault him for starting Simms, it was the smart choice. I do wonder why they only ran it ten times after running it seven times so successfully on the first drive.