We're not suggesting that John Elway is as loath to see a young quarterback succeed as, say, Brett Favre around Aaron Rodgers, but would the man running the Broncos be just as happy if his team missed the playoffs with its running quarterback? Elway didn't exactly give Tebow -- 4-1 as a starter this season -- a ringing endorsement on a Denver radio show.

• "Someone tell me what good Elway has done since starting as Denver V.P.? He demanded Orton start, which got us to 1-4, and had the fans not threatened boycott, who knows where we would be. All the while, he has been almost no support to the one catalyst to turning this team around. If he doesn't like it maybe he should be the one we're replacing." -- SN commenter hallelpenny
• "I'd like to see the Broncos draft Denard Robinson as a WR and run some crazy awesome two-QB packages. Both can run, throw, and TT can block and DR can play receiver." -- SN commenter colt44052