ENGLEWOOD, Colo. â?? John Elway the player was rarely conservative, and he's proving to be the same as an executive. Nearly eight months after making the biggest gamble in his new career as executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos, Elway has no regrets about pulling off the two biggest moves of the offseason: Luring free agent Peyton Manning to Denver, then trading Tim Tebow to the New York Jets for a pair of late-round draft picks only days later. "The risk was no one really knew about Peyton. There were so many unanswered questions. We went through the process, got all the information we can, talked to the doctors, and decided it was a risk worth taking. And it's worked out," Elway told USA TODAY Sports Tuesday. The Broncos appear to have clearly won that gamble. Manning is a legitimate MVP candidate, having led the Broncos to four straight wins and a 6-3 record heading into Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers. With another victory, Denver would open a three-game lead over its biggest division rival. Meanwhile, the Jets are constantly answering questions about when they'll start Tebow ahead of struggling incumbent Mark Sanchez, a scenario all-too-familiar in Denver. The Jets have lost three in a row, and the offense failed to score in Sunday's 28-7 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Jets coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano have publicly mulled expanding Tebow's role in the offense, but he's remained mired in a supporting role to this point. Elway said Tuesday that he doesn't want to forget the excitement Tebow brought to Denver and its fan base last year when Tebow sparked a dramatic run to the AFC West title. But moving on from Tebow and back to a more traditional quarterback was the right move, even if it meant at least temporarily angering fans who had fallen hard for Tebow during the Broncos' second-half surge in 2011. "It was a tough situation," Elway said, "There are Tebow fans and there are Broncos fans. My responsibility is to the Broncos fans, and my responsibility is to (owner) Pat Bowlen and what he wants to do, and that's win championships. I base all my decisions on that. "It's difficult not to get personal, because every kid that comes in, it's his dream to play. But the bottom line is, my responsibility that Pat's given me, is to give him the best opportunity to hoist that trophy." Elway said the Jets' wildcat plan for Tebow was not going to work for the Broncos. "With Peyton being here, we couldn't have two different offenses," he said. "We couldn't have a backup quarterback with a totally different offense. We wanted to get back to where everyone was learning the same offense." http://0rz.tw/z70Eq -- 感想: 时间倒回八个月(可以看版上那时相关讨论) Peyton伤势未明,Tebow正在人气颠峰时,没人想到八个月後会演变至此 目前看起来Broncos气势如虹,Peyton磨合完毕大杀四方, 这周SD versus DEN会是决定性的一场, 即使chargers 侥幸胜broncos,AFC west是否拿的下还很难说, chargers输,broncos等於宣告提前封王了 而chargers近况奇差无比,前天Turner还在记者面前崩溃发飊 -____- 近几场只胜过KC,要面对Denver怎麽看都没有获胜的机会 但chargers至少没有别的选择,Rivers是现在球队的脸,换不掉 (有人在期待eagles丢出Vick然後chargers捡他) 但Jets就不一样了 Sanchez已经烂到谷底了,Rex Ryan还是坚定不移的会继续让Sanchez先发 然後让Tim Tebow继续当伪RB/punt protector XD 虽然以Jets残破的阵容换Tebow也不知道会好到哪里去啦 不过至少以拼劲来看他应该比Sanchez好吧? Sanchez让人感觉就是心力放在不停的换名模女友上.... (then again, Tebow也新交了女友......XDDD) 这季其实娱乐效果最大的就是Jets, 每场开赛前後用关键字"Tebow"或"Sanchez"去搜寻, 就会找到一堆评论文章,有正有反,然後底下一堆战面红耳斥的乡民.... --

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