The Orton era was indeed a bizarre time. Never have I seen a guy play professionally who looked so uncommitted or disengaged from the rest of his team or the place he was playing in. It was really weird. We were so desperate for a winner in those days there is no way that Orton wouldn't've have seen that and as a normal human being not wanted to at least do his best to end the drought and win. Yet it was the opposite with Orton, he was a true mercenary or (an even more negative analogy) he was high priced escort. Yup, no feelings involved with that guy, just do what you have to do and take payment and GTFO. The worst thing about Orton is not anything he did but the strange fact that he was completely superior to our #1 draft pick EJ Manuel. The team was actually competitive with him and really should have made the playoffs. A lot of people are citing the Denver slide as the moment they had had enough with him. I held on to the Raider game in December but Orton had a pretty awful game with the season on the line and we were done and dusted after that.