Orton was never beat out by tebow and never outplayed by tebow . Orton was set to be traded to Mia before camp but the Dolphins owner vetoed the trade at the last minute so the Broncos had no choice but to start Orton over tebow as he was teams captain and flat out the better QB. But the new coach John Fox was already changing the offense from the shotgun passing attack that helped Orton throw for over 7400 yards and 40 tds the previous two seasons . Because the previous coach had traded multiple picks to move up into the first rd to take Orton the Broncos had no choice but to get tebow on the field to see what he can do which is the case with 1st rd picks but after seeing what he can do the broncos immediately got rid of him and after the jets got him they did what ? and where is tebow now ?
Orton after being released by Denver was picked up by the struggling Chiefs in late November when Cassell has struggled and then was out hurt . They fired haley right after picking up Orton for not immediately starting him and costing them yet another win when they were still a game or two outside of the wildcard . They went 3-1 beat tebow and the Broncos in Denver ,beat the then undefeated packers give them there only regular season loss(15-1) and came within a missed fg of making the playoffs and orton had only been on the team a few weeks . They gave interim coach Romeo Crennel the job permanently and he basically gave credit to Orton for helping him get it. If they were not on the hook for cassell for major money they would've kept Orton .They went back to cassell the next season he sucked and they all got fired coach,gm everyone .
Orton seems to be able to adapt quickly ,players seem to like playing with the guy ,and he seems to be very studious and methodical in his preparation which is probably why he is able to adapt so quickly. I can see why they would want him behind E.J . They have given him a mentor of sorts so that he can pick his brain and that is never a bad thing for a young gb to have .