The Denver Broncos practiced Thursday without No. 1 quarterback Kyle Orton, but with backup Chris Simms taking the snaps with the starters, again. It is just reasonable to guess that Simms will be the starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the San Diego Chargers.
Simms was battered badly by the Carolina Panthers on Sept. 24, 2006 whiling playing the game wearing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers jersey. He lost about two-thirds of his blood and spent five nights in intensive care. Since then he has not started any game. Actually, he missed the remainder of the 2006 season and all of 2007 season. After being released by the Buccaneers, he signed with the Tennessee Titans last year and threw just two passes while mopping up the regular season finale.
A two-year, $6 million free agent deal brought him to the Broncos in this spring. Not surprisingly he did not gain the starting job in the competition with Orton after Jay Cutler was traded to the Chicago Bears. But as Orton sprained his left ankle in last week’s game against the Washington Redskins and missed two straight days of practice, it seemed that Simms chance finally came back.
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