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Orton Would Be Upgrade for Dolphins

Denver Post

So Kyle Orton wouldn't excite you as the new Dolphins quarterback? Well, take a number. That thought is nothing new around him. That's the running storyline of his career.

But do you really think there are a lot of NFL quarterbacks who had a 2:1 ratio of touchdowns to interceptions over a two-year stretch and got run out of town for an unproven replacement?

Well, there aren't.

You could fit all of them over the last two decades in a two-man canoe, as near as I can find. There's Drew Brees, who was dumped by San Diego in part because he also suffered a career-threatening injury with Philip Rivers waiting.

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