When Things Fall Apart, Kyle Orton Can’t Pick Up the Pieces

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Published: November 10, 2009

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... day in suburban Littleton and I don't think any of us really felt like watching football anymore.

Up the street and around the corner we went, and as we walked we made our way through as much small talk as possible. How my grades were in school, how my car was running, how many trick or treaters they had on Halloween, and basically anything else that gave us an excuse to talk about something.

Eventually though, as it always does, the conversation steered back towards the Broncos and we were once again wallowing in the pain of our favorite team's defeat.

This isn't unusual in my family, in fact I think it may even be biological for Schaffer men. My grandpa, my dad, and now I all get heated and start brooding whenever the Broncos don't win. No matter how good everything else in our lives may be going, it's enough to ruin our entire day. It just does. There's no fighting it.

On the flip side, though we may take this a little too seriously, we can almost...

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