"Jean de La Fontaine, a 17th century French poet, believed: "Luck's always to blame."

Truly, should Andrew Luck? be blamed for the Broncos' troubles?

In responding to a question this week, coach John Fox twisted La Fontaine's phrase: "On the outside, it's always the blame game. On the inside, it's always let's fix the game."

From the outside looking in, blame, like fertilizer, obviously can be spread around in this mess the Broncos franchise has become. A look at the suspects:

Tim Tebow: The quarterback performed poorly, except for, in my estimation, 16 minutes and 43 seconds combined in the Chargers, Dolphins and Lions games when he played brilliantly and led the Broncos to 39 points."