"Orton-Tebow is so last week.

The Broncos' quarterback drama has moved on to the No. 2 role, where there is intrigue about whether Brady Quinn, and not Tim Tebow, will be the first quarterback in to replace starter Kyle Orton in the preseason game tonight against the Buffalo Bills.

"That will be a game-time decision," Broncos coach John Fox said. "From a competitive standpoint, we can talk about that after the game, not before the game."

Only when Tebow is involved could the No. 2 quarterback position generate so much attention. Remember, this is a guy who, before he played his first down in the NFL, was the league's jersey sale leader. He was a seldom-used backup through the first 13 games last season and still Tebow jerseys outsold the replicas of Manning, Brady, Favre and Rodgers.

Would Fox dare? Would he dare, in the preseason opener at newly named Sports Authority Field at Mile High,Tebow not only from the No. 1 spot, where he appeared to be as recently as July 26 when Orton was on the trading block, to No. 3 behind Orton and Quinn?

There have been signs, if no conclusive declarations. that Quinn has played well through training camp and was the most impressive of the three quarterbacks during the Broncos' 24-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the preseason opener last week.

Since that preseason game, in which he threw for one fourth-quarter touchdown and engineered a drive for another, Quinn has taken at least as many reps with the second-team offense as Tebow. As this week wore on, Quinn even appeared to take the first of the secondteam reps. "