Is It Really All About Tebow?

 

I have to start this by saying that I am a Broncos fan. Having said that, Tim Tebow blows. He is a terrible quarterback.

Now before Tebow fans get upset and stop reading this article, I don’t mean that he is a terrible football player or a terrible person, it’s the opposite in fact. He is an amazing human being who has a strong faith that he firmly believes in, without hypocrisy, which is hard to find in people nowadays in the world. He credits God for everything he has, and everything he has accomplished, he does charity work, he speaks at prisons to help people better their lives. The man is one of a kind. However, that doesn’t mean he is a good quarterback or the reason the Broncos are winning.

“He just wins!” If I hear that one more time I just might lose it. Here is a list of Tebow’s wins:

10/23 @ Miami                 18-15 OT              QB: Matt Moore

11/6 @ Oakland                38-24                   QB: Carson Palmer

11/13 @ Kansas City        17-10                    QB: Tyler Palko

11/17 vs New York Jets    17-13                    QB: Mark Sanchez

11/27 @ San Diego           16-13 OT             QB: Phillip Rivers

12/4 @ Minnesota             35-32                   QB: Christian Ponder

12/11 vs Chicago              13-10 OT             QB: Caleb Hanie

Not a single win - not one - comes against a team with an elite quarterback, let alone a future playoff team (maybe the Jets…maybe).

“Tebow Time” is what they call the 4th quarter (well I should say the last 5 min of the 4^th quarter). What about the first 3 quarters? Where is he then? Is Tebow putting the Broncos in a situation to win or is he the reason they are in a situation that requires a miraculous comeback to win the game?

What people should be talking about instead of Tebow Mania is the Broncos defense, because they have been playing lights out. In 5 of the 7 Bronco wins since Tebow was named the starter, the defense has given up 15 points or less. If the Broncos had a quarterback that could move the ball for a full game, they wouldn’t need the 4^th quarter comebacks.

Do you know why Rodgers, Brady, Brees, and Roethlisberger aren’t known for 4^th quarter comebacks?... because they usually aren’t behind!

The NFL is a quarterback driven league and every elite team has an elite quarterback, for example: Packers (13-0) Aaron Rodgers, Patriots (10-3) Tom Brady, Saints (10-3) Drew Brees, Steelers (10-3) Ben Roethlisberger. Each of them have a completion percentage above 64%. Tebow’s is 48.5%…dead last. That’s lower than Blaine Gabbert (50.3), Rex Grossman (58.0), Colt McCoy (57.2), Tavaris Jackson (60.7), and wait for it – Curtis bleeping Painter (54.3).

Matt Prater is the most famous kicker since Adam Venatieri. Is there a kicker in the league that deserves more credit for their team winning than Prater? He hit a ridiculous 59 yarder against the Bears to send the game to overtime, where he put one through the uprights from 51 yards when the Broncos couldn’t move the ball to win the game.

Head coach John Fox deserves to be coach of the year the way he has handled his first year in Denver. The Broncos have won a lot of games, despite of what Fox has to work with. He has taken his entire philosophy, strategies, and playbook and thrown them out the window to mold an offense from scratch to fit its leader. The Broncos new option system will win games for now, but without a consistent pass attack, it won't win Super Bowls.

Tebow can run the ball, as a matter of fact he should be a running back. The man can play football, he’s got the heart of a lion, and faith stronger than the pope’s, and somehow, someway the man keeps winning. He is a natural born leader, and his teammates respond to him, but it’s the Denver Broncos, not the Denver Tebows. So, next time the Broncos win, or even when they lose - don’t forget his teammates, and the guy in the headset.