Which, I guess, makes me one of God’s equipment managers or something. But be that as it may.
After the Broncos’ improbable last minutes push to tie a game they eventually won in overtime, Bears’ linebacker Brian Urlacher was asked his opinion of the Broncos’ polarizing QB. Quipped Urlacher, he’s a “good running back.”
Yes. A good running back who orchestrated a 10-point turnaround in the games’ final five minutes, then led the team into field goal position for the overtime game-winner by Matt Prater. By throwing the ball.
The little discussed factoid that the national media seems to be missing, in all its concentration on the belly option, or completion percentages, etc., is that Tebow has won nearly every one of his games this year with his arm — albeit, often after struggling for much of the game with accuracy. Go back and look at the video: it was only against the Jets and Raiders that he used mostly legs, and even in the case of the Jets he completed key passes in a game-winning 95-yard drive to his TE. Against the Raiders, the Broncos rushed for nearly 300 yards. Tebow didn’t need to throw (though he did hookup with Eddie Royal for a TD). Against KC, he completed only 2 passes — but one was the winning long TD strike to Eric Decker. Against Miami Tebow completed huge passes to TE Daniel Fells, including a TD, and a second TD to Demaryius Thomas. Against the Chargers, Tebow hit big plays to Eric Decker to set up the tying score and a big play to Dante Rosario to set up the winning kick. Against the Vikings, Tebow used Demaryius Thomas down the field consistently, and the Broncos put up 35 points to win, 3 points more than the Vikings managed.
Yesterday, despite being 3 for 16 passing at one point, accuracy wasn’t Tebow’s problem, nor was mechanics, or footwork, or any such deficiencies the press is trying to sell: the problem was dropped passes (7 of them) from a receiving corps that, in the fourth quarter, turned things around, allowing Tebow to complete 18 of 24 passes in the 4th quarter and overtime.
The scary fact is, Tebow is getting much more accurate with his passes, and he’s only going to improve. And thus far, he’s improved faster that defenses have caught up to the Broncos’ run-heavy, field position offense.
Yes, the Bears switched scheme one point yesterday to a deep cover 2 on the TD drive (NOT a prevent; they had 4 up lineman, and in the last drive and overtime, they reverted back to keeping 5 up front), and Tebow carved up that defense, designed to keep the passes in front of the safeties and take time off the clock, by exploiting both the deep middle (which he should be able to do) and the outside (which he shouldn’t, itself exposing the Bears’ late game breakdowns in discipline; boy, did they ever want to rub Tebow in the dirt and preserve a shut-up, and it burned them). But even once the Bears switched back, Tebow orchestrated scoring drives the last two times the Broncos had the ball. And he did it with his arm.
It is the threat of his running ability — and the need to keep him contained — that is opening up the pass to Tebow. And he’s taking advantage of that in crucial spots.
So yeah, Mr Urlacher. Our QB is “a good running back.” So if it makes you feel better to do so, write off the loss by telling yourself that your defense ultimately got beat not by a QB, but by a glorified running back. Who threw the ball against you when he needed to. Until you lost.
Now. Can I get an Amen?
(h/t JHo)
“You, Luke!… Pick up those helmets and pads, huh?”
— The Coach
I don’t know enough about football commentary to say, but how much of the criticism of Tebow’s performance is about his performance and how much is about the faith sitting their in his sleeve?
Whether or not he’s G-d’s quarterback, something interesting is happening with Denver and Tebow. Along with the other particulars mentioned, note that he is not throwing interceptions very often. Even the guys at the NFL network are starting to argue (some of them anyway) that something special is happening.
I am waiting to see how they handle the Patriots. That game will be a key indicator of what may come next.
As for Urlacher, it’s sour grapes. Chicago was on a fast-track to the playoffs (once the Lions faltered) and now they’ll actually have to work to get their chance to lose to Green Bay again.
It’s mostly about his faith, di. One really can’t argue about his performance since they have been beating the pants off of everyone for most of the season.
That said, I have a hard time giving any credence to the Lord helping the Broncos win games through the mechanism known as Tim Tebow. I’ll bet the other teams also believe that God is on their side.
Remember when Limbaugh was excoriated for stating that a quarterback was overrated, but the sports press didn’t dare say so because they desperately wanted a black QB to succeed?
This is the opposite. They desperately want Tebow to fail.
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That said, I have a hard time giving any credence to the Lord helping the Broncos win games
Glenn and Pat made an interesting point this morning. While it’s true that God doesn’t give a rip about football per se, he does care about Tebow, ergo, he cares about what Tebow cares about.
It’s not hard to believe that someone who serves God so fervently against such opposition and ridicule might get a little assist now and then. Not because God cares about the Broncos, but because Tebow has proved to be a true friend.
If Tebow sustains an injury does that then mean that his faith is not true? Or is God just testing him?
Ol’ Cosmos had it in for DeMarco Murray yesterday. *snap*
According to Tebow, it would mean neither of those things.
Which, perhaps he’s just more nuanced than you are. You know — less of a cartoon.
How that must sting, huh?
Not only is Tebow winning, but it’s clear that his teammates have great faith in him as their quarterback. After yesterday’s game, Tebow himself credited his teammates for making him look like a better player than he is. Tebow’s attitude and faith rubbing off on them has got to be extra annoying to those who’ve decided he’s “polarizing” and “controversial”.
Not really. I’m pretty certain that God has been testing me lo these many years.
I’m not mocking Tebow or his faith. I was just posing a question.
Speaking of questions: Are you raising your son as a Jew? I have some really cute Dreidel Song recordings I can link for you, if you’d like.
We’re right now raising our son to look at the world with interest and wonder. The rest will take care of itself, is my thinking.
I wasn’t trying to pry. Sorry if it came off that way.
It didn’t. That’s what we’re raising him to do right now.
Neither my wife nor I are especially religious. But that doesn’t mean we don’t understand there’s something bigger than us out there.
I didn’t see the interview but these supposed slights seem overblown to me.
Getting called a good running back by Urlacher doesn’t sound so bad to me.
Peppers was supposedly a complete dick about it too, he said something like: “They didn’t do anything special” or something profane and vulgar in that vain.
All this like 5 minutes after they lost the game, as their playoff chances circle and go down the drain. And a loss that was hair-pulling and anxiety-inducing even if you don’t give a shit who wins.
And let’s be fair – Tebow didn’t exactly crush them. He looked like shit most of the game. Even the 4th quarter rally wasn’t enough on it’s own, there wasn’t enough time. The Bears had to give him a few unforced errors to get there.
They did, but it’s never good to be at a place where you’re only hope of winning is to wait and hope the other guy screws up. It’s a passive role. They got kinda lucky this time.
If Tebow can do this in the 4th and OT, why can’t they do it in the 1st-3rd?
I am not hating on his late game comeback.
I am hating on the fact that he always needs one. WTF?
They are 8-5 now and AFC West leader. At what point do they stop being the hail-mary comeback underdogs and start just beating teams they should be better than?
I can’t predict hypothetical alt universes, but I think if the Bears had Cutler and Forte Denver would have been crushed. Tebow and the Broncos showed us nothing last night that would claim otherwise. The Bears certainly would have scored more than 10 points if they had a QB.
If he could play the way he does in the last 5 minutes for the first 3 quarters it would be Tebow giving John Elway tips on how to throw the ball.
WTF? It’s really eating at me. What’s the malfunction? Why EVERY damn time…
That’s a good way to think. I’ve never understood the atheists who are so darned convinced that there is nothing out there.
I stick by my boy Blaise Pascal.
And guilt. Catholic guilt. Jews get the suffering, we get the guilt.
Took a look at the spreads and New England is only giving 6 points. The betting public apparently likes Denver even if the sports writer’s don’t.
A good prop bet might be whether or not Wilfork has a heart attack chasing Tebow around at altitude.
It’s not hard to believe that someone who serves God so fervently against such opposition and ridicule might get a little assist now and then.
I can think of several devoutly faithful friends and family members that God should be on good terms with, who each have suffered the sudden losses of loved ones and livelihoods in recent months. I would imagine most of us here could say the same. Are Glenn and Pat telling me that if these folks had access to national sports cameras and columnists, they’d enjoy better fortune? I have trouble believing it works that way, myself, but Glenn and Pat seem much more expert in these matters.
I can think of several devoutly faithful friends and family members that God should be on good terms with, who each have suffered the sudden losses of loved ones and livelihoods in recent months
That’s assuming that the only way God shows love or support is to make your life nice and easy or to protect you from pain or loss.
I should have clarified that G&P said God might like the advertising Tebow is giving him, and therefore would give him a hand. Or not. They were responding to people mocking the idea that God is a Bronco’s fan.
True, and great.
And they’ll beat many middling teams with this amazing come-back-story team.
But that kind of shit is not good enough against the Patriots. They aren’t going to make up that whole game in the last 5 minutes. They need to bring their offense to the first 3 quarters.
Or not. Tebow will still have a fantastic year, finish probably 10-6, make the playoffs, and start next year. I never expected them to do even as well as they did. They don’t HAVE to beat the Patriots… This is already a victory and a phenominal season for them.
But as a testament to his abilities, I have moved the goalposts. They might have half a shot against the Patriots… but they have to stop showing up 45 minutes late and actually play offense for a whole damn game for once, against someone other than the failshit Vikings.
I have a hard time with believing that God plays favorites, but then I am not God.
One of my internet friends tragically lost her eldest son to leukemia at the age of 14. There were other children on the ward who were similarly diagnosed who made recoveries and some of the families were quite uncaring toward my friend in crediting their child’s recovery to fervent prayer. And indicating that she was not devout enough to save her son. This is just cruel and drove my friend to attempt suicide. Unsuccessfully, thankfully.
I did see it, and when you answer the question, what do you think of Tebow as a QB with, “he’s a good running back,” that’s a swipe. End of discussion.
Before this, he had a dropped TD pass and a blocked field goal go against him. Funny how that gets left out — 7 drops, too — when we’re to discuss how shitty he looked up until the last couple minutes.
That’s the style they play: keep the game close, make it a one or two score game, then win. And they’ve done it now 7 of 8 games — and every game, since the offense was changed up for Tebow. They use the running attack to shorten the game. They play field position (we have a stud punter). They keep it close, keep their defense fresh, and then ask the offense to make the plays to win at crunch time.
They have. They just do it late. It’s how they play. This guy’s only got 11 NFL starts. He’s essentially a rookie QB how has his team leading the division.
Heh. It would have been a different game. When Denver has trailed to teams putting up points — Carson Palmer and the Raiders, Ponder and the Vikings — they’ve scored 38 and 35.
They don’t open things up then. Not Fox’s style. He keeps it close. THEN he opens it up.
Unless he needs to open it up sooner, which is what the Broncos did against the Vikings. Go watch that game. The Vikings would score, and Tebow and the Broncos would answer back immediately. The guy just knows how to win.
Oh. And we had Cutler here. Pressure him and it gets into his head. Philip Rivers had all his weapons and he put up 13 points at home against us. The weeks since the Chargers have put up over 30 every tme. With Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil playing, passing teams haven’t fared well, and a back-pedaling Cutler is just what Champ Bailey would hope for.
We play to keep games close. But you all keep telling yourself how things would have been different if only. We’ve been getting that a lot.
Next big test is against NE.
Isn’t it more accurate to say that Matt Prater is “God’s Kicker?”
I saw one matchup of Elway’s and Tebow’s stats in their first year. So far apart Elway was hardly visible on the horizon, is how it came out.
I would really like to see him win won straight (against a good team, not the vikings), and show us what’s he got in a way people can’t deny.
But for the kid to get any of that credit he deserves, he’s going to have to show up in the first 3 quarters and beat another decent team straight-up and undeniably, without these last 13 seconds antics every single time.
That’s the thing: he’s willing to forego “that credit he deserves” as a driving force in exchange for wins.
And he’s done so.
Actually, they were 1-4 until Tebow took over, and they’re 7-1 since. This was not a good football team.
That question has a one word answer: Scoreboard.
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Well it was funny at first but now it’s irritating me too. I feel cheated.
It’s like they’re not even playing for 3 quarters. If they’re not even trying to win (just staying close) maybe they don’t deserve to in the last 5 minutes. If they have that kind of aptitude they should put it out there. I don’t much fancy the thought of them all holding back because they like a glorious cocky finish.
I saw Thomas drop the gimme TD, isn’t Tebows fault – Broncos kind of suck. He’d be doing a lot better with a better team. But he doesn’t have a better team this year. Field goal was blocked by the Bears. Haley (or whatever his name is) had some passes that should have been caught but got butterfingered too. I am not anti-Tebow and I’m not trying to take credit for him.
With these wins, as you say – the butterfingers TD drop. The bad FG kick. Random things happen sometimes. This game you had random things all going Tebow’s way in the last 5 minutes.
Unless God really is biased, it won’t always be that way.
If this is the way they’re TRYING to play I think it will eventually bite the hell out of them. Taking a team that (ostensibly) has that much talent, and gambling it like that on the last few minutes of play going just so?
When they could be scoring 14 point leads in the 1st half, but they’re too good for it, they’re gonna be like ‘ah, screw it, no biggie. We don’t really start till the 4th’.
They deserve to get their asses burned on that, if that’s what they’re doing.
I ain’t trying to knock the guy. I’d like to see him do better. I’d actually like to see him beat the Patriots.
But that game isn’t going to end 10-13 I don’t think, and no one (not even Tebow) can score 32 points in 5 minutes.
IF they find they can keep up with scoring, then they should get more confident and try for a lead, not just keep-up.
TEBOWTIME comebacks are a fine, fine, excellent backup plan.
They are not a good reason to eschew 1st quarter scoring. It’s not a mutually exclusive choice, it’s a no-brainer. If you win without needing a miracle comeback it still counts as a win.
The Bears game the other day I think still illustrates this perfectly even though it went the other way. If God hadn’t cursed Barber Tebow would have lost.
And Tebow shouldn’t lose to sans-Cutler sans-Forte offensively neutered Bears. That isn’t a team that should give them a run for their money.
But damn it, all skill accounted for he would have lost that time if he didn’t get a little lucky too.
“Lets just stay 1 touchdown behind them” is just stupid to me and I hate it.
Whether it works or not – you got lucky.
Play to win the whole damn game.
You want to keep it close until the end, fine. Keep it ahead just 1 touchdown and use TEBOWTIME to seal it and bury them under 14 more points.
It just irritates me.
I know. We had Orton before Denver did. That’s how we got Cutler.
It ain’t the same Cutler.
Wasn’t he suppose to be a namby-pamby kind-of-a-pussyboy? Perfect fit for Lovey maybe. I dunno. I dunno what you did to him in Denver but we made him better.
But please don’t take that as an Alternate Timeline “we would win!” argument.
I’m not fanatical, I don’t give a shit who wins if there’s a good game to watch. (The first 50 minutes of the Bears-Broncos sucked ass).
I don’t really care. It’s just talk.
I just happen to think (if I was to bet on it) Cutler would be 10-3 now if he hadn’t busted his thumb.
Or not.
Tebow still has room to suprise me more, maybe. We’ll see next Sunday against the Pats. No one will be able to deny the Broncos credit for that win… IF they win… UNLESS the whole thing hangs on a fumble, a coin flip and a field goal again, in which case our long national nightmare continues…
I always assume God does whatever he wants to. Maybe even to the point of creating an imperfect world. And boy was the world imperfect for Urlacher and the Bears yesterday….
Not that God did it to them for Tebow or any other reason. But by Urlacher’s measure, the world yesterday was imperfect.
But more to the point, Jeff nailed it on #10.
The answer to:
If Tebow sustains an injury does that then mean that his faith is not true? Or is God just testing him?
Was (and always should be): none of the above
Tebow usually says something like “I’m just grateful to be here, playing football”
If the Broncos can coach him up to performing at a high level all game long, get him some receivers who will go after his throws, a line that “get’s” him? Wow
You can teach a guy how to throw easier than you can teach a guy how to be a leader.
Charlie Wilson used to say about his selection of secretaries: you can teach them to type, but you can’t teach them how to grow tits.
Tebow has huge clacking brass balls late in the 4Q… so have Elway hire someone to spend all summer with Tebow teaching him to throw. You can’t teach brass balls.
For some reason that brings Jay Cutler to mind…. good NFL arm, no brass balls.
If Barber hadn’t erred twice Denver would have lost. Period.
I wasn’t even rooting for the Bears. Since I wrote off the entire season and the playoffs the very second I heard Cutler’s thumb was broken, I was actually kind of rooting for Denver that game. Was joyed to see him win. Tried to rub it in someones face but unfortunately he wasn’t livid like I predicted.
Why not? Bears are going nowhere. Tebow is going somewhere. Better he should take this win, it’s really quite worthless to the Bears, they just don’t realize it because they’re in denial and think they can still compete, but they can’t. Not really. Not enough to bother. Next year.
I’m not bringing no spoiled grapes bullshit.
I’m just telling you plainly, if they were TRYING to do that, they nearly fucked it all up and lost. Not enough time left. They still had to pull it off, and they did, but Barber kept them alive. They wouldn’t have gotten a chance to pull it off otherwise.
One of the things that got me back into sports (I lost interest for a long time there) was Olympic Hockey. I noticed what a pleasure it was to just kick back and watch Slovakia play Norway and get to watch a great top-level game and just appreciate the amazing plays and not give a shit who won or what the score was.
It’s not me being player-hatey, I swear. I mean this as constructive criticism to say that Tebow can’t be lucky forever.
He should have won that game on the strength of the Broncos alone and eschewed luck. She will eventually turn fickle on him.
They’ll be SuperBowl quality. Legacy quality.
Which is half of why it’s so irritating they have none of that for him ATM.
I don’t think it’s a sure bet they ever will put it together for him, either.
You could just say “I don’t understand the game of football” entropy, and save yourself a lot of trouble.
Oh, so if we ‘understand football’ (I don’t claim to be an expert) it suddenly makes sense to pass up a sure thing for a coin flip?
Tebow will do what he does.
If he gets better, awesome.
If he just keeps doing that… well we’ll see….
I don’t get this ‘strategy’ at all and it grates the hell out of me. I feel like Ace, bunch of goddamn TRUE Broncos are telling me it’s better to win by losing for 4 quarters.
If Prater hadn’t had a field goal blocked and Thomas hadn’t dropped deep ball, the Bears would have lost. Period.
Boy, this is easy!
They weren’t trying to win it that way, that’s just the way they won it. They took advantage of the Bears’ mistakes. The Bears didn’t take advantage of a dropped TD pass, a blocked FG, an INT and a fumble. Whereas the Broncos scored after the Bears only turnover. To win the game.
Was it luck that he had 7 dropped passes, including a sure TD, and had a field goal blocked, so that with 5 minutes to go it was 10-0 Bears instead of 10-10?
Heard the same thing before the Jets game. Ryan “literally wrote the book” on stopping the option.
And yet, here we are.
By the way, lots of teams lose to the Pats. And that doesn’t mean they suck or their QB sucks. It means they lost the game.
They do play: defense, field position, clock management.
And then they win. It’s stupid to you and you hate it. We win and we’ll take it. And getting lucky 7 out of 8 times seems to be stretching the idea of luck, I’d say.
Whatever Tebow’s got, I wish a little of it would rub off on Christian Ponder.
Thomas was a first round draft pick. He doesn’t suck. He dropped a pass.
Who said it always has to work that way? Those things went our way, but we took advantage of them. The Bears could have stopped the Broncos from tying the game by keeping them out of FG range. They didn’t.
They could have called a play where Hanie kneels on the ball and centers it for a game winning FG attempt; instead, they elected to hand it off to Barber, who got stripped on a great play by Wesley Woodyard. The Broncos took advantage of what was given them, and they won this game.
They’ve won other games other ways.
They aren’t echewing 1st quarter scoring. But of course, as others have pointed out, the Broncos don’t have film on how other teams are going to try to combat them defensively with Tebow at QB, so for the most part they’ve been learning and then making half-time adjustments. They arent trying NOT to score. It’s more a matter of learning HOW TO once they understand what a team is trying to do to stop them.
The straw men are getting the stuffing beat out of them today.
For certain some things aren’t luck, like hip-faking safeties out of their jocks, or running through cornerbacks, for instance, or stiff-arming linebackers out of the way while passing complete downfield. Kid’s a football player — been that way for years — and seen the highest success at every level he’s played in.
It is important for people to remember that, as Mr. Tebow himself has often pointed out, football is just a game played for fan’s entertainment; it is not like they’re curing childhood cancer.
Mr, Tebow is very, very entertaining right now. And in a world of abducted kids, terrorists, incipient financial collapse, and (God help us) Barack, I cannot thank him enough for the distracting miracles he provides every Sunday.
Thanks, Tim!
It’s not a strategy to be behind. It’s a strategy to keep the game close.
Can they do that against a team with both an elite offense and an elite defense? Dunno. Haven’t played one of those yet. And likely won’t until it’s time to take on either Pittsburgh or Baltimore.
For certain some things aren’t luck
Am I incapable of making any criticism of the Broncos without assaulting Tebow? Ahh well, I’m late to head out anyway.
I really feel like you guys turn around with any point I try to make and treat it like I’m a sports commentator on MSNBC or something.
I don’t hate the guy! I don’t even dislike him! Hell, I hope he wins all 3 games left.
I never said the guy didn’t have tremendous talent or that he won only on luck or always on luck.
At least it was cathartic.
After last night’s game, I probably won’t have to vent anymore Tebow frustration now until next Monday.
Of course. But what I’ve been answering are your rather strange and Tebow-centric criticisms. Am I incapable of answering your criticisms without being accused of being some sort of odd true believer or some sort of soldier for Touchtown Jesus?
I never said the guy was the Messiah, or even a great QB. He’s essentially a rookie. But there’s a reason he’s not under the same scrutiny as Blaine Gabbert — and isn’t getting slobbered on like Cam Newton and the 4-9 Panthers.
Just for the record Entropy, just citing Tebow’s own particular football strengths as a counter to his luck wasn’t a criticism of you or your arguments. I just like to watch the kid play, and have done for some years now (and even have been frustrated at his rare but occasionally poor play, now and then, as for instance, in his last Alabama face-off). But merely to note, I’ve seen him do a heap of marvelous things on a field, things very few footballers do.
Did you know that Tim Tebow has a big heart?
I went from hating him when he was @ Florida, due to the constant and perpetual ESPN hype of how great he was, to starting to like him, because he embodies much of what is right in sport. I gave to admit that the over-the-top coverage of him is pushing me back towards my prior position, but I will resist. He is a winner.
If Tebow were an asshole like so many top quarterbacks, the coverage would probably make me dislike him. The fact that he is a good guy keeps that from happening.
God does not give a flying fuck who wins a football game.
Agreed, JD.
allan ackbar boom
I would also point out that those elite Pittsburgh and Baltimore teams you speak of play that exact same keep it close and just show enough to win strategy. Big Ben is famous for his late drives.
I am pretty sure God does not intervene in football games, but I would like to believe God is not a Cowboy fan.
When I lived in Pittsburgh it was quite clear to the natives that God was a Stillers fan.
Tebow is held to a far harsher standard than any rookie NFL quarterback I have ever seen. So he is religious? Take that out of the equation and would he be criticized? He is gracious to his own teammates and (so far) is not an asshole. And while he makes a lot of mistakes, he manages to win games under pressure. For a rookie he is doing fine.
He is also not texting pictures of his johnson, getting in drunk altercations at strip clubs, or fucking Jessica Simpson. Give him credit for that.
There was a time when a Tim Tebow would have been called an “All American Kid” and it would have been a compliment.
When did “All American Kid” become an epithet?
I seem to remember another guy why used to do that a LOT. Elway or something.
I can’t gainssay whether the Lord chooses to test any one of us or why, but whenever I think I might be on the divine dunking stool (usually a day with a ‘y’ in it) I’m reminded of the words of the immortal Butch Cassidy:
‘WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH THOSE GUYS?!’
“Now. Can I get an Amen?”
Darn skippy Outlaw!
Tim tebow is the NFL’s Honey Badger.
He doesn’t give a…
darn about what Brian Urlacher thinks.
He just kicks his…
behind and transmits messages to UCOM thanking him for the playing time!
Have they hired a special camera person to do close-ups of Tebow running off to the sidelines to do his prayer thing? Seems like there’s an extra camera whenever Tebow plays. Imagine if he had a little rug to pray on. Ohhhh the respect he would earn!
Ohhhh the respect he would earn!
He…er…eck! If they start shooting Tebow with an aura around him, why, he could be President!
Of the Ho Wie Wurl!
When Tim Tebow lead the Denver Broncos to an overtime victory in the Superbowl, that will be the day that the oceans began to lower and climate began to heal! We are the ones we’ve been waiting for when we all cheer for the Denver Broncos!
As Tebow said himself, football is just a game and God doesn’t care if he wins or loses. Still, it would be both fun and funny to see him take his team to the Superbowl. I believe the anger would rival BDR.
I wonder how much of all this is pent up angst by the sports media at never being able to voice these opinions until now because all the previous running QBs have been black.
His race gives them permission. His religion provides the fig leaf for cover. It is the story surrounding his birth that drives their hate. For the left the political is in everything everywhere always.
Feel free to whack Urlacher’s defense for being beaten by a RB playing QB. Tebow took advantage of the opportunities the Bears gave him at the end of the game and in OT. You can’t do anything but credit him for that.
On the other hand…
1. Lovie Smith went into a classic prevent defense, which only prevents you from winning most of the time, allowing Tebow to complete passes to guys who who were generally uncovered, thus minimizing the problems of Tebow’s accuracy.
2. The Bronco’s can’t depend on a “Marion Barber” every week to bail them out. Twice.
I have repeatedly backed and defended Tebow and will continue to do so, but the Bears have lost two games in a row to inferior teams on fluke plays hurting their playoff chances considerably. Ouch.
Decker and Thomas are excellent young WRs. If they are both past their injuries they will form an excellent WR corps moving forward. They are both big guys and Thomas came out of GT where blocking is a requirement for WRs (or at least is now that Paul Johnson is there). I watched Decker for years at Minnesota. Great college WR, got hurt in his senior year or he might have been a surprise first round selection.
The Broncos now control their own destiny and another loss by the Raiders will put the Broncos oh so close to winning the division. Hard to see how they beat the Patriots this weekend though.
Just when you think you’ve seen it all re: Tebow, there comes this mountain of excrement.
is that the one where christians riot and burn down mosques?
Like someone said upthread, Tim Tebow is the honey badger of football: He don’t care.
Yeah that’s the one, NR. Leave it to some ludicrous New York Rabbi to think that people in the Bible Belt even give a fuck about the NFL. Football is on Saturdays down there, and Tebow already won that championship without them beating on no gheys or wetbacks in celebration of the righteous baby Jesus.
the last mosque i heard about being lit in america was done by a muslim. but don’t change the narrative.
That was remarkable, Abe.
Tebow kneels and prays
for seventy-two virgins or
Seven of Nine
Go Patriots!