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Tim Tebow during pregame (1-8-12) warm-ups before the Broncos 29-23
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I couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t hold back. I have to give a Tim Tebow blog another go; I
started to write a blog a few weeks ago but never finished as I ran out of
steam.
Tebow has captured the football world, even more the nation.
We now have “Tebow time” and
“Tebowing”. The TV numbers back up that
he has taking the nation by storm; the Steelers Vs Broncos game on January 8,
2012 received a 25.9 rating or roughly 42.3 million people. (I don’t understand
TV ratings at all, just know the bigger the number the more people that
watched) Tebow gives the nation an athlete that has done nothing wrong off the
field. This is great because we are finally talking about an athlete that does
nothing but good things off the field instead the “bad ones” that we have
become accustomed to.
Now to be honest I have never really been a fan of Tebow,
because he went to Florida and I am not a big fan of Florida football. Also, because the media has latched on to him
since he was a freshman at Florida. It’s
not that I don’t like him; I just got sick of hearing about him nonstop. It has only gotten worst since he starting
playing this year and the team went on an unbelievable run. Which now has led
to a win in the playoffs, which is great for them.
The biggest problem with talking about Tebow is there is no
middle ground. People who love him can’t
see his play on the field, or refuse to open their eyes; only thing they see
are wins. Which at the end of the day
are the only thing that matters, but it does not translate in to long term
success.
People who hate him don’t understand him and hate him for a
variety of reasons. People for some
reason are not able to separate his on field play and his off field life. Which is kind of ironic since people are able
to keep players with bad reputations on field play apart for their off field
problems.
We finally have an athlete by all accounts has done nothing
but good things off the field and people just can’t wait to knock him. Now part of it is the media with their
nonstop coverage of Tebow. Some don’t
like his religious belief, which is their own choice.
I respect Tebow off the field for everything he does and
continues to do. For me it’s the on
field play that I cannot respect, other then the wins. Now don’t get me wrong he has gotten better
most weeks he has been out there playing.
Which is great for him and the Broncos.
There are many quarterbacks in the NFL who have been able to win games
despite their skills. Reason they have
talent all around them; this is something that Tebow has. The worst two positions on the Broncos are
Quarterback and receivers, receivers are young and both look like they might be
good receivers in the NFL. Tebow has been getting better but he is nowhere near
being a good quarterback in the NFL. This is where people who love him start to get
upset. There is no way around it, his
stats are terrible, if it was any other QB people would be calling for him to
be replaced. People look to replace
quarterbacks whose teams have had good years, but they were subpar all the
time. Tebow completed just 46.5% of his
passes this season for 1,729 yards.
Tebow however threw for 12 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions. A good Td: Int ratio for any Qb in the NFl,
there are good Qb with a lower ratio.
The best player to compare Tebow to is Mark Sanchez. Now I believe Sanchez is the better QB right
now, but he is not good. To me the Jets
have won in spite of Sanchez. I feel the
same way about Tebow and the Broncos. The
Broncos have won games that Tebow has done some great things in the fourth
quarter. The Broncos defense is keeping
them in games allowing for “Tebow Time”.
The same thing has happened with Sanchez, who has led 11 come back wins
in the fourth quarter in his 3 years in the NFL. Tebow has been apart of 7 total in two years,
one last year and one in the playoffs.
However
pro-football-reference.com
states that the “QB deserves no credit for the comeback”. Which I guess since the Steelers were the
ones making the comeback it makes sense but Tebow did throw the game winning TD
in overtime for the Broncos.
Can Tebow be successful in the NFL? Short-term answer yes, long
term answer jury is still out. It is
hard to say no to the long term because how much he has improved in such a
short time period. Would I like him to
be successful? Yeah why wouldn’t I he is an underdog, everyone told him he
couldn’t play in the NFL. He is winning
games but to be a long-term success he needs to improve a ton in the passing
game. He needs to learn to make reads
and trust his offensive line early in games.
A lot of the plays Tebow makes are because he doesn’t see the open receivers
and just takes off running. He will
grow, he could be good, but he is a work in progress that still has a ton of
rough edges.
Tebow lovers also need to pump the breaks when it comes to
talking about him. Only thing Tebow has
going for him right now are the wins.
What happens once they stop coming?
I have no problem with people who like him. I think they just need to realize this might
not last long, unless he improves. But
if he does improve there will be no need for “Tebow Time” which for now I think
it should be called “Elway time” since he lead 46 fourth quarter comebacks in
his day. Glad to see the magic staying
in Denver, there must be something in that Rocky Mountain water.
·
FYI the mo
st come back
wins ever by a QB is 51 which is held by Dan Marino followed by Elway and
Peyton Manning with 46 each.
