I want to establish right away that I am not a Tebow
hater. I do not hope for his
failure. I think he is a genuine person
who is very sincere in his beliefs and faith.
I have no problem with him as a human being. In my opinion, this whole Tebow phenomenon is
silly and much to do about nothing.
Tim Tebow as a team leader seems to have what it takes to be
successful. He is fiery and has a never
give up attitude. He believes he can win
any game and that is necessary to win ball games in the NFL. The problem is that it takes the ability to
be able to throw the ball on a consistent basis to be a quarterback who can
have success year after year. This is
why I don’t think Tim Tebow is the quarterback of the future for the Denver
Broncos. He simply isn’t a good passer.
Tebow is, however, the quarterback of the present for the
Denver Broncos. He has a very big game
for his team coming up this weekend. He
faces the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend and if they win, Denver
will win the AFC West and will go to the playoffs. If they lose, they will go home and face an
off season full of questions about their quarterback.
Tebow has a completion percentage of 48%. That just isn’t very good. He only had two games over 50%. It is very difficult to be successful with
those numbers. The last time he faced
the Chiefs, he was a whopping 2-8 for 69 yards.
Despite these horrific numbers, the Broncos won the game. The Broncos as a team have had success and it
seems to me that Tebow has received more than his share of the credit. In many of the games, Tebow has not played
well for most of the game but the Denver
defense played well enough to keep the game close, setting up opportunities for
Tebow to be the star. To his credit,
Tebow has taken advantage of these opportunities. In one game, the opposing running back made
two horrible mistakes, once at the end of regulation and once in overtime, setting
up Tebow with chances to tie, and then win this game. Another game, the Broncos’ defense came up
with a late turnover giving Tebow a very short field to produce a late
comeback. Part of being a winner is
taking advantage of every chance you get to win games and Tebow has down that
thus far.
Tebow is also very
good on his feet. He is big and strong
and he runs without fear. He creates
with his legs and he has enjoyed a lot of success. Over an extended period of time, how will he
hold up taking punishing hits from aggressive defenders trying to take his head
off? My guess is not for long. In my opinion, Tebow needs to spend a lot of
time this off season really working on his accuracy and improving his passing
within the pocket. I’m not saying he
can’t improve; he certainly can – and he must.
To me, it would be a bigger story if he came into next year as a better
quarterback than his tough performances covering up pedestrian stats this
season.
If Tebow and the Bronocs lay an egg this Sunday against the
up and down Chiefs, it could be a long off season for Tebow and the
Broncos. Questions about his ability to
be The Guy will follow them everywhere for the long winter months and into next
summer. If Tebow performs well and leads
his team to victory and a divisional championship, he will be considered The
Guy, until the following week that is.
That is what I fear is Tebow’s future in the NFL. He will always be only as good as his last
start. This is kind of the life of most
quarterbacks in the NFL anyway – I think it will always be worse for Tim
Tebow. For whatever reason, there is a
large group of people out there who cheer for his failure and will be the most
vocal when he doesn’t perform very well.
I think in the end, this just may be his fate in the NFL, for better or
worse.
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