Have you been drinking the mile-high punch?Follow

For those who don't know what I'm referring to consider Tim Tebow a rather enigmatic young man who has made a name for himself by wearing his religion on his sleeve, and winning some football games (often in dramatic fashion). In fact just this weekend God's chosen Warrior (not my words there...) defeated the evil Big Ben Roethlisberger, who's off-field shenanigans include driving dangerously on motorcycles and alleged sexual assault.

So do you think there's something with this kid? Is the power of God working through him? Just been lucky? He's apparently made believers out of a number of people in Denver, should we count you among them? Going to do a little Tebowing of your own?



If I fell anywhere I'm probably somewhere around an option #2 person myself.

Edited, Jan 9th 2012 11:28am by someproteinguy

"I'd just like to thank Lucifer, the fallen angel for this win. A lifetime of fame and glory for one measly eternal soul? Best deal I've ever made! PARTYY!"


Also:


Edited, Jan 9th 2012 11:20am by Nilatai

I'm disappointed, I thought this thread was going to be about plane sex.

Tebow's just another NFL quarterback currently on top of his game.

Brady and the boys kicked his butt pretty good a couple weeks ago iir. Go New England.

Let's put him on the next Madden game and see where his God is then!

Most Broncos fans I know are just happy when he's winning games. Now, if he went to another team, that'd be a different matter.

So they could build their system around Brady Quinn instead?

When the Broncos beat the Bears, a friend of mine who I was watching the game with contested that the Broncos should be penalized for too many men on the field every time their offense comes out since Tebow has God on his side.

I'm not really sure any team, anywhere, in any era, is equiped to stop that run game. Slow it down maybe, but that's about it.

ITT:

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=311016033




Though I do essentially agree with you, as I'm not exactly expecting a repeat of that game. It's just that they can slow it down that I'm concerned with. We need a bad game from Flacco to win. Defense needs to hit him early and often. That's assuming that we can limit Rice, which I think is doable.

All things considered, I'm happy with our odds. It's a winnable game, which isn't something I'd have thought I'd be able to say after our best defensive player and quarterback were lost.

Edited, Jan 9th 2012 3:06pm by Eske

Apparently some fans go to great lengths to get his attention.

In general, I'ld be more inclined to think that someone who is that devoted to his religion won't find that much more confidence for his performances. It'ld be more frickle I'ld say, what if he loses next week, perhaps he'll lose his confidence faster than a non-believer.

Has not.

The Mrs. thinks the money should be spent on food and children instead of beer.

I'm told I agree.

More or less this x2. He's basically a running back who can throw slightly better (ok, a fair amount better) than most running backs. To use him effectively the entire system has to be built around option plays designed to force defenses to choose between run/pass (in some cases, with no right answer). He isn't skilled enough to do timing routes, precision fades, or any of the other stock stuff a good quarterback is expected to do in the NFL. He basically has to use his running ability to scare the d-line into containment instead of going for the sack, the secondary into second guessing whether to cover a receiver or a break out run, and the safety's into whether to cover deep or short. He's got a good enough arm to hit a receiver that is wide freaking open (by NFL standards), and if he's able to use the tricks to make that happen, he has significant success.


The problem is that once he gets injured a system built around him will collapse. And let's face it. Running backs get injured every season. That's why most teams have 3-4 of them on the roster. But unless Denver basically commits to hiring a couple of running backs and teaching them to play the quarterback position as back up to Tebow, he's going to run out of steam at some point and then they're screwed.


I also noticed something when the Patriots played Denver last time. They used a different approach than Pittsburgh tried yesterday. Instead of loading the box and focusing on the run, they'd just send one extra guy in with a rush, but keep him on the periphery. He'd just float around and pay attention to the pocket. Normally, with a 3 or 4 man rush, you'll get a hole that opens up on one side of the pocket. This is what QBs step into to throw usually, but Tebow uses it to create a second option run/pass (which is what screws up defenses). The Patriots kept a line backer out of the fray and when that hole opened up, he'd wait for Tebow to step into it and then hit him. It seemed to work pretty well, and I'm surprised that Pittsburgh didn't do the same thing. It pretty much stopped him cold and got him sacked a lot of times in that game.


I expect more of the same next week.

A big plus from the game against PIT was that his receivers were actually hanging onto the football. Tebow isn't the most accurate passer by any stretch, but his receivers have dropped an inordinate number of very catchable passes this season.