Sigh. My last Timmy Tebow post. While I let myself be swayed by Tebow, I think most football fans recognized it was likely going to come to an end in New England. And boy did it come to crashing end.
This game had less to do with Tebow and everything to do with the Patriots as a superior team from top to bottom in a 45-10 rout. That dominance was set QB Tom Brady in a sterling 1st half display of passing genius. One of the all-time great performances to be sure.
So. What do John Elway and the Denver Broncos do with Tim Tebow? I argued in a last post he can learn the fundamentals to make him a better QB (ie quicker release, throwing with accuracy, faster foot movement etc.). The question is will it be enough to keep him as a starter in the NFL for years to come? Anyone with a mild understanding of the game would have to conclude likely not. But you never know. It's not just Tebow. As the game with the Pats showed, the Broncos come up short in many areas.
When you watch Tebow in opposition to a quarterback like Brady it puts in perspective how far away he is.
Hey, it was a good ride and he did take the Broncos to an unlikely post-season playoff berth and to an upset win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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The exciting ending in the San Francisco 49ers-New Orleans Saints game was phenomenal by NFL standards since that kind of scoring inside three minutes rarely occurs but it's a common feature of the CFL. In Canadian football, the last minutes are always a frenzied freak out scoring fest. Anyway, two of the four remainng teams have QB's not considered to be elite in Alex Smith and Joe Flacco. Incidentally, both of those teams the play for happen to have two things in common: Two brothers as head coach Jim and John Harbaugh - and two viciously good defensive units.
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