"Denver And Tebow Have Won!" Broncos Stun Dolphins 18-15 In Overtime Thriller

I can’t wait to hear how the “pundits” squirm out of this one

4 starts and 2 comebacks. Say bye to your comeback record Elway

after this one. Yeah!!!!

I need to start watching these games from inside a hospital.

I’m pretty sure I had 5 different heart attacks. I’m lucky to be alive.

What a game. What a comeback.

Was it pretty? Hell no.

but it doesn’t matter how it looks. It’s a win.

…Tebow CAN improve on his reads and accuracy with continued Coaching and reps. He has the rest of the position nailed.

sorry for not reading your post btw John!

Tebow at times looked like he couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn for almost all the game…then he suddenly channels Phil Simms on the last two drives. I can’t explain it.

Also….Mike McCoy is….infuriating. Those two drives in overtime were almost embarrassingly play called.

Play Calling I have seen in a long time and yet…

Tim Tebow pulled out the win!!! OOOOOH YAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

This guy has zero quit… Can’t help but to root for em

when they take the chains off tebow he will do any better. Im not a nfl coach but run run pass everytime… wont help you on 3rd down. good job D… i knew if the D keeps us in it tebow would come alive. GO BRONCOS.. JUST WIN

then the Broncos will be in great shape. The heart attack special won’t work every week especially against better teams. BUT that was great to see. I was feeling pretty despondent given how terrible he looked for 3 quarters. I mean really terrible. But he really put it together at the end. Amazing.

And I agree that the playcalls were maddening. Even at the end, after finally mixing it up well and making plays, they go back to the vanilla run plays, 3 in a row, that go nowhere. Lucky Prater had the leg to make it and make everyone look smart. ANyway, good comments above about that.

McFadden is out hurt. Boller looks like crap.

Because Tebow only completed 48% of his passes! That’s 12% below the minimum acceptable level for efficiency! 12%!!!!!!! Also, His throwing motion…something….something

Cut Tebow this week and sign Tommy Maddox. The REAL QB of the future!

Clutch!

McCoy?? Some of that play calling was so bad I was asking myself if he knew how to call an NFL football game. In overtime it was excruciation to watch.

Kyle Orton lost the toss

I dont know why but that bothered me a bit. Should have said the broncos lost the toss. KO had a 50/50 chance at that. Hell, I coulda called the toss

I know we won. But isn’t anyone at all bothered by the fact that we had 2 yards passing going into the 4th? Not at all bothered by the way Tim completely missed WRs on the sideline? Miami was up 15 pts and started giving away the underneathe routes. Thats why we looked so good in the last 6 minutes and looked like crap the rest of the game. It wasn’t play calling it was lack of execution. Yes I’m glad we won, but all is not forgiven with a W. We had 2 weeks to prep for this game and we looked like THIS??

You get Ws for guts and perseverence and fight. Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa

This reminds me of when Dan Reeves would contain Elway, then in the 4th would let him loose.

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_19177633

Ponder doesn’t look half bad vs. the Packers.

i’m struggling here. i believe a poorly called game is usually the result of a poorly played game. but man, fox and friends (mccoy) didn’t really seem to help things today. ugly.

Just got back from the Bronco bar and that place went from no pulse to crazy in two minutes. It was really embarrassing watching that game and then when the 4th quarter came I told someone it’s “Tebow Time” and boy was I not disappointed. Things just happen when he is playing. He definately has a lot to work on, however this will be some good momentum that we can hopefully build on.

All I could think the whole game was that Tebow hasn’t experienced HELL until the media analyzes his game this week..LOL

Then the miracle comeback began and when he crossed the goal line to tie the game, it was like a moment out of the Matrix, when the operator sees Neo grab hold of the rope connected to the helicopter and says in amazement, “HE IS THE ONE!”

Agree…it was the ugliest three quarters of football ever…but we got our 400th win and broke the 0-7 streak in Miami and pulled out a miraculous overtime victory…plus the Jets beat San Diego making them 4-2! We are only 2.5 games behind first place in our division. WE COULD GO ALL THE WAY…if Tebow can learn to hit a wide open receiver!

supposed to be low probability. The ability to make those changes win-probabilities significantly.

…and convince him that he is always in a late 4th quarter hurry-up-offense.

but we did hold them to 15, so the offense could win it :)

Broncos have an amazing comeback win, Dolts got crapped on, and the chiefs are beating the Faiders! Proud to be part of Broncos Country!

Tebow threw some of the ugliest passes, he got his butt tossed to the ground, he had happy feet for most of 3 qtrs, he couldn’t seem to hit the side of a barn half of the time.

And with all of this I still felt like he would settle down and show up. And he did. Just wish he could of played good for 4 minutes in the first half and we would probably won by 3 touchdowns.

Am I concerned? No…. Tebow’s time in the barrel is now. He needs to feel this kind of pressure and he will with the teams we have coming.
He needs to be able to see the field and defense a bit better, he needs to settle his happy feet a bit more and he will. He mostly needs more time in the barrel and more time with the first team. He needs more time with his recievers and tight ends.
He needs the OC to drum up a few plays that go to his strengths. I believe that will come also.

Are we going to make the playoffs or be a 500 team? I doubt that very much… But what we saw today was a qb getting his butt handed to him, a qb that failed in just about every accurate pass attempt and a running qb get stuffed in most of his attempts.

But the great thing we saw today was a qb get another reality check on how not to play most of a game.
We also saw a qb NEVER give up, NEVER fold under the pressure and when the qb had his chances he toke ADVANTAGE of everyone of them.

I love the feeling of believing that we can still win this game even when 15 down, really missed that feeling. Great win today even if it was against a bad team
We got Tebows 2nd comeback win in 4 games and Denvers 1st win against the Dolphins in miami….so there are some good things.

My game ball goes to the DEFENSE. They were the definate willow today, they would bend but they never broke. At times the phins found a few openings and moved the ball on us but the defense just like Tebow, didn’t give up and came through for us when we most needed it…..

One of the most ugly games and wins I have ever seeen. But it was also one of the most exciting last 3 minutes I have watched the Broncos play in a very long time….We have a very tough road ahead but for now I am going to enjoy this WIN and am looking forward to see how much our qb learned from this game and most importantly I want to see if the OC has any other plays in his bag that are not so pathetic and obvious….Go Bronco’s

Not quite what I expected….but wow!!! Miracle comebacks ARE THE BEST! The kid has started four games and he already has two 4th quarter comebacks. I love that.

Yeah I know, Tim was a big part of why they needed to comeback in the first place against one of the worst teams in the NFL. But I don’t care I just want to win. This one felt good. Last time I got so excited over a win is when we demolished the Giants on Thanksgiving night. That seems like ten years ago.

Yeah the mainstream media will focus on Tebow. But this W goes to the Defense for keeping it respectable when the O was so inept. And of course getting the key takeaway which iced it. Kudos to Colquitt too. The boy can punt…and not just in Mile High air. Get well soon Willis!

The Lions lost today again, they are not so tough after all…and Tebow’’s strengths might play well with a defense with intense D-Line pressure…

The Chargers lost and the Raiders are losing by three TDs in the third and had to bench Boller. The Chiefs will gain the win and bring the whole division crunching down to within 2 games each…Chargers 4-2, Raiders 4-3 Chiefs 3-3, Broncos 2-4…

We may still be riding the bottom rung, but the Chargers play the Chiefs next week, and then Green Bay, and then the Raiders…so anything can happen!

I just feel like we are on the rise, and with the Lion’s loss and we have them at home next week with plenty of humility on our side for the way we played on offense…it will be great!

tebow > ponder.

Enjoy the win, Tebow’s going to be something special.

See you next Sunday.

no luck for us

Nice to have it again.

that I shut off the game with 7 min left in the 4th.

I just worked the night before the game, and by the beginning of the 4th quarter I was regretting staying up to watch it. But then Tebow happened. Actually, the number of incredible things that happened to net us that win is stunning. The onside recover. The defense holding in OT. The 2 pt conversion. Prater’s final FG.

That was some of the most exciting 10 minutes of football in recent memory.

The feeling that we were never out of it. I had to listen to the whole game on streaming internet radio with the constant verbal reminders of how inaccurate he was, and yet when the 4th quarter began I detected a very foreign sense come over me. One that told me “we aren’t done”. “Tebow CAN lead us back”. It was such a relief and comfort. The dismal feeling of not only thinking we were going to lose, but KNOWING we were going to lose was nowhere to be found. We may not become world beaters this season, but it is simply a joy to know that the Broncos aren’t dead when down by more than seven points.

Tebow absolutely missed some open receivers and threw some ugly balls…but. He threw no picks and for most of the game his passes came on third and long with the defense in full blitz mode….Guys, my wife was predicting the next play that McCoy would call with 90% efficiency and she still thinks there’s three periods in football because she’s a hockey fan. NO QB can succeed if the defense knows what play is coming. I honestly believe Tim was trying to play it safe and not turn the ball over for most of the game. Then finally McCoy had no choice but to turn him loose and the rest is history!

then getting the last laugh..must have been awesome for them.

I can’t explain it.. I was apprehensive, and very nervous.. When Tebow played at Florida, I never felt that way.. I knew that come game day, he would go out and play lights out, and do what Tebow does best.. I heard so much talk this week about how “the stars were aligned” for Tebow to have an amazing game, or Tebow is going to suck it up this week.. I also heard alot of “Tebow has had success twice on this field” yadda, yadda…But the thing that made get a bit nervous is, Tebow isn’t the same Tebow that last visited there.. He’s too worried about his throwing and many other things.. You can see it on his face, he’s different. and in his journey to become what the coaches feel he needs to be, this is the type of play we are going to see as he adjusts. There is no doubt in my mind that Tebow will settle in and become a great quarterback, and this is just part of his learning curve/growing process.BUT, the beauty of Tebow (and this hasn’t changed a bit) is that no matter what, he never quits, he never looked defeated and down trodden, and I honestly believed the team felt that. I do believe as he gets more experience playing that we will see great things from him. I am truly thankful for this win, and thankful that the team never quit!

(and have no regrets, I might add.)
Did Foxy and McCoy roll Tebow out at all, or did they just ask him to throw from the pocket all day?
Also, did anyone else think Prater’s game-winner was going to be 20 feet left when it left his foot? That ball was screaming right to left and then straightened out. Almost enough to make one believe in the power of prayer… (that’s a joke btw….)

OK, I had ignored all the calls from relatives during the day – had texted back that I wouldn’t see the game until after midnight (for us in the East). But those calls gave me the thought that Denver had likely won…. how did it go down? Well, I cranked up Rewind around 12:30am… this was not what I was hoping to see…. OK, when does it turn around….. yeah, kind of expected that…. what? Prater missed two? Ugh, there’s only 7 minutes left, and it’s getting close to 3am… maybe we actually lose this game?!? Inconceivable!

Well cut to the chase – I’m happy to join y’all in a celebration. Makes going to work on 3-1/2 hours sleep a little more tolerable.

True, we saw the legitimate criticisms of Tebow on display. And late in the 4th, it was truly disheartening. But to dwell on that misses the point. Most here who want to see T2 play acknowledge those shortcomings. But we’re absolutely jazzed by the positive traits that he brings to the game in persistence and leadership. I, for one, felt good about OT simply because I knew the D that kept it close enough would crank it up another notch. These intangibles spur guys to dig a little deeper – the little bit that can make the difference in a close game.

I disagree with those who say T2 “doesn’t have what it takes” to QB successfully in the NFL. In fact he has “IT” in spades. The rest of this season will give us some insight as to whether he can become a QB that will consistently lead his team to wins. We can reasonably discuss it then if he’s still airmailing wide-open receivers.

Until then, I’ll enjoy a terrific win (and grab that mega-cup of tea I packed for this morning)!

Monday’s are great!!!!