Tebow and the Pyrrhic Victory

Plummer to Cutler also. Plummer was doing some of the same things that got Orton benched, making untimely bad decisions, even during the year before when they went to the AFC championship game, I felt we should have been in the Super bowl that year but for some of his bad decisions. Now, knowing what I know about Cutler, in hindsight, the move was, at best a neutral move but not necessarily a net loss move.

with all due respect…

I can just picture Cowherd cowering on the floor, looking up to Hoge to save him.

Thank you very much, I appreciate you reading it!

I wrote “testament” in two consecutive sentences, even kinda contradictorily, too. Bah.

I think I meant to say the comeback reflects well on both Tim and the team, but I feel like the team’s effort is slightly being overshadowed by Tim’s work. So while I’m excited Tebow had said poise, I want to see more games where he puts in higher-quality 4-quarter efforts.

I in no means meant to credit the entire thing to Tebow. As John Fox pointed out, the Broncos should have gone into halftime with six points as it is. Sure, the on-side kick, DJ Williams sack/fumble and the recovery. The stops in halftime, Matt Prater’s great 52 yarder all made for a great ending.

My larger point is that the brilliance of the team can continue to be taken away, but once you’ve said every negative thing that there is to say and Denver led by Tebow continue to show and prove, what’s been lost? The credibility of the journalist/analyst. What’s to be said then?

However, can you look anyone in the face and tell me that either of the other QBs on the roster could have made that comeback? Orton, who has never led a comeback of more than 7 points IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER, or Brady who is so permanently scarred from being a Brown that he probably sees a 15 point deficit as “a pretty good game”? Not a shot.

The onside kick was every bit as essential as either TD or the 2-pt conversion, but at the end of the day the most important single player to the comeback was Tebow – if for nothing else than making his teammates believe that it could be done.

There will be blood letting before this is all over…

I love some of the analogies you guys are throwing out.

I’m on the ‘warwagon’ but closer to the edge. I hope to move closer to the center as the weeks go by.

And until/if Elway passes the crown, he’ll continue to be the comeback king.

Feel free to use it. The photoshopping is all ours.

Thanks for the compliment.

We only get to use it once, but for you it can be anything =)

I love that. We should headline with that if the Broncos win.

I’ve been in Bronco Country since I knew who they were!

I’ll be at Pride of Detroit later on to talk to you guys

’ppreciate that!

But I disagree with you on how the media is talking about Tebow right now. There are a few talking heads that are on the Tebow warwagon at least this week; Skip Bayless, who is now my favorite ESPNer, and Deion on NFL Network, but most of the media are saying, “Yeah they won, but…(insert opinion here)”.

That was in reply to DLions4Eva, not to take away from your well thought out post though.

But it’s gonna matter next week then the Lions come to town.

You’re totally right about the first 55 minutes. And if that’s who Tebow turns out to be, then we’re in a lot of trouble. Even if you took the last five minutes and divided it evenly up among those 55 minutes, I can’t imagine anyone feeling that good about Tebow. But by looking at this as a half-empty glass, you’re missing the fact that Tebow played simply amazing for 5 straight minutes. All of the horribleness disappeared without a trace, and we saw what could be one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. What’s left to find out is which one is Tebow. If it’s the 55 minute version, we need to replace him. If it’s a mixture of the two which somehow divided itself into two distinct versions, we need to replace him. But if the true Tebow was that guy who did the impossible and brought us back in a way that hasn’t been accomplished since 1970, we’ve got something special. He’s young, there will be growing pains. But if that five minutes we saw can grow itself into a 60 minute performance week in week out, then hold on to your seat because we’re going to have a wild ride for the next 15 years. And while I understand how it would be hard to imagine this happening, please don’t insult those of us who are hoping. Sometimes that’s all you have.

Tebow can make plays, but I don’t envision him as a legit NFL quarterback. Sorry, he’s simply not a good quarterback. Great football player though.

I’m just not confident that we will win. Tebow has playmaking ability and Denver seems to have a decent defense, I can even picture Tebow scrambling for a 60 yard touchdown or some crazy broken play or two goes in the Broncos favor and Tebow upsets the Lions. Man, I really can see the Broncos winning.

But, I can also see us blowing the Broncos completely out with Tebow getting 3 interceptions and 5+ sacks and Stafford hooks up with Johnson for a pair of touchdowns. This game would be crucial to win with the bye week approaching. I really hope we can bring a dose of reality to some of these Tebow lovers who seem to think he’s better than good right now. Let the guy get some wins under his belt and then we can talk.

Sunday would be a good start.

Koa Misi, Sean Smith, Karlos Dansby, those are some great defenders I think

but it sure seemed like their secondary had our receivers blanketed very well all game. I hope, if that’s the case, it was their coverage and not our receivers being able to separate.

On Miami’s D is actually their secondary, and that group was very thin with injuries for our game. Nate Jones anyone? Their front seven is actually a solid unit. If Tebow connects on a couple of the long balls he missed, the whole tempo of the game changes. We should have came out and attacked that weakness instead of trying to pound it into the heart and strength of their defense. The game plan did as much damage to the performance of the offense early on as did Tebow’s poor play.