Numbers Might Be For Losers, But Tim Tebow Still Outplayed the Entire AFC West

67.2% are bogus or can be amplified to say anything you want them to say

While Tebow’s first 55 minutes were atrocious – he still played in the top 15 of the league as far as QB’s go. It was a bad week in general for anyone not named Drew Brees, Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers.

just one Super Bowl victory? I think that tells you everything you need to know about what really is important in the NFL.

It’s great that Tebow played well in the last five minutes, but he definitely cannot afford to play like he did for the first 55 minutes against the Lions. But, the play calling sure didn’t help his play. Eight passes in the first half is ridiculous.

I also think that if Matt Prater hits those first two field goals, Denver could’ve taken momentum early and run with it.

They have no intuition, no gut feeling cannot think, see or anticipate beyond what they’ve heard others say or what statistics say. The guys who win superbowls and put together great teams know that intangibles are absolutely critical to superior teams. Think Rocky Bleier, Rod Smith, Karl Mecklenberg, Tyrone Braxton…heck, even Terrell Davis! It’s the guys who can see past the other stuff and can see the heart, the football acumen, savvy, desire, drive, leadership of the player and how they affect those around them, they are the ones who put together championship teams.

MSM needs to put te week into context like you just did! Thanks for the ammo for me to use as a Tebow advocate. It may not have been perfect or even pretty but he is 2-2 as a starter with 2 comeback wins – lets give him some time to get comfortable with the 1s then look out! Since i live in San Diego i LOVED the Rivers comment haha!

One of Cassel’s picks was on a hail marry at the end of the first half. The other was a stupidly thrown ball. Cassel’s completion % wasn’t great. However, Cassel made some important throws on third down situations.

The Raiders have been hard on the last two QB’s that faced them. Schaub only completed 47% of his passes and had two int’s (and 2 TD’s).

Stats don’t tell the whole story.

that the Broncos with Tebow came back against the Chargers twice now, once last year in the last game of 2010, and then in the third game of this season, only to lose by a lousy 5 points each time. And that’s huge, Sayre, considering how the Chargers have been dominating us, points wise, in recent history. Think about it. If it were not for time simply running out in both of those games, we would have only needed to score a TD, and not even needed the point-after to win. That’s how close the Broncos came to having two other wins with Tebow in there. Just thought that this should be mentioned.

Many may not agree with me on this one. However, i think Tebow is easing US into this new era. I think he knows that he only needed 5 min to beat the dolphins. He knows that the world is not ready for 60 min of “full on” Tebow, just yet. Now i am not sure how many minutes he will need to beat the Lions. In years gone by, it would have been the same as the dolphins, give or take a few ticks.

Now my sources say it could take up to a whole qrt this week to put away the Lions, so look out for another wild ride. Thank you Tebow for not blowing our minds with 4 qtrs of Tebow football. The MSM just isn’t ready for that yet. However, by the time we plat the Faiders again…CUT LOOSE ON THEM SON!!!!
GO BRONCOS

Ryan and Flacco (drafted in 2008), Stafford, Sanchez, Freeman (all drafted in 2009), Bradford, Tebow and McCoy (drafted in 2010) and Newton, Gabbert and Dalton (drafted in 2011) are all starting quarterbacks.

For their careers, only Matt Ryan has a QB Rating over 70 (according to the rating I created) who has played more than 16 games. Tebow actually has the highest rating at 77.8, but the smallest sample size of the group. Newton is second and Dalton is third.

Widely touted quarterbacks like Flacco, Bradford and Sanchez have struggled immensely.

For the season, only Matthew Stafford is even playing at a good level, with the only rating above 80. Stafford currently has an 88.6 rating.

While their accuracy has been better than Tebow’s, only 5 of the 11 QBs listed above are completing at least 60 percent of their passes. Good quarterbacks complete around 62-63 percent of their passes. Even with proper mechanics and fundamentals, most of these starting quarterbacks listed above are not accurate passers.

Also, of the above, only Stafford and Tebow have a TD:TO ratio of 2:1 or better. (if you include Tebow’s 3 starts last year for more data, he has 11 touchdowns and 3 turnovers in 4.5 games). This season, he has 4 touchdowns and 0 turnovers.

Only Cam Newton and Matthew Stafford join Tebow with a Yards Per Attempt average over 7 this year.

The reality is Tebow has an unorthodox throwing motion, but he produces. The stats actually do indicate that regardless of how he looks on TV, he has played just as well as the other quarterbacks on this list that are deemed “NFL caliber” quarterbacks.

Next stop, Super Bowl. Getcha popcorn ready.

If I’m allowed to say that. He went over every drop back for Tebow and described how some of his passes were actually excellent, and that’s before the two TD drives. It made me feel much better about his performance overall.

If you add these two posts together, we all have reason to be optimistic!!

I don’t know if I’ve ever read/seen you this direct before! You basically just told the MSM and all the other Tebow critics to go F themselves! Love IT!

.. you wouldn’t want to confuse the issue with facts…

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I don’t know what your point is here other than “TEBOW ROXXORZ MY SOXXORZ!” You are comparing Tebow to the other 31 starting QBs? Child please…it isn’t the same.

Let’s talk Broncos football more and Tim Tebow less shall we? Oh…pardon me, I must have mistaken MHR for a Broncos Blog…

Get him in the gun more, get more play action reads going, it’d be no different than any franchise QB that has the system molded to his strengths.

I know stats in and of themselves are bereft of worth. I am rewatching the Jags-Ravens game and Blaine Gabbert did not have sexy stats but he was adroit at taking what the defense gave him, and was much better than Joe Flacco!

Only half of them won their game. A little luck involved so far, but Tebow has really surprised me with how little he actually turns the ball over. All of those 3 and outs were depressing but they are not the momentum changer that a turnover would be, or say a missed field goal.

The more hectic thing are, the more he makes plays.

didn’t he have a fumble?

did anyone notice one sack in particular where it appeared as though tebow slammed the miami defender into the ground before he himself hit the turf? i think he’s the strongest qb in the nfl.

But they sucked worse, is that your point? I’m glad that makes you feel better. The truth is he played poorly against one of worst teams in the NFL. He was gifted with two extra last minute posessions or he would have lost. You can dump sugar on it all you want, but it still stinks.

I like this post! I felt the same way about Flacco – one yard net passing in 1st half and no expert panel discussions that he can’t play… he looks good passing while TT looks strange. I went back and watched the game over to concentrate on TT. My 1st impression was he was a DOG the first 55 minutes and a miracle worker the next 5. The second impression is the entire offense was out of synch, no rhythm at all. TT had some great plays escaping the rush. Had some good pass attempts that could have been completed and a couple of really bad ones that were just terrible throws. He had a hard time reading the defense and blitzes. The nutshell is he played like a talented raw QB – what else would we expect? Just like Elway’s 1st year, we waited to see him deliver on the goods like a “normal” QB… he did against the Colts at the end of his 1st season. I want to see TT make some standard NFL throws, lead his team in a sustained manner, convert some key third downs in long drives. I know he can pull off athletic feats of wonder so let’s cross that off the list (as well as he won’t quit, is tough, seems like a good leader and can run). I just want to see him run a smooth offensive game plan now. In the interim, the critics and zealots will cling to their already cast opinions and over analyze him. Until there is more tangible data on TT we will endure this. I will enjoy watching him be all that he can be, wherever that lands him is okay with me.