After watching the game yesterday, I heard the phrase wildly inaccurate, and incompetent. That got me thinking about Elway's first season game by game. We have this poor misconception that every QB has to be just like Elway (Unfortunately we only think about the skilled polished post 1993 version of Elway). I guess if you look at Elway's progression in his first season based on the stats would you really say that Tebow's first few games are all that different than Elway's?
John Elway |
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SEASON |
TEAM |
GP |
CMP |
ATT |
CMP% |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LNG |
INT |
FUM |
RAT |
1983 |
11 |
123 |
259 |
47.5 |
1,663 |
6.42 |
7 |
49 |
14 |
0 |
54.9 |
Passing |
Rushing |
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Denver Broncos 14 at Pittsburgh Steelers 10 |
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Sunday, September 4, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
1 |
8 |
14 |
13% |
0 |
1 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Denver Broncos 17 at Baltimore Colts 10 |
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Sunday, September 11, 198 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
9 |
21 |
106 |
43% |
0 |
0 |
31 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Los Angeles Raiders 22 at Denver Broncos 7 |
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Sunday, September 25, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
6 |
11 |
71 |
55% |
0 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Denver Broncos 14 at Chicago Bears 31 |
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Sunday, October 2, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
4 |
10 |
36 |
40% |
0 |
1 |
14 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
|
Denver Broncos 26 at Houston Oilers 14 |
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Sunday, October 9, 198 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
Did not Play |
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Cincinnati Bengals 17 at Denver Broncos 24 |
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Sunday, October 16, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
Did not Play |
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San Diego Chargers 6 at Denver Broncos 14 |
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Sunday, October 23, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
Did not Play |
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Kansas City Chiefs 24 at Denver Broncos 27 |
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Sunday, October 30, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
Did not Play |
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Denver Broncos 19 at Seattle Seahawks 27 |
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Sunday, November 6, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
8 |
15 |
134 |
53% |
1 |
0 |
25 |
4 |
20 |
0 |
5 |
|
Denver Broncos 20 at Los Angeles Raiders 22 |
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Sunday, November 13, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
11 |
31 |
190 |
35% |
0 |
1 |
40 |
3 |
32 |
1 |
23 |
|
Seattle Seahawks 27 at Denver Broncos 38 |
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Sunday, November 20, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
Did not Play |
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Denver Broncos 7 at San Diego Chargers 31 |
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Sunday, November 27, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
14 |
28 |
147 |
50% |
0 |
3 |
40 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Cleveland Browns 6 at Denver Broncos 27 |
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Sunday, December 4, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
16 |
24 |
284 |
67% |
2 |
1 |
49 |
6 |
18 |
0 |
12 |
|
Baltimore Colts 19 at Denver Broncos 21 |
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Sunday, December 11, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
23 |
44 |
345 |
52% |
3 |
0 |
47 |
3 |
23 |
0 |
14 |
|
Denver Broncos 17 at Kansas City Chiefs 48 |
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Sunday, December 18, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
13 |
34 |
143 |
38% |
0 |
4 |
44 |
3 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
|
Denver Broncos 7 at Seattle Seahawks 31 |
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Saturday, December 24, 1983 |
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Tm |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
% |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Lng |
|
DEN |
10 |
15 |
123 |
67% |
0 |
1 |
31 |
3 |
16 |
0 |
6 |